Telugu Rashtram- Telugu Unity

Even as all eyes were focused on the high drama involving Vijaywada MP L Rajagopal, many other leaders continued their indefinite fast in support of United Andhra Pradesh at as many 49 places across coastal Andhra and Rayala Seema regions.
Condition of one of them — Telugu Desam Party legislator D Umamaheshwara Rao — had worsened [...]

TIRUPATI: Chittoor MLA C.K. Babu launched a fast unto death at Tirupati for the cause of ‘Samaikyandhra’ on Sunday.
He threw his lot behind former TTD Board Chairman B. Karunakar Reddy who, along with other party cadres, has been leading the United Andhra stir with a hunger strike camp put up in front of the Corporation [...]

Says Centre would announce revised decision on division of State by Thursday
KURNOOL: T.G. Venkatesh, president of Rayalaseema Hakkula Ikya Vedika and MLA, indicated that the Central government would announce a revised decision on the State division by Thursday. Talking to reporters here on Sunday, he said the Union Ministers and other top heads involved in [...]

Government offices, public property damaged following Y. S. Vivekandanda Reddy’s arrest
Burning issue: MRO office which was set ablaze following Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy’s arrest at Pulivendala.
KADAPA: A tense situation prevailed on Sunday in Pulivendula and Kadapa where mobs protesting against the arrest and hospitalisation of Congress leader Y. S. Vivekandanda Reddy attacked public property on Saturday [...]

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh): Three Telugu Desam Party leaders — former home minister K Siva Prasad Rao and members of legislative assemblies P Pulla Rao and GV Anjaneyulu — who have been fasting for the last four days, have become weak.
They have been observing fasts as part of their demand for a united state of Andhra [...]

HYDERABAD: Parliamentarians from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions should quit their posts to mount pressure on the Centre to reverse its decision on the Telangana issue, Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi said on Sunday.
“Yes, they should resign from their posts to mount pressure on the Centre,” he told reporters in Vijayawada.
Replying to a query, he [...]

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra University students intensified their Samaikhya Andhra agitation on Wednesday with 10 fasting students threatening to commit suicide by jumping from the King George Hospital building on Wednesday. However, they were brought down by the police and confined to their blocks in the hospital later in the day.
The drama began at around 11 [...]

CHITTOOR: The Samaikhya Andhra movement has spread its wings to the border villages of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with activists conducting rallies, dharnas, rasta rokos and protest demonstrations in support of united Andhra.
Though the people live in Chittoor district, a majority of them are Tamilians and Kannadigas settled here long time ago. Though they are [...]

VIJAYAWADA: After being virtually bundled out of the state capital, Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal on Tuesday vowed to fight back and enter Telangana by undertaking a padayatra soon. Making his stand clear, Rajagopal continued his indefinite fast at the Swarjya Maidan here on Tuesday demanding the Centre to come out with a clear statement on [...]

Two Samaikhya Andhra activists allegedly committed suicide in protest against the division of the state. Vemula Srinivas, 30, of Basavatarakanagar in Guntur committed suicide by jumping in front a speeding train while chanting united Andhra slogans in the late hours of Tuesday. Senior TDP leaders Kodela Sivaprasad Rao, Prattipati Pullarao and Madala Rajendra visited the [...]

Thanks to the Centre’s announcement of starting the process of a separate State of Telangana, the situation in Andhra Pradesh has reached a flashpoint with MLAs, MPs and Ministers turning into two warring groups. The urgent need of the hour is to defuse the situation and remove mutual distrust. Even bureaucrats have identified themselves with [...]