Telangana stir continues; shutdown hits life in AP districts

Hyderabad, Dec 19 (PTI) Relay hunger strikes, road
blockades and demonstrations in support of a united Andhra
Pradesh (India's southern state) continued for the tenth
consecutive day Saturday in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema
regions of the state even as a 48-hour bandh was being
observed in many districts in these regions.

The second day of the bandh observed in Krishna
district, West and East Godavari districts, Guntur, Anantapur
and other districts in both the regions, remained peaceful,
police said.
However, protests broke out in Vijayawada city of
Krishna district after Congress party Member of Parliament
Lagadapati Rajagopal, who is on a indefinite fast for a
unified Andhra Pradesh, was forcibly shifted to a hospital by
police Saturday morning.
Raising anti-Telangana slogans, Joint Action Committee
(JAC) agitators and scores of Congress workers led by two
former ministers M Budhaprasad and D Rajasekhar (Nehru)
resorted to road blockades in different parts of the city and
on NH-5 disrupting vehicular movement.
Vijayawada City Commissioner of Police Rajendranath
Reddy told PTI that traffic was diverted at several places and
banks remained closed while a few automated teller machines
(ATMs) were functioning.
"The bandh is peaceful and the situation is under
control," Reddy said.
The situation in Anantapur district which witnessed
widespread protests with destruction of public properties and
violent clashes between students and police few days ago, was
peaceful, a senior police officer said. (MORE) PTI VVK
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