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Farmer who gave land for Amaravati dies

He was rushed to the hospital after he complained of chest pain but died during treatment.

VIJAYAWADA: A farmer, Kommineni Mallikarjuna Rao, who had been protesting against the downsizing of the Amaravati capital died on Saturday of suspected cardiac failure. According to his relatives, Mallikarjuna Rao, 56, of Dondapadu in the capital region, got all the more worried when he learnt on Friday that the Boston Consulting Group too had recommended shifting of the executive and judicial capital from Amaravati. He was rushed to the hospital after he complained of chest pain but died during treatment. He had given 1.2 acres under the land pooling scheme of the TD government.

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