Samaikyandhra Movement
| 2013 United Andhra Movement | |
|---|---|
| Part of Samaikyandhra Movement | |
| Date | 30 July 2013 - 20 February 2014 |
| Location | 13 districts of Coastal Andhra & Rayalaseema, Hyderabad |
| Caused by | Oppose the decision of Congress Working Committee to divide the state of Andhra Pradesh |
| Goals | Stop division of Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad for all |
| Methods | Strike action, Procession, One Lakh Voices protests, Bandh, Raasta roko, Gherao, Hartal, Human Chain, Suicide and other unique and innovative forms of protests |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Casualties | |
| Arrested | 221 |
Samaikya Andhra Movement (United Andhra Movement) was a movement organized to keep the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh united, and to prevent the division of the state - separating the Telangana districts of the state into a separate Telangana state. The movement is supported by government employees, advocates in Coastal Andhra & Rayalaseema regions along with students from 14 universities, various occupational, caste & religious groups of Coastal Andhra & Rayalaseema regions. The current set of protests which were trigerred after the Congress Working Committee decision to divide the state came to an end after President of India gave nod to Telangana Bill which would make the latter to come into existence from June 2, 2014.
The movement took shape on 9 December 2009, when as a result of an 11-day fast by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram announced that the Indian government would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly. The announcement resulted in widespread protests across Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions.
Lagadapati Rajagopal began an hunger strike demanding that the state be kept united, his shocking dramatic ‘‘escape’’ from the hospital in Vijayawada to the State capital, he said he had come to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS),He called off his fake deeksha in the presence of reporters and immediately afterwards, said he would undertake another fast-untodeath in Visakhapatnam if the Centre didn’t come out with a solution acceptable to all. though his strike dind't receive much support. Leaders and activists of Seemandhra political parties and several elected representatives and leaders of the Congress went on one day hunger strikes extending their support to the cause.
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