Hyderabad, March 16 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday condemned the decision to ban protests at Osmania University, calling it a "direct attack on democracy."

Attacking the State's ruling Telangana Congress government, the BRS leader questioned whether this was the "spirit of democracy" that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress had repeatedly spoken about while advocating for the right to protest.

"Is this the democratic right of protest that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress claimed to uphold? If Congress truly believed in democracy, why is it resorting to authoritarian measures to silence student voices?" KTR asked.

Slamming the Congress' double standards, KTR reminded the...