Hyderabad, June 25 -- A group of Lambadas were detained in front of Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, June 25, urging that the Congress government give a ministerial berth to a member of their community, a long-standing demand.

The Lambadas raised slogans against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, pressing the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B Mahesh Kumar Goud and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Telangana Meenakshi Natarajan to stall the bus yatra they have been holding in various assembly constituencies.

The Lambadas also demanded that the state government implement its manifesto assurances made for the community.

Congress Dornakal MLA Jatoth Ram Chander Naik, who represents the Lambadas, holds the positi...