Hyderabad, April 8 -- The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) stated that permission for a public meeting to be led by BRS legislative party deputy leader and former Irrigation minister T Harish Rao, scheduled on April 9 in Gollapalli village of Revalli mandal, Wanaparthy constituency, has been revoked by authorities, and the party slammed Congress led Telangana government for curbing democratic dissent.

The meeting was to be addressed in support of farmers protesting against the proposed Gollapalli reservoir project.

Permission withdrawn after initial approval: BRS

According to BRS leaders, officials had initially granted permission for the meeting, following which arrangements were made for the event. However, the permission was withdrawn s...