BJP leaders detained over protest to rename Jinnah Tower, 'Wonder if we are in Andhra Pradesh or Pakistan?'

The BJP members staged a protest in Andhra Pradesh demanding the renaming of Jinnah tower to APJ Abdul Kalam tower in Andhra Pradesh. The protestors were later detained by the authorities.  

BJP national secretary Sunil Deodhar was also detained over the protest. He also shared the video of police action against the BJP leaders and said that “minority appeaser” YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government in the state showed their “real colour to suppress voices”.

Reacting to the allegedly high-handed behaviour of the police against the detention of the BJP leaders, BJP Rajya Sabha member GVL Narasimha Rao asked "if we are in AP or Pakistan? ".

“We strongly condemn high-handed behaviour & detention, arrest of our state co-in charge and National Secy @Sunil_Deodhar, National Secy @satyakumar_yand hundreds of @BJP4Andhra cadres for seeking naming of Jinnah tower as Abdul Kalam Tower. Wonder if we are in AP or Pakistan,” Narasimha Rao tweeted.

For the past few months, the BJP and other Hindu organisations are incessantly demanding the renaming of the historic Jinnah Tower. But the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government didn’t pay attention to their demands.