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Telangana-wide bandh, which began aboriginal connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) morning, affected transport services successful respective districts including Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar, Siddipet, Khammam, Kothagudem, Sangareddy, Medak, Nalgonda, and Adilabad. Roads wore a deserted look arsenic astir shops remained closed, but those providing indispensable goods and services. Educational institutions and concern establishments declared a vacation arsenic a precautionary measure.
Political parties and their cadre joined the Statewide bandh protesting the Telangana High Court’s interim enactment connected the 42% preservation for Backward Classes (BC) successful section assemblage elections.
Protesters held sit-ins, rallies, and quality chains crossed the State demanding that the Government unafraid ineligible backing for the enhanced BC reservations successful section bodies. Leaders from aggregate parties declared that the agitation would proceed until justness was achieved for the backward classes.
Congress leaders led large-scale protests crossed the State. Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao spearheaded demonstrations successful Sattupalli, portion MLC Venkat Balmoor participated successful Nizamabad. Minister Konda Surekha besides joined the protests.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud reviewed the concern with DCC presidents and urged enactment workers to support bid earlier joining protestors astatine Golnaka successful Hyderabad.
Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Vakati Srihari, on with SAT Chairman Shivsena Reddy, joined the agitation astatine RTC X Roads, a cardinal protestation tract wherever BRS leaders and MLAs Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Gangula Kamalakar besides staged demonstrations. Telangana Jagruthi president and MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha led a quality concatenation astatine Khairatabad to explicit solidarity with the cause.
