Even as the farmers’ agitation in protest against the three Capitals proposal of the State Government entered the 49th day on Tuesday, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu participated in a padayatra in Tenali of Guntur district.
He began his padayatra at Narakoduru at about 3 pm and reached Angalakuduru and from there he proceeded to Municipal Market where he expressed solidarity with the protesters taking part in a relay hunger-strike.
Elsewhere in the Amaravati region, farmers staged dharnas at Mandadam and Tullur and took part in relay hunger-strike at Velagapudi.
Meanwhile, Amaravati JAC leaders met Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi on Tuesday morning and explained to him their problems. They demanded that justice be done to the farmers who had parted with lands for the Capital project under the land pooling system. They expressed concern over alleged harassment by the government especially the police in the Capital region during the agitation.
The JAC leaders urged the Vice-President to use his good offices to impress upon the Centre to intervene in the matter and do justice to farmers by not allowing the State government to shift the Capital from Amaravati.
The said, “We shall also meet Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitaraman and senior BJP leaders apart from AICC top brass Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.