Chenchalguda jail barricaded

Hyderabad: Anticipating trouble from the YSRC Party and activists, Special Forces were deployed to quell the mobs gathered around the Chenchalguda prison and restrictions were imposed on the movement of vehicles in the area on Sunday. A large number of supporters of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy gathered outside the Chenchalguda jail forcing the police to barricade all the routes leading to the jail to prevent any untoward incident.

Addressing the press here, party official spokesperson, A Rambabu said that Jagan would continue his fast until the Congress reconsiders its decision to carve out the new State. “It is the right of every citizen to undertake any agitation programme in a democratic way in jail also,” he contended.

Claiming that his party is not against Telangana, he said that though the Congress had the responsibility to do equal justice to both regions, but its priorities were based on electoral considerations. Rambabu also criticised TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu for maintaining a stoic silence on the bifurcation. He said it is against the spirit of democratic values.