Rajahmundry: Telugu Desam supporters on Monday staged a stir wearing black badges on Monday to extend their solidarity with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu who took up ‘Dharma Porata Deeksha’ in New Delhi demanding that the Centre accord special category status to the state and fulfil the provisions incorporated in AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Party supporters garlanded the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar near Gokavaram Bus Stand and raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to sanction special tag and also for failing to implement AP split act.
They said that their party chief Naidu allied with BJP with the hope of getting special status and the implementation of provisions mentioned in the split act. They criticised Mr Modi for cheating the people of the state.
Meanwhile, protests were also held in Kakinada Urban and Kakinada Rural constituencies.
Kakinada Rural MLA Pilli Anantha Lakshmi along with her husband and TD district general secretary Pilli Satyanarayana Murthy and TD activists took up Dharma Porata Deeksha at Sarpavaram Junction.
Party activists led by city president Nunna Dorababu took up relay fasts at Bhanugudi Centre.
Several municipal corporators belong to the party attended the stir. Mr Dorababu said that the Kakinada Urban MLA Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Kondababu) participated in the Deeksha in New Delhi along with Mr Naidu. The party cadre took up stirs at Kakinada to take the message to the people.DC Correspondent
The Party activists led by city president Nunna Dorababu took up relay fasts at Bhanugudi Centre. Several municipal corporators belong to the party attended the stir. Mr Dorababu said that the Kakinada Urban MLA Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao (Kondababu) participated in the Deeksha in New Delhi along with Mr Naidu.
