Hyderabad, February 24: Former Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s hunger strike on students’ fee reimbursement issue entered the sixth day on Wednesday. Doctors who attended on him said his sugar levels have come down and he needed medical treatment.
Jagan undertook the seven-day hunger strike at Indira Park here on February 18 to bring pressure on the state government for release of funds towards fee reimbursement, scholarships and mess charges.
He will end his fast tomorrow at 5 pm.
Former TTD chairman and Jagan loyalist B Karunakar Reddy said that police forces arrived at the venue last night to disrupt the hunger strike.
Police left when Jagan’s supporters threatened to commit suicide if the strike was disrupted.
Meanwhile, about 22 Congress MLAs and two MLCs on Wednesday undertook padayatra from Indira park to Assembly to extend solidarity to Jagan’s deeksha.
“We have undertaken the padayatra in protest against the state government’s insensitive attitude on the demand for release of funds for the tuition fees reimbursement and Jagan’s fast,’’ a Jagan loyalist said.
Some of them criticised the Kiran Kumar Reddy government for its failure to send its representatives to hold discussions with Jagan on fee reimbursement issue.
–Agencies