Police prevented BRS leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao from entering the Coal Handling Plant in Godavarikhani on Sunday. The move triggered protests by party activists, who sought to inspect coal stocks following allegations of missing coal reserves
Updated On – 7 June 2026, 07:28 PM
Peddapalli: BRS activists entered an argument with the police as the latter refused to allow the party senior leader and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao to visit the Coal Handling Plant in Godavarikhani.
Harish Rao, who visited the Ramagundam coal belt area to take part in Singareni Parirakshna Sadassu held in Godavarikhani on Sunday, tried to visit CHP.
In the wake of the BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s allegation that 40 lakh tonnes of coal went missing, Harish Rao tried to visit CHP to know the coal stocks at the field level.
However, police prevented them when Siddipet MLA along with other BRS leaders tried to enter into CHP premises.
Enraged over the police attitude, party leaders and activists staged protest demonstration and entered argument with them. In the wake of Harish Rao’s visit, police deployed a huge force at CHP.
