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Anger spilled on to the streets and massive protests were witnessed in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Chittoor, Guntur, Anantapur, Kadapa and Kurnool
As part of the protests against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Party chief Jaganmohan Reddy is slated to go on an indefinite fast from Saturday. This comes even as the Centre has begun working on a special package to pacify the Seemandhra region.
Announcing his decision to go on a fast over the issue, the YSR Congress chief on Friday said that it was not too late to revoke the Union Cabinet's decision to create a separate Telangana. He pointed that if Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's stand can make the government change its decision on ordinance issue, it can always help in stopping the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Jagan is slated to go on the fast a day after lakhs of people took to the streets Friday at the start of a 72-hour shutdown in coastal Andhra and the Rayalaseema regions to protest against the creation of a separate state of Telangana.
On Friday, protests broke out in cities and towns from Srikakulam in north coastal Andhra to Anantapur in Rayalaseema. All state and national highways were blocked, schools, colleges, businesses and government offices were shut, and protesters attacked the homes of lawmakers, asking them to resign.
Tensions ran high in Vijayawada where thousands of students came out to protest against the UPA government's decision. Anger spilled on to the streets and massive protests were witnessed in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Chittoor, Guntur, Anantapur, Kadapa and Kurnool.
The shutdown was total and was marred by sporadic incidents of violence. Seemandhra and the Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers (APNGOs) Association president Ashok Babu warned that the protests could turn violent because of growing public anger.
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