Jagan Reddy’s indefinite fast enters second day

The indefinite fast launched by jailed YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to protest the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, entered the second day on Monday.

However, prison authorities maintained that they had no official information from Jagan about the fast.

‘He (Jagan) has not given us any representation on his fast. He is under doctors’ observation. As of now, his pulse rate, glucose levels and blood pressure are normal,’ Chanchalguda jail superintendent B Saidaiah said.

When asked about the future course of action, the prison official said it depends on the doctors’ advice.

YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijayamma, who had called off her indefinite fast on 24 August opposing proposed bifurcation of Andhra after she was forcibly shifted to a hospital in Guntur, had announced that her son and jailed Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy would go on an indefinite fast seeking ‘justice for Seemandhra people.’ 

As a precautionary measure, security was stepped up around Chanchalguda prison with deployment of additional personnel from city police and also paramilitary forces, besides the routes leading to jail were barricaded with barbed wires, a police official said.