Fact Sheet: Babu makes the Left starve!

Strange as it might sound, it was Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu who literally made the Communist party leaders to starve and caused their land struggle taking a violent turn on Thursday.

The CPI-M and CPI leaders, who have been on indefinite fast for the last four days, were frustrated with their own agitation and were waiting for a statement from Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao in the Assemblyy as an excuse to withdraw their fast. The way out was suggested by none other than CPI-M national secretary Prakash Karat, who carried the message from AICC president Sonia Gandhi, requesting withdrawal of the land stir.

The Left leaders would have given their fast on Wednesday itself, but things changed with Chandrababu Naidu visiting their camp and giving a call to the TD activists to participate in the land stir and intensify it. At the same time, the expected statement from the Revenue Minister or Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy in the Assembly did not come, as the discussion remained inconclusive.

On Thursday, the situation worsened with Left agitators turning violent and the police resorting to lathicharge at 10 district Collectorates. The agitation witnessed a lot of violence in Hyderabad and the Left leaders had to receive lathi blows. Now, they are left with no option but to continue their agitation, notwithstanding the reply from the Revenue Minister as well as the Chief Minister. And the man who is having the last laugh is Chandrababu Naidu!!