Hyderabad: There will be no official state formation day celebrations in Andhra Pradesh. Instead, the state government will conduct week-long programmes under the aegis of “Nava Nirmana Deeksha” from June 2 to 8, to explain to the people the injustice done to Andhra Pradesh during the state’s bifurcation.
On June 8, the government will conduct a public meeting. The venue will be decided later. After a 10-hour Cabinet meeting on Monday, AP information minister Palle Raghunath Reddy informed the media that the Cabinet had taken a decision to conduct the Nava Nirmana Deeksha.
He said the meeting would be conducted at district and mandal headquarters from June 3 to explain to people how injustice was done to the state at the time of bifurcation. When asked about the celebrations, the minister said that the government had decided to conduct the week-long programme instead.
