Hyderabad, July 20 -- Tension prevailed in Armoor and Ankapur towns of Nizamabad district on Monday, July 20, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA P Rakesh Reddy and Congress in-charge of the constituency P Vinay Kumar Reddy were placed under house arrest.

The two political opponents were prevented from leaving their house after the Congress workers had announced laying siege to Rakesh Reddy's house in Ankapur on Monday.

What triggered the clash

It all began three days ago, when Rakesh Reddy was addressing a public meeting in Nizamabad, where he had called upon the youth to take away the "scooties" of Congress leaders if they failed to deliver the party's 2023 election manifesto promise of giving the bike to all female students studying...