Date:22/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/22/stories/2008052251370300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

All-India Youth Federation plans protest tomorrow

Correspondent

‘UPA Government has not honoured any of its promises’

VIZIANAGARAM: The All-India Youth Federation (AIYF) will stage protests in all district headquarters and municipal corporations against the policies of the UPA Government on May 23.

At a press conference on Wednesday, federation’s State general secretary G. Eswaraiah said that the protests were planned on the day when the UPA Government would be completing four years in office. The government did not honour any of the promises it made during its four-year rule, he said, and asked the youth to sport black badges on that day.

Mr. Eswaraiah said that the AIYF would also be conducting round-table and group meetings next month as part of the federation’s golden jubilee celebrations and also stage protests at all the Drug Control Offices in districts against its failure to control sale of spurious drugs in the market.

In accordance with the findings of World Health Organisation, the sale of bogus drugs was to the tune of Rs.400 crores in the State and Rs. 38,000 crores across the nation, he said. AISF district general-secretary B. Ashok was present.