Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy declared that the Congress government would make one crore women members of self-help groups (SHGs) crorepatis in the next five years by sanctioning Rs 1.
YS Sharmila arrested while Chalo Secretariat Protest: Y S Sharmila, the president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, was arrested on Thursday by Vijayawada Police for attempting to lead a protest march to the Secretariat. The march did not have permission, leading to the arrest of Sharmila, APCC chief G Rudraraju, and other Congress leaders and party workers for not obeying police orders.