Anantapur/Kurnool/Kadapa: The Samaikyandhra Joint Action Committee of medical officers decided to take up a fast unto death protest from October 21 to protest against the apathy of the Centre towards the 79-day old agitation in Seemandhra region.
RIMS (Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences) JAC convener Dr Venkaiah and government medical doctors association convener J. Rammohan said the agitation would be intensified if the Centre fails to reverse the decision on bifurcation.
As already doctors and other staff have shut down the OP wards due to the stir, the doctors are planning to launch a hunger stir from October 21 to mount pressure on the Centre.
The ongoing agitation is being intensified after teachers, RTC employees and other sections called off their indefinite strike and joined duties in the region.
The YSR Congress is staging protests in all parts of the region extending support to the agitation by non-political JACs.
YSR Congress cadres are making efforts to make the Samaikya Sankaravam programme at Hyderabad a success.
The in-charges of Assembly constituencies and MLAs from the region have been entrusted to get the maximum number of cadres for the meeting.
In Kurnool, women advocates staged a relay fast at the collectorate. The advocates threatened dire consequences if the speedy steps for bifurcation are not withdrawn.
YSR Congress activists held a autorickshaw rally on the main roads of Kurnool city protesting against the division process.
The SC, ST, BC and minority association activists staged a knee bending protest at the Potti Sreeramulu statue in Anantapur.
Telugu Desam MLA P. Kesav condemned the cases registered against Telugu Desam activists for building a tomb for Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at Tirupati.
Speaking to newsmen at Anantapur, Uravakonda MLA Payyavula Kesav called on Telugu Desam Party cadre to build tombs in each and every village in the Seemandhra region to protest against the unilateral decision to split the state by the Centre.
“We’ll build tombs for Sonia in all villages and let the police register cases against all people,” he said.
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source: DC
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