CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna continues to be held in the district jail staying put on his demand for Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu leading an all party delegation to the Union government.
Mr Ramakrishna had participated in the protest programme, as part of the State-wide protests, opposite the BSNL office in Anantapur, demanding that the Centre immediately sanction and implement all the promises made to the State on the floor of the Parliament such as ‘special category status’, help to construct the new capital city.
As the protest turned unruly, with the agitators entering the BSNL office and ransacking furniture, the police had arrested Mr Ramakrishna, the CPI district secretary Jagadish, besides other leaders of the CPI.
Mr Ramakrishna then decided to stay out in the station until such time that the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave an assurance to call for an all-party meeting and subsequently lead the same to the Centre, exhorting it to stand by the promises made to the State.
With the Chief Minister giving no such commitment, Mr Ramakrishna and other leaders chose not to leave the station forcing the police to present them before the court which remanded them. On the other hand, former State secretary and CPI national executive member K Narayana today visited Mr Ramakrishna at the district jail in Anantapur on Friday. Speaking to The Hindu after meeting him, Mr Narayana accused the State government of not heeding to the voice of people, who, he said, were facing untold hardships, especially in the Rayalaseema region which was reeling under severe drought.
“It is the responsibility of the CM to take along with him all political parties in such matters,” Mr. Narayana said .
