Hyderabad, Nov 5: Telangana Nagara Samiti leader Nagam Janardana Reddy has given a shock to the TRS chief KCR by making it clear that he would not join a party that was poised to merge in the Congress.
Talking to the media after BJP leaders including Kishan Reddy and Bandaru Dattatreya met him here on Monday, Nagam said he was confident that BJP-led NDA would create Telangana state. Stating that Congress was the number one enemy of Telangana, Nagam said statehood to the region would not be a reality until that party was finished. He said the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh would have understood the sentiments of people if he was directly elected by the people.
Though he has also made it clear that he was not joining BJP, his statement about not joining TRS and expressing confidence on BJP was being regarded as a step towards joining the party at a later date. Nagam said he would work closely with all parties committed to Telangana including BJP. He said he would tour the Telangana districts from November 23. BJP has announced its support to this Yatra. BJP state president Kishan Reddy has also said that they had not invited Nagam to join the party. He also said that his party would work with Nagam.
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రాష్ట్రంలోని చానళ్ళన్నీ ఒక్కసారిగా వైఎస్ మృతి వెనుక కుట్ర దాగి ఉండవచ్చంటూ పలు కథనాలు, అనుమానాలు లేవనెత్తాయి. దీనితో వైఎస్ అభిమానులు, కార్యకర్తలు రెచ్చిపోయారు. మీడియాలో ఈ వార్త ప్రసారం అయిన వెంటనే రాష్ట్ర వ్యాప్తంగా అల్లర్లు చెలరేగాయి. కూకట్ పల్లిలోని రిలయన్స్ ఔట్లెట్ పై కాంగ్రెస్ కార్యకర్తలు దాడులు చేశారు. వరంగల్ జిల్లా వ్యాప్తంగా రిలయన్స్ కార్యాలయాలు, దుకాణాలపై దాడులు జరగడంతో మూసివేశారు. గుంటూరులో రాస్తారోకో నిర్వహించారు. కడపలో రేపు బంద్ పిలుపునిచ్చారు. విశాఖపట్నంలోని అన్ని రిలయన్స్ దుకాణాలు, మాల్స్, కార్యాలయాల వద్ద ఆందోళకారులు ధర్నాకు దిగారు. పలు చోట్ల అంబానీ సోదరుల దిష్టిబొమ్మలను దగ్ధం చేశారు. రాష్ట్రంలోని అనేక పట్టణాలు, నగరాల్లో కాంగ్రెస్ కార్యకర్తలు బలవంతంగా దుకాణాలను మూసివేయించారు. హిందూపురంలో అంబానీ సోదరుల దిష్టిబొమ్మను దగ్ధం చేశారు.
కాగా, వైఎస్ మృతిపై విచారణ నిర్వహిస్తున్న సిబిఐ, డిజిసిఐ దర్యాప్తు సంస్థల మధ్య సమన్వయం లేదని మాజీ డిజిపి పేర్వారం రాములు వ్యాఖ్యానించారు. అందుకే ఆయన మృతికి సంబంధించిన అంశాలను నాలుగు నెలలైనా బహిర్గతం చేయలేకపోతున్నాయని ఆయన అనుమానం వ్యక్తం చేశారు. ఈ రెండు దర్యాప్తు సంస్థలపైనా ఒత్తిడి తీసుకురావాల్సిన అవసరం ఉందని ఆయన అభిప్రాయపడ్డారు. రాష్ట్ర ఆరోగ్య శాఖ మంత్రి, వైఎస్ కు ప్రముఖ అనుచరులలో ఒకరైన దానం నాగేందర్ మీడియాతో మాట్లాడుతూ, అంబానీ సోదరులకు రాష్ట్రంలో ఎవరితో సాన్నిహిత్యం ఉందో బయటకు రావాలన్నారు. వైఎస్ మరణం వెనుక కుట్ర ఉండి ఉంటుందని తాము మొదటి నుంచీ అనుమానిస్తున్నామన్నారు. రాష్ట్రంలోను, దేశంలోనూ ఓ ముఖ్యమైన నాయకుడి మరణం వెనుక రహస్యాలను వెలికి తీయాల్సిన అవసరం ఉందన్నారు. వైఎస్ మృతి వెనుక కుట్ర ఉందంటూ అప్పటి నుంచీ అనుమానాలు వ్యక్తం చేస్తున్న మాజీ మంత్రి మారెప్ప మరో మారు తన అనుమానమే నిజం అయిందన్నారు. ఇలా ఉండగా, తెలంగాణ అంశాన్ని పక్కన పెట్టేందుకే ఇప్పుడు ఆకస్మికంగా ఈ వార్తను బయటపెట్టారంటూ కొందరు తెలంగాణ వాదులు ఆరోపిస్తున్నారు.
