2ND LD TELANGANA 3 LAST

Asserting that the majority of the people do not want
division of Andhra Pradesh, he demanded that the United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government make a statement that
the state would not be bifurcated.

"A resolution should be introduced in the Assembly
for Telangana. It should have been done yesterday. About 225
of the 294 MLAs are opposed to Telangana. The resolution is
will be lost and things would have been clear," the
Vijayawada MP said.
Hailing late Chief ministers N T Rama and Y S
Rajasekhara Reddy for keeping Telugu-speaking people united,
Rajagopal demanded that Naidu and actor-turned politician
Chiranjeevi should end their support for Telangana.
Praising the leadership of Rajagopal, the Joint Action
Committee (JAC) formed for spearheading the agitation for
united Andhra Pradesh announced that they will lay siege to
the national highway in Vijayawada Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the 'fast unto death' launched by TDP MLAs
D Umamaheshwara Rao and others in Vijayawada in support of
united state entered third day. Rao demanded that Lok Sabha
members resign from their posts to mount pressure on the
central government.
Also, protests and bandhs continued across coastal
Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the division of
the state.
Agitators carried out programmes to hail the sacrifice
made by Potti Sriramulu in view of his death anniversary
Tuesday. Sriramulu had laid down his life by holding a fast
unto death for the formation of a state for Telugu speaking
people.
Rallies, relay hunger strikes and other forms of
protests and demonstrations are being held in all districts of
the non-Telangana regions opposing bifurcation of state. PTI
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