Y S Sharmila detained during protest

Guntur district superintendent of police Tushar Dudi told PTI that Sharmila was briefly detained

Sharmila and other Congress leaders were detained for about three hours and let off, APCC vice-president K Sivaji said

Political power is not permanent, remember that. There is no freedom in our state to even submit a representation, Sharmila said in a post on X

Earlier on Thursday, around 40 Congress activists were arrested in Vijayawada for blocking traffic and raising slogans

It was as part of the planned protest walk to the Secretariat, against the recent DSC notification to recruit teachers