Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- The ugly internal politics of the ruling Congress party in Telangana was out in the open in Siddipet district on the Independence Day celebrated on Friday, August 15. Congress' SC cell workers burnt the effigy of District Congress Committee (DCC) president T Narsa Reddy and held a protest rally demanding his arrest for allegedly hurling casteist verbal abuses toward SC Cell district president Vijay Kumar.

The protesters obstructed Narsa Reddy's car and prevented him from attending the flag-hoisting ceremony, calling him a 'traitor of Dalits'. Reddy left the scene soon after. According to local sources, there have been 'group politics' going on between former MLA Narsa Reddy and Kantha Rao, both Congress leaders, for...