TDP flays decision of the Centre for the formation of separate Telangana
Congress workers organise ‘rail roko’ at Chittoor railway station for sometime
Chittoor: The bandh called by TDP on Monday in Chittoor district protesting against the announcement made by the Center regarding the formation of Telangana State was peaceful in Chittoor town, except a minor incident of setting ablaze to the furniture at the godown in the District Registrar office by a few unidentified miscreants.
Meanwhile, the relay hunger strike by TDP workers at Old Janata Bazaar on Prakasam Road continued on the fourth day as well.
Former MP Durga Ramakrishna, State Council member B.N. Rajasimhulu and publicity committee district president V. Surendra Kumar participated in the hunger strike.
They criticised the unilateral decision of the Center on separate Telangana, which triggered unabated violent agitations across Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra.
They wanted the Center to withdraw its stand on the issue and release a statement in favour of Andhra Pradesh and help in bringing normal situation in Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra.
Meanwhile, the Congress held a huge rally comprising the party activists, DWCRA members, traders, teachers, lawyers and others led by C.K. Lavanya, wife of MLA C.K. Babu, Municipal chairperson Sarala Mary and vice-chairman C. Purushotham Reddy was taken out from District Court to Gandhi statue on Prakasam Road in favour of integrated Andhra Pradesh.
They demanded the an action on K. Chandra Sekhar Rao, president TRS, for blackmailing people for his vested interests . They raised slogans in favour of integrated Andhra Pradesh.
The agitators went to Chittoor Railway Station and organised rail roko and stopped the train coming from Katpadi for a while.
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