అంబానీ సోదరులలో చిన్నవాడు అనిల్ అంబానీపైన కూడా ఇలాగే హత్యా యత్నం జరిగిందంటూ కొన్నాళ్ళ క్రితం వార్తలు వెలువడ్డాయి. తన ఇంటి నుంచి కార్యాలయానికి అనిల్ అంబానీ వెళ్ళే హెలికాప్టర్ ఇంధన ట్యాంకులో రాళ్ళు పెట్టారంటూ అప్పట్లో వార్తలు వచ్చాయి. ఈ విషయం నిజమే అని తేలింది కూడా. అయితే అనిల్ ను హతమార్చేందుకు కుట్ర జరిగిందంటూ బయటపెట్టిన వ్యక్తి తరువాత అనుమానాస్పద స్థితిలో ముంబాయిలోని రైలుపట్టాలపై శవమై కనిపించాడు. అది ఇప్పటికీ మిష్టరీగానే ఉంది.
రష్యాకు చెందిన ది ఎగ్జైల్డ్ పత్రిక సంచలనాత్మక జర్నలిజానికి పెట్టింది పేరు. గతంలో రష్యా అధ్యక్షుడు గోర్భజెవ్ ను ఈ పత్రికి ముప్పు తిప్పలు పెట్టింది. 2008వ సంవత్సరం నుంచీ ఈ పత్రికను రష్యా ప్రభుత్వం నిషేధించింది. దానితో అప్పటి నుంచి ఆ పత్రిక యాజమాన్యం ఆన్ లైన్ న్యూస్ పోర్టల్ ను నిర్వహిస్తున్నది.
The person who acts love on his people develops real love on his businesses
The person who cries that his people got betrayed invests huge sums in other states
The person who lives in thandas amidst mosquitoes for political mileage is the owner of two ships and now building a private harbor.
He is KCR
The Dark Truths getting revealed!!!!!!!!!!
The Telangana agitation has been going on at full pace in few places and the entire state of Andhra Pradesh has been in a real mess due to that. The common man and the working class who want to lead a peaceful life are currently in turmoil and families hailing from the non- Telangana region are living in fear.
Well, the sole person responsible for this is KCR. Not that he is the ‘roopakartha’ but then his politically vicious thought got oxygen and as it is, he speaks no less than a street side ruffian. Now, his words have developed more venom and acid. While this is his true picture, the statements he has been giving about ‘Udyamam’ and ‘Telangana atma gouravam’ are simply absurd and trash if you read these details.
Though some of you might find it hard to believe, enough ground work has been done to validate and it is through reliable sources that is a fact indeed.
For the record, KCR after becoming the founder of the TRS party in 2001 has amassed huge wealth. With his political income, he has got a strong grip over the famous Kandla sea port. Apparently, he has bought 2 Ships which are large carriers and they are plying across the world. Also, he is now busy with the establishment of a private sea port and that too with an estimated budget of Rs 500 crores. This is being done in a close syndicate. A person who has been dealing closely with the financial transactions of KCR has now revealed that the wily politician is now worth Rs 6000 crores and that too on visible terms.
So one can imagine what would be his real asset value on invisible scale. KCR has also got properties and assets across the Maharashtra – Gujarat stretch and interestingly, all his major investments and money dealings are outside Andhra Pradesh.
