Monday, 2 April 2012

Ministers fight over 'greater' Guntur

                                                              
GUNTUR: Municipal administration minister Maheedhar Reddy is in a piquant situation with his ministerial colleagues from Guntur district warring over inclusion of villages in 'greater' Guntur, the proposal of which was approved by the government recently. While Kanna Lakshminarayana wants merger of only 10 villages, which are considered to be strongholds of Kapus and dalits, local MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao and rural development minister Dokka Manikya Varaprasad are insisting on the merger of all the 15 villages listed in the proposal for greater Guntur Municipal Corporation. The recent issuance of a draft notification by the municipal administration ministry to elicit a public opinion on the merger of 10 neighouring villages to the existing municipal corporation has triggered a fresh war between arch rivals Kanna and Rayapati. 

minister is in a piquant situation with his ministerial colleagues from Guntur district warring over inclusion of villages in 'greater' Guntur, the proposal of which was approved by the government recently. While Kanna Lakshminarayana wants merger of only 10 villages, which are considered to be strongholds of Kapus and dalits, local MP and rural development minister are insisting on the merger of all the 15 villages listed in the proposal for greater . The recent issuance of a draft notification by the municipal administration ministry to elicit a public opinion on the merger of 10 neighouring villages to the existing municipal corporation has triggered a fresh war between arch rivals Kanna and Rayapati. 

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