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Bandh in Anantapur near total

Staff Reporter

RTC buses stay off road, shops remain closed

FALLING IN LINE: Lone TDP activist seen among the CPI (M) leaders taking out a procession as part of district bandh called by two parties in Anantapur on Wednesday.

ANANTAPUR: The district bandh called by TDP and CPI (M) in protest against the wresting of Zilla Parishad by Congress using `undemocratic' methods was near total and peaceful on Wednesday.

Normal life was affected in the district as private and APSRTC buses kept off the road till evening and commercial establishments remained closed.

Educational institutions, banks, petrol filling stations, cinema halls, hotels and Central Government offices were also kept closed, whereas the State Government offices functioned partially.

Traffic on NH-7 intersecting the district headquarters was also disrupted as TDP activists detained vehicles at several places.

Tyres deflated

The bandh was also effective in towns like Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Kalyanadurg, Penukonda, Tadipatri, Guntakal, Gooty and other places.

Telugu Desam Party allegedly broke windscreens of a couple of buses and deflated tyres of several lorries carrying goods on the highway as well as in the towns.

TDP activists went around the places enforcing the bandh. A large number of police personnel were deployed in the city to prevent any untoward incident.

Train detained

TDP and CPI (M) activists led by K. Srinivasulu and G. Obulakonda Reddy also detained Guntur-Yeshwanthpur passenger train for about half-an-hour. The windscreen of a coach of the train was also broken when an activist allegedly pelted stones. A case was registered against a few leaders and activists.

TDP leaders V. Hanumantharaya Chowdary, K. Srinivasulu, P. Sunita, K.M. Saifullah and others and CPI (M) leaders G. Obulakonda Reddy, V. Rambhupal and M. Imtiaz cautioned the Congress that the day was not far when the people would teach them a fitting lesson for subverting the people's mandate in Anantapur.

TDP activists also burnt effigies of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Ministers J.C. Diwakar Reddy and N. Raghuveera Reddy and defected TDP member G. Srikanth Reddy at several places. Party legislators P. Kesham, M. Govinda Reddy, G. Jayamma, P. Raganayakulu and B.C. Govindappa participated in the protest in their respective constituencies.

Impact of the bandh in Kadiri was partial.

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