This is just the tip of the iceberg and the full details will be arriving soon. This is 100% confirmation and there is no element of fabrication in this as the people who have supported KCR in these dealings have revealed unable to see the crisis he has created amongst the Telugus. The lands between Mumbai and Gujarat are said to be worth several crores. To top it all, KCR has got big connections with controversial Muslim groups involved in nefarious activities. For someone who says that Telangana is backward and injustice is being done to it, what has he been doing as a human being, leave alone as the messiah of Telangana agitation.
For someone who believes in no vision for his people or region, is it worthy in trusting him and sacrificing our lives and careers? Students who seem to think that they have rosy future in Telangana, reflect upon this. It is not an attempt to disgrace KCR but a sincere effort for you to realize the dangerous and treacherous path that you are being led into by the leaders. Perhaps few moments of pondering over this will reveal the truth.
Hyderabad, Dec. 30: For the first time, Telangana bandh went off peacefully barring stray incidents. Agitators expressed their protest in a noble way instead of damaging public and private property.
The agitators played cricket, volleyball and other games on roads while raising pro-Telangana slogans Telangana in many districts such as Warangal, Khammam, Karimnagar and Adliabad. Women activists participated in "Batukamma' celebrations while organising lunch for all the agitators on highways.
The JAC's call for peaceful protest and heavy deployment of police prevented agitators from violence and attacks.
Shops and business establishments, educational institutes, petrol bunks, banks, government offices were closed because of the bandh. Passengers were put to hardship due to the cancellation of 8,000 buses and 165 trains in the T- region.
According to the police, around 900 persons were arrested as preventive measure. The DGP, Mr R.R. Girish Kumar, said there were road blockades in Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar. "Buses were not allowed to ply in order to avoid unnecessary damage," he said.
Around 434 agitators were arrested in the twin cities. JAC members and political leaders who took part in the protests were taken into preventive custody including the JAC chairman, Mr Kodandaram, TD MLAs Mr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Mr Devender Goud and the state BJP chief, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya. Additional DG (law and order) Mr A.K. Khan said there were no major violent incidents in the state.
GUNTUR, Dec. 30: Guntur-based builders are worried over the Telangana agitation.
The builders who are building apartments for the past 15 years in Hyderabad have already reduced the prices of the apartments. They are not in a position to take up any more new ventures in Hyderabad and fear that if T-agitation is continued they cannot sell the apartments.
The builders who had already started construction of apartments are fearing that they cannot sell them. Settlers in Hyderabad are not coming forward to purchase apartments due to the T-agitation and recession has already hit the apartment sales.
SVS homes managing director, Mr Kandula Subba Rao said, "I have been building apartments for the past 15 years in Hyderabad. If the T-agitation is continued we cannot build any more apartments." He said settlers are not coming forward to purchase apartments.
The builders who had invested crores of rupees on the apartments are worried that they if they complete the ventures, they cannot sell the apartments. Some of the settlers are selling their apartments at lower prices. "If the same situation prevails construction of apartments will come to a grinding halt in Hyderabad," he said. Another builder, Mr Yaganti Subba Rao said, recession hit the construction activity in Hyderabad. NRIs and software employees are not purchasing the luxurious apartments in Hyderabad due to recession. Settlers are feeling insecure.
Some of the Software employees who have purchased the apartments with bank loans are not paying their loan installments to the banks.
The banks are conducting auctions and selling the apartments. Some builders have reduced the profit margins and selling the apartments to come out of the financial crisis.
VIJAYAWADA, Dec. 30: With the agitation for separate Telangna state gaining momentum, demand for apartments is gradually picking up in and around Vijayawada city.
The builders are hopeful of selling over 600 flats unsold during the last two years due to economic meltdown and liquidity crunch. Nearly 200 builders constructed about 3,000 flats in and around the city when the state witnessed realty boom for nearly one decade. Due to recession over 600 apartments mostly unfinished remained unsold.
