Hyderabad, May 22 -- Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha was taken into custody by police on Friday, May 22, after she staged a dharna outside the state Secretariat alongside party leaders and farmers, demanding immediate procurement of grain and an end to deductions being levied at procurement centres.

Kavitha, flanked by TRS ranks and scores of farmers, led the sit-in protest at the Secretariat gates, calling on the Congress-led state government to take urgent action on pending grain purchases. Protesters held placards seeking justice for farmers and raised slogans against the government's handling of the procurement process, alleging that delays and arbitrary deductions were leaving cultivators without fair returns...