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Pawan Kalyan was holding pride rally protesting against Andhra being denied special category status.
Updated : Sep 09, 2016, 07:20 PM IST
In an unfortunate turn of event, one person was killed and three got injured in Kakinada town when they lost balance while hanging from top of a building and fell on ground, while attending popular Telegu star Pawan Kalyan's pride rally, reports The News Minute .
The report quotes police sources as saying that the deceased Nandipalem Venkataramana, 22 and his friends were standing on a building, located near the rally dangerously holding to the window. When they lost balance, all four fell to the ground and one person died. Others have been admitted to the hospital.
Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan was addressing the crowd against centre's decision of not giving special status to Andhra Pradesh. He said Centre has stabbed" people of Andhra Pradesh in the belly by denying special category status to the state. "The Congress stabbed (the people of AP) in the back (by dividing the state) and when we sought justice, BJP stabbed in the stomach," Kalyan said addressing the "Andhrula Atma Gourava Sabha" (Andhra's self-respect) rally in Kakinada town this evening.
The two national parties created instability in the two states (AP and Telangana), Kalyan alleged and demanded that they apologise to the people. "You could not do justice either to AP or Telangana. You denied special status to AP and could not even give a High Court to Telangana," he pointed out.
AP people had been seeking special status to the state but after keeping them in hope for over two years, the Prime Minister finally thrust two stale laddus in their hands. Recalling that BJP passed a resolution in 1996 in Kakinada favouring division of Andhra Pradesh, Kalyan said it was not honouring the commitment (to grant special status) made in Parliament.
"Doesn't the commitment made by all parties in Parliament hold any value? Is your party resolution greater than the Constitution or Parliament?" he asked BJP, adding t hat it should feel ashamed of itself. This was Kalyan's second public meeting after the one in Tirupati late last month.
The 45-year-old actor, who supported the TDP-BJP combine in the 2014 elections, vowed to fight till AP was granted special status as promised. On Wednesday, the Centre announced a financial package for Andhra Pradesh that include full funding of Pollavaram irrigation project, tax concessions and a special assistance, but stopped short of giving the state a special status.
With PTI inputs