The builders were in a helpless condition and waited for nearly two years expecting recovery of the economy. With the Telangana agitation starting unexpectedly three weeks ago, the builders are hopeful of recovering the loss. Most realtors purchased land at high prices during the boom and invested crores of rupees for the construction of commercial complexes and residential apartments.
Mr Gadde Rajling, the president of the Vijayawada Builders Association, said demand for apartments is gradually increasing during the last three weeks with the rise of Telangana agitation. He said many buyers are eagerly inquiring the prices of flats and paying advance. Mr Rajling said settlers in Hyderabad are thinking that it would be safe to invest in their native places or districts. He felt the economy is also gradually recovering during the last few months.
Both Telangana agitation and gradual economic recovery would enable the builders to sell the flats in and around the city. Mr Rajling said the buyers are offering 30 per cent price more now compared to six months ago.
Mr P.V.R. Raju, another builder, said average rate per square feet is Rs 3,000. But, the price varies from one place to the other. He said the builders are adopting wait and see policy and not preparing up to take up new ventures or construction.
Onetime builders are unlikely to take a risk again, said another builder, Mr Vishnu Sureddy, the general secretary of the Builders Association of Vijayawada.
Hyderabad, Dec. 30: The 13 state ministers hailing from Telangana have reportedly decided to withdraw the resignations, which they submitted to the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
A meeting held at the residence of the major irrigation minister, Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, took stock of the situation and decided to follow the high command directive by withdrawing their resignations.
Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of the Joint Action Committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Kodandaram reviewed the situation and expressed its happiness over the move to convene talks. The meeting decided to continue the agitations peacefully in Telangana region in view of the talks. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, said JAC representatives also will attend the Delhi talks.
The PCC chief, Mr D. Srinivas, too, is planning to have an interaction with the 13 ministers on Thursday wherein he would convey the serious view taken by the party high command of their actions and instruct them to withdraw their resignations.
Accordingly, the ministers will again write to Mrs Gandhi expressing their satisfaction at the Centre convening a meeting on January 5 to resolve the Telangana issue and will announce their decision to withdraw their resignations.
Mr Lakshmaiah told this correspondent that a final decision on the ministers' resignations will be taken on Thursday. But another minister, Suneetha Laxma Reddy, while speaking to reporters, said the Telangana ministers will continue their non-cooperation till the Centre initiated the process for formation of a separate state.
Hyderabad, Dec. 29: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday presented a gloomy picture of the industrial sector in the state.
He said that several companies were shifting proposed projects to other states or deferring investments because of Telangana troubles.
Mr Rosaiah made these observations after the representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, besides captains of top pharma and IT companies met him to express concern at the state of affairs.
According to the CM, Bharat Forge Limited dropped investment proposals in the state and decided to shift to Gujarat. Peugeot, Kaparo, Lakshmi Mittal, Brandix, J.P. Morgan and Stanley, United Health Group and leading pharma ESAI have all deferred investments.
"The image of Hyderabad as an investment destination has taken a beating because of the violence," he said.
Bulk drug industry alone suffered loss of Rs 500 crore in the past 20 days and the hotel industry suffered losses with reservations dropping by 40 per cent, he said.
Meanwhile, the CM is making a last-minute effort to retain the two-day CII summit which was scheduled to be held on January 21 at Hyderabad but is now being shifted to Chennai.
The Union commerce minister, Mr Anand Sharma, categorically told Mr Rosaiah that the event would be held in the city only if the Union home ministry concurred.
The PM, Dr Manmohan Singh, is scheduled to inaugurate the summit.
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Radhika, a contractor who is close to the OSD Aravind Sharma who works with Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari exposed the whole scandal to ABN Andhrajyothi. Here also, mines are involved. Radhika who tried for Mining leases in Kadapa with thehelp of Aravind Sharma and N.D.Tiwari exposed the whole story as she couldn’t get the needed contract. Radhika’s guest house is Raj Bhavan. whenver she enters hyderabad she resides in Raj Bhavan. Wah..
