Shutdown complete in Kadapa

Kadapa: Shutdown call in the district has evoked good response from political parties and people. Leaders and workers of various political parties staged protests and rasta rokos and raised slogans against the BJP-led NDA government for rendering injustice to AP in the Union Budget.

Normal life crippled as commercial shops, schools and colleges, government and private offices were closed. RTC did not ply buses in the district from 6 am to 1 pm. Regional Manager A Changal Reddy said the RTC incurred a loss of Rs 90 lakh as against Rs 60 lakh per day.

Proddatur MLA Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy has alleged that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was responsible for prevailing political instability in the state. The MLA said that this situation would not have arisen had he put pressure on the Modi government from three years ago.