Jagan on 48-hr fast

Vijayawada: Former Kadappa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's will observe a 48-hour fasting to focus on the issues of farmers who were affected in the cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh, official sources said today.

Reddy, who conducted an intensive tour of the cyclone-affected districts, interacted with the farmers and they complained to him that the administration failed to support farmers who incurred huge losses from the cyclone, they said.

They also complained to him that the state government has totally failed to protect the interests of the farmers in the cyclone-affected state.

On this, Reddy reacted sharply and at the end of his tour on Monday at Machilipatnam, announced that unless the government came forward to settle the issues of farmers in the cyclone-affected areas he would observe fasting for 48-hours.

Reddy also demanded the government to waive the interest on crop loans and reschedule the loans for the cyclone affected farmers.