While N.D.Tiwari having sex with the girls, if any leaders or officers come on any work, he’ll tkae a break and will go down for a while to see those leaders and come back to work with girls. Wah..
And N.D.Tiwari has special requirements on the girls that he needed, and he has the requirement on the minimum number of girls to spend with.
Videos and Pictures of these ugly incidents which are happening in Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan. N.D.Tiwari, who was the chief minister of Uttara Pradesh for three times, and the first chief minister of Uttaranchal is having sexual pleasures with contract ladies who are around 20 years of age. They blackmail the girls with the photos and videos that they took with those girls.
Radhika also said that there are other leaders from ruling party who come to the raj bhavan for sex. Raj Bhavan become brothal house.
Rohith, who is the son of N.D.Tiwari and Ujwala Sharma who lost a court case recently. He requested the court to order N.D.Tiwari to accept him as his son. But our great courts rejected this appeal.
Now, Andhra Pradesh Police rounded up the studio of ABN ANdhrajyothi to force them to stop telecasting the live show on N.D.Tiwari’s sexual affairs. ABN ANdhrajyothi received High court order from P.Sridhar Rao, chief prinicpal secretary saying that Andhrajyothi ABN should stop telecasting the story on governor immediately. Respecting that order, ABN Andhrajyothi now stopped telecasting this story.
Watch online:since the announcement on creation of a separate state.
Wide-ranging consultations would now be held with all political parties
and groups in the state, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in a statement, adding that the Centre will take "steps to involve all concerned in the process".
Recalling his December nine statement in which he had announced that the process of forming Telangana would be initiated, he said that since then the situation in Andhra Pradesh has altered and that "a large number of political parties are divided on the issue".
Capping a fortnight of intense campaign by MPs of Telangana and non-Telangana regions, Chidambaram called a press conference at short notice and read out a four paragraph statement but took no questions.
He said the Centre made the statement on December nine on receipt of minutes of a meeting of all political parties convened by Chief Minister K Rosaiah in which a "consensus" emerged on the formation of a separate state of Telangana.
Chidambaram said, meanwhile, it is necessary that peace and harmony are restored in Andhra Pradesh and the state government is allowed to focus on governance and development.
"The Central government appeals to the people of the different regions of Andhra Pradesh and to all political parties and students to withdraw their agitations and maintain peace, harmony and brotherhood," he said.
The indication of Chidambaram's statement came after a meeting of Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Chidambaram, A K Antony, M Veerappa Moily and Political Secretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel.
A statement was prepared and the draft was taken to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Later, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave final touches and Chidambaram made it public.
The December nine statement was made at the height of the fast-unto-death protest launched by TRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao who withdrew the agitation on the 11th day.
Ever since, MPs and MLAs of Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema region protested vehemently and carried out a campaign with almost daily meetings with central leaders and ministers demanding a statement that the creation of Telangana would not be initiated without a consensus.
Reflecting the regional divide in the state, MPs and MLAs cutting across party lines in Telangana region also mounted a counter-campaign urging the Centre not to backtrack and warned of severe repercussions.
The period was also marked by violence in non-Telangana regions against the bifurcation proposal.
The state Cabinet was divided on regional lines and over 135 MLAs belonging Congress, TDP and Praja Rajyam quit their membership of the Assembly. Some MPs of Congress and TDP also resigned. But none of these resignations have been accepted.
On Monday, a delgation of non-Telangana MPs met the Prime Minister and said later that he had assured them that government would come out with a statement to "make everything in order" in the state.
for a 48-hour shutdown in the region and said all MPs and legislators irrespective of party affiliation would quit enmasse.
An angry TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao told reporters that the government had put the Telangana issue on the backburner. "People of Telangana have been once again betrayed. The statement has no clarity and no time frame," he said.
"How long will it take for the formation of Telangana state. Another 50 years? How many more people have to die," he asked.
The TRS president, who was accompanied by leaders of the Congress and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) legislators, appealed to the people, especially the youth and students to be peaceful during protests.
