Vijayamma begins indefinite fast on power woes

Hyderabad, April 2,
2013: YSR Congress party honourary president Smt. Y. S. Vijayamma, along with
the party MLAs and MLCs began an indefinite fast at the new MLA quarters here on
Tuesday protesting against the Government’s decision to affect a hefty hike in power
tariff.

Smt. Vijayamma began
the indefinite fast by garlanding the YSR statue at the protest camp and
sending a clear message that YSRCP will continue to fight on behalf of the people
on all important issues plaguing them.

YSR Congress party,
which had agitated against power tariff hike and the anti-people policies of
the Government in and out of the assembly in the last few days, has intensified
its struggle to bring the Government to its knees.

Tributes
paid to YSR

Earlier on their way to
the fasting camp, Smt. Vijayamma and party MLAs and MLCs, remembered Dr. YSR by
garlanding his statue at Panjagutta cross roads and paying rich tributes to
him.

From Panjagutta, they
reached Basheerbagh Cross roads where they paid tributes to the martyrs’
memorial. After the homage, the people’s representatives left for the
indefinite fasting camp at the new MLA quarters through a procession holding
placards and raising slogans demanding the Government to reduce the hiked power
tariff.

Hundreds of YSRCP
activists followed Smt. Vijayamma and other party leaders to the fasting camp.
Police earlier tried to disperse hundreds of activists who had gathered at the
Martyrs’ Memorial at Basheerbagh.