Stating that the Hyderabad Police Commissioner had denied permission for his proposed "Upavasa Deeksha" for getting sub-categorization in SC reservations, MRPS founder-president Manda Krishna Madiga said that he would nevertheless go on the fast.
Speaking to the media after visiting with the Commissioner in the latter's office on Tuesday, Madiga said that he had urged the Commissioner to grant permission for his fast at Indira Park and Bapu Ghat, but the top cop had denied it. He would however go ahead with his fast as scheduled regardless of the consequences, he said.
Expressing anguish over the situation, he claimed that there was more suppression under the present government than in united AP, given the previous government hadn't arrested leaders including KCR, KTR, T Harish Rao and M Kodandaram who had created a much bigger scare during the Million March.