Former minister Mudragada Padmanabham wrote a... ... Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 20 December 2021

Former minister Mudragada Padmanabham wrote a letter to AP Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and mentioned the difficulties encountered during the Sankranti festival. He said he is bringing to the notice of the chief minister about a very sensitive issue of celebrating the Sankranti festival in a traditional way of holding cockfights, Bull racing, and other games for about 5 days. He recalled that they used to seek permission from the police department in general for the cockfights from 1978 to 2004 and get it easily. The former minister also opined that currently the issue have become troublesome as the police are not giving the permission for the said games to be held urged the government for permanent orders to celebrate Sankranthi and Ugadi for 5 days without any hassles.Read more