N Uttam Kumar Reddy demands fresh draft on districts, backs Gadwal, Jangaon

Hyderabad: State Congress president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday asked the state government to issue a fresh draft notification on the reorganisation of districts after including Jangaon and Gadwal as new proposed districts.
He slammed the state government for going ahead with the formation of new districts without any scientific criteria.

Mr Reddy along with former deputy chief minister Damodar Raja Narasimha visited the Dharna Shivir at Indira Park and offered lemon juice to Congress leaders D.K. Aruna, S.A. Sampath Kumar and Ponnala Laxmaiah who have concluded their 48-hour hunger strike.

Addressing the gathering, the Pradesh Congress Committee president accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of ignoring suggestions of Opposition parties and public on new districts.

Before concluding her fast, Gadwal Congress MLA D.K. Aruna criticised Nizamabad MP Kavitha for calling her as ‘Bommali’ of Gadwal fort — a term used for the lead actress in Tel-ugu movie Arundh-anthi. She further asked the Nizamabad MP if she was the Bommali, whether Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was ‘Pasupathi’, the villain character in the movie.

Former PCC chief Ponnala Laxmaiah said their fast is only the beginning and more such agitations will follow to protest against not creating Jangaon district.