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Demand for Special Category Status resonates in Prakasam
The bandh call given by the Andhra Pradesh Pratyeka Hoda Sadhana Samiti with the support from CPM, CPI, Congress and other public fronts is receiving positive response from the Prakasam district public on Friday
Ongole: The bandh call given by the Andhra Pradesh Pratyeka Hoda Sadhana Samiti with the support from CPM, CPI, Congress and other public fronts is receiving positive response from the Prakasam district public on Friday. As support to the SCS demand, a number of schools and commercial establishments in Ongole, Kandukur, Singarayakonda and other places didn’t open in the morning.
The district leaders including Congress DCC president Eda Sudhakar Reddy, CPI district president ML Narayana, Ongole Congress president Sripati Prakasam and other CPM, AITUC, Pratyeka hoda Sadhana Samiti leaders staged a protest in front of the RTC depot in Ongole obstructing the buses coming out from it.
They alleged that the central government is playing games with the sentiments of the Andhra Pradesh public and looking for political gain in other states by rejecting special category status to AP. They alleged that the chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu also didn’t supported to the demand of SCS earlier while he is in coalition with the BJP and brought the pathetic condition to the state.
They demanded the central government to announce SCS to the state at least in this last budget session of the parliament and give respect to the promise made to the Andhra Pradesh public in the same floor.
