Vijayawada, December 15: Congress MP L Rajagopal, who had threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike to oppose division of Andhra Pradesh, today began his fast here.
“I wanted to undertake the fast in Hyderabad yesterday but I was not allowed to do so, I am continuing my fast here,” Rajagopal told reporters here.
Asserting that the majority of the people do not want division of Andhra Pradesh, he demanded the Centre make a statement that the state would not be bifurcated.
“A resolution should be introduced in the Assembly for Telangana. It should have been done yesterday. About 225 of the 294 MLAs are opposed to Telangana. The resolution is bound to lose and things would have been clear,” the Vijayawada MP said.
–Agencies