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Visakhapatnam: Police shift Palla Srinivasa Rao to a private hospital

Update: 2021-02-16 08:58 IST

Police took former TDP MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao who was on a hunger strike and shifted him to a private hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Visakhapatnam: Mild tension prevailed in Gajuwaka as police took former TDP MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao who was on a hunger strike and shifted him to a private hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Former TDP MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao was on a fast unto death for the past six days, protesting against Visakhapatnam Steel Plant's privatisation proposal.

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The police shifted the former MLA forcibly to the hospital. However, Palla Srinivasa Rao mentioned that he will continue his fast.

Meanwhile, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is supposed to visit Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. However, ahead of his arrival, police shifted the former MLA to the private hospital, amid TDP supporters raising slogans -- 'Visakha Ukku Andhrula Hakku', 'Jai Palla'.

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