Hyderabad: Opposing Andhra Pradesh's division, which looks imminent, protesters today took to the streets in Rayalaseema and Andhra regions of the state.
Students and activists of various political and non-political groups took out rallies, formed human chains and observed shutdown in some parts of Seemandhra, as the two regions are generally referred to.
Educational institutions remained closed in several towns on a call given by Samaikhya Andhra or United Andhra students' Joint Action Committee.
A day after indications that the Congress core group at its meeting on Friday decided in principle to give separate statehood to Telangana, protests broke out in different towns of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
Hundreds of students participated in a rally in Nellore, demanding that the central government drop any move to split the state. Congress legislator Anam Vivekananda Reddy also addressed the rally.
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