Former Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday revealed that, he would undertake a one-day hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 11th of this Month. The mext move of the young leader is to highlight the plight of rain-hit farmers, and also as a mark of protest against the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal's Award.

He added that the fast would be meant to mount pressure on the centre to release an adequate relief package for the rain-hit farmers in the state. And would be also to register his protest against the Krishna Tribunal's verdict over the sharing of waters between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The former MP lashed out at both the centre and state government for failing to provide relief to the farmers, who had been reeling under mounting debts after they lost their crops due to 5 successive natural calamities.

Published Date : Tuesday, 4/1/2011 11:55 AM IST