Hyderabad, July 9 -- Senior Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao on Wednesday held a day-long dharna near the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Uppal, demanding that the Telangana government reclaim a parcel of land adjacent to the stadium and repurpose it for developing sports infrastructure.

Speaking to ANI, Congress leader Rao, "At the RGI International cricket stadium in Uppal, whenever there was an IPL match, thousands of vehicles used to be parked here in this land(Land adjacent to RGI stadium). There was a Penuganti textiles factory on this land, which defaulted on its bank loan, and the bank subsequently took it over. The Labour Court issued an order to settle the amount with the worker. After the auction, it was bought by...