TDP leaders protest welcome Amit Shah in Tirumala

BJP President Amit Shah's was shown black flag and confronted by locals after his visit to Tirumala temple on Friday. According to reports, ahead of the voting for Karnataka Assembly Elections tomorrow, Amit Shah visited Tirumala to pray to the God for the victory of the party.

Locals who had come to know about Amit Shah's visit gathered in the town and started shouting 'AP Special Category Status' slogans.

The TDP leaders staged a protest, the locals confronted the BJP leader, asking him why he had come to Tirumala, in-spite of doing injustice to the state. 'PM Modi has forgotten about the promises he made in the presence of this very Lord', said the TDP leaders, and locals.

According to reports, when the BJP president's convoy reached Alipiri, protesting TDP activists tried to obstruct the convoy but were pulled away by the police, who were deployed there in large number. Police has taken half a dozen protesters into custody to prevent them from following Amit Shah's convoy.