Police arrest NTR widow for launching fast against new Telangana state
Hyderabad: Lakshmi Parvathi, the widow of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao, was arrested by Hyderabad Police on Sunday after she launched a one-day hunger strike to protest the proposed division of the state. Police have already imposed prohibitory orders
in the city to maintain law and order in view of the continuing mass protests
in various parts of the state. Interacting with the media after her arrest, Parvathi
demanded that Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) president N Chandrababu should apologize
to the people of the state for agreeing to its division. She said by supporting
the division of the state, Naidu had hurt the sentiments of the people. Parvathi
recalled that TDP founder NTR always stood for a united state of all Telugu speaking
people. She also alleged that Tamil Nadu was behind the conspiracy to divide Andhra
Pradesh.