KCR, as Rao is popularly known, also announced that all public representatives from village level bodies to the parliament from the region would quit enmasse. "We all will come under one banner and line up to submit our resignations," he said.
KCR said the Joint Action Committee of all parties and groups fighting for Telangana state would be formed Thursday to decide the future course of action.
He warned the state government against adopting double standards while dealing with protests in Telangana and other regions.
"Even before Mr. Chidambaram (home minister) made the statement, police imposed prohibitory orders in Telangana districts but in other regions there were no such orders and every party was allowed to protest in the manner they liked," he said.
"Rosaiah should withdraw these orders otherwise you will face a volatile situation. You will have no moral authority to continue as your government will be reduced to minority after we submit our resignations," he said.
The central government softened its stance on the formation of separate Telangana state Wednesday with Chidambaram stressing that there was need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties in Andhra Pradesh to reach a consensus on the issue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also called for a shutdown in Telangana, comprising Hyderabad and nine other districts, on Thursday. Student groups in various districts have also called for a shutdown.
Tension prevailed around Osmania University campus as students came out on streets raising slogans against the government. They damaged 10 buses and shopkeepers downed shutters in Tarnaka area near the campus.
Students of Nizam colleges and activists of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) also began protests in different parts of Hyderabad.
ABVP has called for closure of all educational institutions in the region. As tension mounted, state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) stopped bus services in some areas.
Even before Chidambaram made the statement, pro-Telangana students clashed with the police in Warangal town and laid siege to the offices of the Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Raising slogans of "Jai Telangana", students of Kakatiya University clashed with police deployed on the university campus. They demanded that all the legislators, irrespective of their political affiliations, resign.
other elected representatives of the region will submit their resignations and a 48-hour bandh tomorrow.
"Chidambaram statement amounts to putting the Telangana issue on the backbruner. We have been betrayed once again by the state of the Home Minister.
"There is no clarity or time frame fixed. In the name of consensus will they take 150 years? How much time they are going to take (for creating Telangana)?" he told a press conference at the residence of Congress leader Jana Reddy and flanked by leaders from other parties.
situation in Andhra Pradesh.
At a meeting with a group of Congress MPs from the Rayalseema and coastal regions of the state, Singh reportedly assured them of a new initiative by the Centre to clear doubts.
"The PM told us that a new decision is likely in a day or two," K S Rao, a senior party MP and leader of the delegation, later told reporters. Singh told the MPs that he and his cabinet colleagues were going to take up the matter for discussion.
Singh's remarks were seen in political circles as an indication that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) would review the Andhra situation on Tuesday.
Rao said his expectation was the Centre would come out with a statement that no decision about bifurcation of the state would be made unilaterally. He said that since a unanimous resolution in the state assembly endorsing a new Telangana state was a remote possibility, the Centre should make efforts to restore normalcy.
He said that since home minister P Chidambaram's midnight statement backing the formation of the Telangana state carved out of Andhra, the situation in the state had deteriorated badly. "Everything is at a standstill," he said.
Rao said that the dozen-odd MPs urged the PM to make a fresh announcement to bring back normalcy and cool the tempers. They told Singh that the Centre should reassure everyone that without consulting all the stakeholders no decision would be made.
The PM, according to Rao, agreed that the situation was grave and assured them of the Centre taking a close look at the development.
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Andhra Pradesh !!Breaking News !! Centre proposing Second SRC and Dy CM?
Telangana Deputy CM - !!
If reports from New Delhi are to be believed, the UPA government is likely to announce the constitution of a Second States Reorganisation Commission on solving the Telangana issue.
According to sources, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Home Minister P Chidambaram might make a statement on this by Wednesday evening. The Centre is likely to defend its decision, saying that it did not amount to taking back the promise on Telangana, but in the wake of similar demands from across the country such as Gorkhaland, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha and Poorvanchal, only a Second SRC would be the right solution.
