The Andhra Pradesh government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had recently come up with a proposal to increase the existing districts in the state. As a result of the proposal, the district counts will go up to 26 and the districts were made under the parameters of the Parliament constituencies.
However, the new proposal did not sit well with many and new demands are coming from people and leaders. Another new proposal came from Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district challenging the cancellation of the Revenue Division.
The Dharmavaram Revenue Division was canceled and was incorporated in the proposed Puttaparthi Division. The Paritala family has objected to this and Paritala scion Sriram is gearing up to sit for a Hunger strike opposing the proposal.
Taking to Instagram, Paritala Sriram shared the news saying that he decided to sit for Hunger Strike outside the Dharmavaram MRO Office against the government decision. The protest will go on from morning 10 to evening 5.
Dharmavaram has been the stronghold of the Paritala family. The division was formed around 7 decades back. Besides Paritala Sriram, a few other TDP leaders have also opposed the development and damned the government to change the proposal.
The specialty of Dharmavaram is that the city is well known for silk sarees. The weaving industry is one of the income sources of the town and people from various parts of the country buy sarees there. The Silk in Dharmavaram is so popular that it is dubbed as the Silk city of Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier, Paritala Sriram and the current MLA of Dharmavarama Kethireddy Venkatarami Reddy had a war of words over the issue. While Sriram had opposed the move, the MLA hit back saying those who have a history of damaging MRO offices are now talking about the MRO offices.
In the next elections, Paritala Sriram is likely to contest from the Dharmavaram constituency. Given the stronghold the family enjoys there and the goodwill the family has, Telugu Desam Party fans and Paritala followers are hoping that the young blood will make it to the Assembly from the constituency.
