Hyderabad, March 23 -- The police thwarted Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attempt to lay siege to the Telangana Assembly on Monday, March 23, by arresting hundreds of party workers, including its state president N Ramchander Rao.

BJP had called for "Chalo Assembly" on Monday, as a protest against the Congress government failing to implement its six guarantees, and to pressure the state government to implement Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

Several BJP workers, led by Ramchander Rao, managed to get close to the Assembly and raised slogans against the state government. The massive police personnel presence near the Assembly swiftly acted and arrested all the protesters, later shifting them to various police stations.

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