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Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Expresses Anguish Over YS Sharmila's Arrest

The Telangana Governor said that women leaders and women cadres need to be treated in a more dignified and respectful way

On a day when high tension prevailed as YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) President and Andhra Pradesh CM's sister YS Sharmila was arrested, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has expressed concern over the arrest of YSRTP president and said that women leaders and women cadres need to be treated in a more dignified and respectful way.

The Governor expressed anguish at the way Sharmila was arrested and expressed concern about her safety and health condition. In a tweet, she said, "The visuals of towing away of her car, when she was inside the car, were disturbing, the Governor said in a statement." 

The Telangana Governor also spoke about women cadres to be respected. "Women cadres & women leaders need to be treated in a more dignified and respectful way in such situations." she further wrote on her Twitter.

Also read | Andhra CM's Sister YS Sharmila Arrested Amid Drama During March Towards KCR's Residence, Gets Bail

Sharmila was arrested amid high drama on Raj Bhavan Road on Tuesday when she was marching to the chief minister's residence to stage a protest against attack on her padyatra in Warangal district by the supporters of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) the previous day.

Sharmila, who was driving a car damaged in the attack by TRS men, refused to get down. The police then called a towing vehicle, which towed the car away with the leader still sitting inside it.

The YSRTP leader was shifted to SR Nagar police station. She, along with six others, were booked for unlawful assembly, public nuisance, criminal intimidation, insulting the modesty of a woman, using criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty and theft.

The police on Tuesday night produced them before a magistrate, who granted them bail.

(With IANS inputs)

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