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This Article is From Aug 09, 2013

Anti-Telangana protests continue across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema

Hyderabad: Protests continued across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the ninth day against the Congress' announcement favouring bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana state.

Though several "pro-united" Andhra Pradesh outfits announced a break to the protests due to Eid-ul-Fitr today, rallies, sit-ins, human chains and fasts continued at several places in both the regions.

Leaders protesting against the Congress decision continued today, with former minister and legislator Dharmana Prasada Rao offering to quit his post.

Though protests across both regions against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh have been by and large peaceful, statues of national leaders have been desecrated several times.

The police has warned that desecration of statues would be dealt with sternly.

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