Rajahmundry: The all-party protest
against division of Andhra Pradesh passed off peacefully today
in East Godavari district barring the arrest of Congress
leader Vijayalakshm.
The protest, in the form of shut downs, rail and road
blockades, continued in the district for the fifth day today.
The all party delegation met here and decided to stall work in
the Central Government organisations like ONGC, Kakinada Port,
Rajahmundry Airport and GAIL, if the Centre did not respond to
their protest.
"We are expecting some good information from the Centre.
After receiving the information from the Centre, if it is not
conducive we will intensify our agitation in favour of
United Andhra Pradesh," they said adding that they are
expecting a positive message from New Delhi.
The city police took Congress leader Jakkampudi
Vijayalakshmi, wife of former Minister Jakkampudi Ramamohan
Rao, and 15 other activists into preventive custody, District
Superintendent of Police Y Nagi Reddy told PTI and added that
she had not taken police permission for the sit-in protest.
She was taken into custody when she wanted to take part in an
all-party delegation`s sit-in programme, officials said.
APSRTC has been incurring huge losses due to the bandh as
due to cancellation of its services, a spokesman of the
Corporation told PTI.
PTI
