Date:02/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010257540200.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Whatever happened to demolition issue?

The demolition of houses at Bhimraobada for construction of a Congress office led to politicians washing the dirty linen in public.When Yuva Rajyam leader criticised the ‘Congresswallahs’, the cadre of the ruling party did not keep quiet. As choicest epithets rolled out, challenges and counter challenges ruled the roost.

The protest episodes saw emergence of an ‘aggressive Gandhigiri’ the original issue of the residents of Bhimraobada seemed to have been eclipsed.Will the original issue come to the centre stage again? None is sure about it.

K. VIJAYA BHASKARA REDDY