“This is what the Centre meant by commencing the process for formation of Telangana. The process is through either resolution in the assembly or through constitution of a second SRC,” sources said. In a bid to appease the Telangana agitators, the Centre might propose the Deputy Chief Minister post to a Telangana leader. “A specific time frame would be fixed for the SRC, so that it would satisfy the Telanganites,” sources said.
Dec. 20: The fasting Vijayawada MP, Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal, escaped from the Vijayawada Government Hospital in full view of almost 200 police personnel and dozens of admirers.
The MP, whose fast entered the sixth day on Sunday, came to the ground floor of the hospital from his first floor ward, boarded a Qualis vehicle and drove out at about 10.45 pm. Witnesses said five more vehicles followed it.
Mr Rajagopal was expected to be shifted to a corporate hospital at Mangalagiri, 15 km from Vijayawada, and seemed to have taken advantage of the uncertainty. No one stopped the convoy as he drove out.
It was only when the convoy did not reach the Mangalagiri hospital at 11.30 pm that police realised the MP had given them the slip. Amidst allegations that he had been allowed to escape, the police sounded a red alert for Mr Rajagopal and launched a hunt to find him.
The government hospital is located on the national highway that leads to Visakhapatnam on one side and to Hyderabad on the other. Police searched the hospital as well, thinking he could be hiding there, but could not find the MP.
Mr Rajagopal had been shifted to the government hospital on Thursday and the government had refused to shift him to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims) fearing disturbances.
He had vociferously protested the “rude behaviour of the police” and the “biased attitude” of the government against the united Andhra agitation in the coastal districts and Rayalaseema. He had refused to take medicine and call off his fast.
Meanwhile, additional security forces are being rushed to the districts as the condition of elected representatives who are on a fast-unto-death for a united Andhra Pradesh is turning critical.
The Hyderabad police commissioner, Mr B. Prasada Rao, said, “We have no instructions from the government so far to shift the leaders who are on hunger strike to Nims. There are 30 platoons of additional forces available in the city. We are prepared to thwart any untoward incidents.”
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) asked the government to consider shifting MLC Mr Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, and MLA, Mr D. Umamaheswara Rao, Nims.
Dr N. Suneetha, daughter of Mr Vivekananda Reddy, in an appeal to the SHRC, had said that her father is suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and requires medical care. She said there was no facility in Kadapa and he should be shifted to Nims.
A student identified as Mr Chandrasekhar who set himself on fire protesting the arrest of Mr Vivekananda Reddy succumbed to burns at Ruia Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Kadapa. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board member, Mr Ch. Bhaskara Reddy, who is on hunger strike in jail, was shifted to Rims, Tirupati. He was earlier arrested on the charge of being involved in violence.
In another case, a lawyer, Mr B. Venkateswara Rao complained to the SHRC that Krishna and Vijayawada administration is indifferent to the health of Mylavaram MLA Mr D. Umamaheswara Rao who started his fast-unto-death on December 13.
“Mr Umamaheswara Rao may slip into coma and the circumstances warrant he be shifted from Vijayawada hospital to Nims in Hyderabad,” Mr B.V. Rao said. Responding to the petition, the SHRC gave directions to consider the plea of shifting Mr Umamaheswara Rao to Nims. On Saturday, Mr Rao was admitted to the intensive care unit at Vijayawada General Hospital, but when his blood pressure began to fluctuate he was moved to the NRI general hospital near Mangalgiri in Guntur district on Sunday.
Together with him, the former mayor, Ms P. Anuradha, and a Telugu Desam activist, Mr Papaiah Chowdary, were also shifted. Mr Umamaheswara Rao has refused to call off the stir till the Union government scraps the decision for a separate state of Telangana. The TD is angry that the MLA and the other two leaders have not been admitted to Nims. The government has bluntly refused their demand citing law and order problems.
The MLC and the TD leader, Mr. Y. Babu Rajendra Prasad, accused the government of bias. He said that the state government had shifted Telangana Rastra Samiti chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, to Nims when his condition deteriorated, but was ignoring the health of TD leaders agitating in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.