Date:12/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/12/stories/2008051257110400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

BC leaders told to agitate

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh State Backward Classes Welfare Association has called upon BC leaders in various political parties to launch an agitation against the ‘injustice’ in the allotment of tickets by three main parties in the by-elections. R. Krishnaiah, president, in a statement while criticising the parties said the BC leaders in different parties “should not give up their self-respect for the sake of posts they hold.” –Special Correspondent