The evicted trustees of the Sitarama Kalyana Mandapam in Satyanarayanapuram have intensified their agitation for ‘justice’ by launching a relay hunger strike. Aggrieved political parties are extending solidarity with the trustees in various ways.
On Tuesday, former Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana visited the hunger strike camp to express solidarity to the cause of the evicted trustees. Mr. Satyanarayana found fault with the Police Department, saying that it was the responsibility of police to “make a thorough enquiry into such controversies and put an end to them.
He wondered as to why the police and revenue officials preferred to remain silent spectators to the issue and remained pawns in the hands of some people.
He further said that he would take up the issue with the authorities and ensure that justice was done to the evicted trustees. Former Congress Minister D. Sridhar Babu visited the evicted trustees to express his solidarity on Sunday and cautioned the State government against allowing such untoward incidents.
PCC president N. Raghuveera Reddy also met the evicted trustees and extended his support to them, when he came here on March 31. Brahmin leaders cutting across party lines met Mr Reddy and poured out their woes on the issue.
Former MLA Malladi Vishnu has been working in the background extending tacit support to the agitators.
Botcha accuses police and revenue officials of being pawns in the hands of a few
