Hyderabad, Dec 15: Opposing the proposed formation of a separate Telangana State, Congress MP L Rajagopal began an indefinite hunger strike in Vijayawada on Tuesday, a day after he was arrested twice for launching the protest.
While his colleague, Congress legislator Y S Vivekananda Reddy, was arrested in Hyderabad for beginning an indefinite hunger strike to protest the proposed division of the State, Rajagopal returned to Vijayawada city on Tuesday and launched the fast at Swaraj Maidan along with some of his supporters.
Before leaving for Vijayawada, his constituency in coastal Andhra, the industrialist MP told reporters that the police was forcibly sending him back. “I have been on hunger strike since yesterday and will continue the same in Vijayawada. After the hunger strike I will visit the entire state to strengthen the movement for samaikya Andhra (united Andhra Pradesh),” he said. (IANS)
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