Hyderabad, Nov. 15 -- Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Saturday claimed that he and other party leaders were put "under house arrest" to prevent them from undertaking peaceful protests against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to the city to attend "Bharat Summit" at HITEX in Madhapur. A statement from Rao's office said police personnel gathered outside his residence in Tarnaka from 6 am and prevented him from leaving to stage a protest against the summit. "Police personnel have been deployed in large numbers outside my residence from 6 am and prevented me from leaving the house," Rao later told reporters. He accused the Congress government of suppressing BJP's democratic right to stage peaceful protests. He said BJP workers, including members of the BJP Yuva Morcha, were also placed under house arrest or taken into preventive custody in several districts while preparing to stage black-flag demonstrations. "Bharat Summit is neither an investment summit nor aimed at promoting Telangana's industrial development, but is being used to provide foreign delegates a platform to discuss India's internal politicalaffairs and project a negative image of the country and the Narendra Modi government," he said. Telangana BJP chief spokesperson NV Subhash demanded Rao's release and that of detained BJP and BJYM workers. There was no immediate response from police or state government....