Pro-united AP employees to step up campaign

After organising a public meeting here last week in support of unified Andhra Pradesh, the pro-united Andhra employees of the state government today vowed to step up their campaign.
The employees and other united Andhra supporters would organise protests at Central Government offices on September 13 and a women's rally on September 14, Ashok Babu, the leader of the employees, told reporters here.
The Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers (APNGOs) association would hold a meeting of its executive on September 15 to decide the future course of action, he said.
The ongoing strike by the employees of various departments would be intensified from September 16, he said.

The employees, under the banner of APNGOs, had organised a well-attended public meeting here on Saturday last in support of united Andhra.
Meanwhile, protests continued across the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions today against the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) gave its nod to the separate Telangana on July 30, a decision which triggered massive agitation in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, which entered 42nd day today.
Kadapa district saw rallies by students and people from other sections of the society.
A group of agitators went to Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Idupulapaya and urged its Director to close the institute as a mark of support to the cause of unified Andhra Pradesh. The agitators put September 13 as the deadline for closing down the State-run institute.

Thousand of IIIT students took out a rally at Idupulapaya in support of the ongoing agitation. Around 4,000 weavers organised a separate rally in Jammulamadugu. Rallies were also organised at Badvel, Kodur, Mydukur, Porumamilla, Kadapa town and Kamalapuram.
Joint Action Committee (JAC) members burnt an effigy of former Minister and Congress MLA J C Diwakar Reddy, who has pitched for inclusion of Anantapur and Kurnool districts, both in Rayalaseema, in the proposed Telangana state.