MRPS, TDP workers clash over SC categorisation issue

Activists of Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) and TDP workers today clashed in Nizamabad town of Telangana over the issue of categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), police said.
A group of around 10 MRPS activists stormed into a hall in Nizamabad city, where a meeting of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers was in progress.
Protesting against TDP's stand over categorisation of SCs, the MRPS workers raised slogans against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, police said.
As the protesters tried to disrupt the meet, a few TDP workers caught hold of one of them and bashed him up. Some other activists also exchanged blows, police said.

Chairs inside the hall and window-panes of a TDP leader's car were also damaged during the clash.
"Both TDP and a group of MRPS supporters clashed, however police immediately intervened and dispersed the crowd. Eight MRPS activists were taken into custody in connection with the incident," Nizamabad District Superintendent of Police S Chandrasekhar Reddy told PTI.
The protesters demanded that AP government should provide 12 per cent reservation to SCs.
MRPS has been demanding amendment in the Constitution for categorisation of SCs.