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Attack on Andhra candidates condemned

Special Correspondent

VISAKHAPATNAM: Minister for Commercial Taxes Konathala Ramakrishna on Thursday condemned the attack on candidates from Andhra region at Kirandul who had gone there to appear for a recruitment test conducted by the NMDC. The candidates returned here on Wednesday after they were beaten up by some locals and their hall-tickets were destroyed.

Mr. Ramakrishna said this was an inhuman act and promised to take up the matter with the Central government and the Ministry of Mining.

He recalled that in the past candidates from Andhra area were beaten up and sent back when they had gone to Bhubaneswar to appear for the Railway Recruitment Board test. Then the P.V. Narasimha Rao government changed the RRB venue for candidates of this region to Secunderabad.

The Minister said he was not even aware that the Government proposed a veterinary college here when reporters asked him if the college was also being shifted to Kadapa. The State government was establishing universities, medical colleges, engineering colleges and other important educational institutions in different parts of the State to ensure regional balance, Mr. Ramakrishna said.

‘Regrettable’

Beating up Andhra candidates at Kirandul was highly regrettable and the NMDC must conduct another recruitment test for the 350 candidates of this region in Visakhapatnam, MLA of Chodavaram Ganta Srinivasa Rao demanded on Thursday.

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