Rajahmundry: Congress MP Chiranjeevi and APCC chief N Raghuveera Reddy were taken into police custody at Rajahmundry Airport on Monday. The two leaders were on their way to meet Mudragada Padmanabham, who is leading the Kapu reservation stir in the state.
Raghuveera Reddy said that he along with other senior Congress leaders will be meeting Mudragada to show their support.
According to the sources, Party President Sonia Gandhi instructed AP Congress in-charge Digvijay Singh and former Union minister M.M. Pallam Raju called up Mr Padmanabham and extended their support to him.
Mr Padmanabham, who wants reservations for Kapus among other things, said there was no prospect of talks on the issue unless the government issues a written order accepting his demands.
Mudragada Pamanabham had locked himself along with his wife Padmavathi and some followers in his house at Kirlampudi in East Godavari district on the third day of his indefinite fast on Sunday. Mr Padmanabham said that if Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was adamant, he was more than a match for him.
He also demanded Mr Naidu reveal how he had amassed his alleged wealth of Rs 2 lakh-crore from being a marginal farmer with two acres. “If Mr Naidu reveals that secret, no caste will ask him reservations and everybody will follow him and become as rich as him. Then there would be no need for reservations,” Mr Padmanabham said.
