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Mudragada ends fast
Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Monday ended his four-day fast after \"assurances\" from the AP government, including allocation of Rs 1000 crore annually to Kapu welfare corporation. He went on indefinite fast on Friday demanding quota for his community.
Gets ‘assurances’ on BC report, funds
Rajahmundry: Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Monday ended his four-day fast after "assurances" from the AP government, including allocation of Rs 1000 crore annually to Kapu welfare corporation. He went on indefinite fast on Friday demanding quota for his community.
The retreat by Padmanabham came after Labour Minister K Atchannaidu, TDP state president K Kala Venkat Rao and party MLAs Thota Trimurthulu and NVS Varma held talks with him at his native village Kirlampudi in East Godavari district.
Kala Venkat Rao and Atchannaidu offered lime juice to Padmanabham, who has been fasting along with his wife, some family members and supporters. Padmanabham said the government had assured him that it would obtain the report of a commission on the Backward Classes (for the inclusion of Kapus in BCs), within seven months instead of nine, if possible, and allocate Rs 1000 crore annually to Kapu (welfare) corporation from next year.
The government had set up the commission to study the issue of reservations for the community headed by Justice Manjunath and it is expected to submit its report within nine months. The government representatives asked Padmanabham to join the discussions leading up to the decision on reservations.
The government would separately provide Rs 500 crore this year and accept all the applications made this year to the Kapu corporation by the community members for benefits, he said. Padmanabham said he is in favour of provision of "creamy layer" among the Kapus. Atchannaidu said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is "very positive" on the demands of the community.
The government would be judicious in dealing with the police cases registered in connection with the violence that erupted during a rally organised by Padmanabham on January 31, the minister added. Atchannaidu said injustice would not be done to the Backward Classes in the process of providing reservation to the Kapus.
Padmanabham appealed to Naidu to bring a resolution in the Legislative Assembly, after receipt of the panel's report and forward it to the Centre for incorporating Kapus in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
The breakthrough came after the representatives of the government Thota Thrimurthulu and MLC Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao held detailed talks with Mudragada late on Sunday night. This was followed by a meeting between the Kapu leader and Atchanaidu and Kala Venkat Rao.
