Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- The Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday organised a 24-hour dharna at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad on Tuesday, demanding payment of long-pending retirement benefits to government employees who retired in the last two years. Party leaders have said the protest highlights the state government's alleged insensitivity towards retired and current employees.

Speaking at the protest, Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao said, "BJP has organised a protest at Dharna Chowk to demand payment of retirement benefits to the government employees who have retired in the last 2 years. There are around 21,000 retired employees, and because of non-payment of retirement benefits, nearly 40 of them have committed suicide....