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Naidu pulls it off with ease:
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM, February 9, 2016
- B.V.S. BHASKAR
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who has been firm from the beginning over inclusion of the Kapu community in the Backward Classes, has shown that no ground is lost in getting former Minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham to give up his fast.Mr. Padmanabham, known to be unpredictable in State politics, has managed to merely cause a few political tremors for the government in the four days after Kapu Ikya Garjana (public meeting of his community) at Velama Kothuru village on January 31.The burning of 23 bogies of Ratnachal Express, damaging several police vehicles, attack on police and media persons by mobs were all attributed by the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues to the actions of Opposition parties or anti-social elements.In view of these events, the government started taking decision very fast and the Chief Minister is said to have instructed his Ministers, party leaders, and also all the top police officers to act judiciously on Mr. Padmanabham’s fast unto death agitation from February 1.The district, which is politically active and dominated by caste politics, responded to Mr. Padmanabham’s agitation from day one. Supporters of the Kapu leader thronged Kirlampudi in a big way and slowly the police mounted pressure on villagers and outsiders, including political leaders.Kapu leaders from Konaseema, who were with Mudragada since 25 years, however, feel that the community had not gained anything despite the efforts.“None of his (Mr. Mudragada) important demands like sanctioning of Rs.1,900 crore immediately, CBCID inquiry into Tuni incidents, the inclusion of a Kapu leader in Justice Manjunatha Commission and lifting all the cases on Kapus who were implicated in Tuni incident have been met,” they felt.There are no tangible gains, say Kapu leaders from the Konaseema region
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