During the rampage, a Congress cadre threw office furniture outside before setting it on fire outside a building in Munuguru town on Sunday. A party cadre carrying Congress flags raised slogans claiming ownership of the building.
Tension erupted in Manuguru town of Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Sunday after a group of local Congress members allegedly ransacked the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) mandal office and set fire to office furniture, BRS flags and banners.
Angry Congress workers stormed the BRS mandal office, christened as ‘Telangana Bhavan’, amid sloganeering. They went on a rampage, throwing office furniture outside before setting it on fire outside the office building. A party cadre carrying Congress flags raised slogans claiming ownership of the building.
They quickly hoisted the party flag and renamed the building as ‘Indiramma Bhavan’ by painting the facade of the building in the color of the Congress party.
The building has long been a bone of contention between the Congress and mandal units of the BRS. Both sides claimed ownership of it.
Local Congress leaders have long maintained that the building was the exclusive property of the party as the site was donated by a Congress supporter. Mandal Congress leaders had earlier staged a series of protests during the previous BRS government over the issue.
The Congress mandal unit has accused former Pinapaka MLA Reg Kantha Rao of converting the building into a BRS party office after she joined the pink party, a claim vehemently denied by Mr. Kantha Rao, who won on a Congress ticket in 2018 and subsequently defected to the BRS. He then used the “Congress Office” as the BRS office.
A video of an enraged mob ‘assaulting’ a person believed to be a worker at the BRS office has gone viral on social media.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao and former Puvvada minister Ajay Kumar strongly condemned the incident, calling it an act of “gundagiri”. Realizing its imminent defeat in the ensuing Jubilee Hills by-election, the ruling Congress party is resorting to politics of revenge, he said.
Meanwhile, the authorities have issued prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Manuguru to prevent any untoward incident, ensure public safety and maintain peace in the city till further orders.
Published – 02 Nov 2025 20:08 IST
