Telangana Congress cadre and leaders participate in Chalo Raj Bhavan led by TPCC president Mahesh Goud. Ponnam Prabhakar and Jagga Reddy stage dharnas in Husnabad and Sangareddy respectively. Deputy CM protests in Hanamkonda.
Union Minister of State for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh, the government’s interlocutor, met LoP Rahul Gandhi at the sit-in; Mr. Singh says Mr. Gandhi initially agreed to suspend the dharna but later also raised the demand of Dharmendra Pradhan’s ouster as Education Minister; to this, Mr. Singh said it did ‘behove an LoP to change stance’