Suspended Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy, who broke away from the party after spending decades with it, to fight for Telangana, seems to now be inclined towards a "leadership" role in the Telangana agitation.
Nagam has announced that he will conduct a hunger strike at Indira Park in Hyderabad, on July 3 & 4, for the cause of a separate state of Telangana.
Nagam further said the main obstacle to the formation of a separate Telangana state is the fact that there are different groups fighting for the cause. He said what Telangana really needs now is for all forces to unite, and that that is what people want.
He called upon all Telangana leaders, activists, Joint Action Committee (JAC) members and politicians to come together and take part in his planned fast on 3 & 4 July.
Meanwhile, at Warangal, Telangana agitators obstructed the convoy of Minister for Information Technology & Communications Ponnala Lakshmaiah, demanding that he resign. POlice had to intervene with a lathicharge at the agitators.