Congress MLAs and MLCs loyal to former party MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday undertook a 'padayatra' from Indira Park in Hyderabad in support of the fast being held by him for the last six days on the tuition fees reimbursement issue.
"We have undertaken the 'padayatra' in protest against the Andhra Pradesh government's insensitive attitude on the demand for release of funds for the tuition fees reimbursement and Jagan's fast," Konda Surekha, a die-hard loyalist of Jagan, told mediapersons at the assembly.
The Jagan supporters found fault with the state government for not holding talks or sending a representative to meet Jagan though his week-long fast entered the sixth day and he needed medical attention.
The government deputed ministers or other representatives when opposition leaders like Chandrababu Naidu and state Bharatiya Janata Party president G Kishan Reddy went on hunger strikes but it has a "revengeful" attitude towards Jagan, they alleged.
The MLAs, loyal to Jagan, have been expressing their protest in the assembly on the fees reimbursement issue for the last few days by holding placards.
About 20 MLAs, loyal to the former MP, have been calling on him during the last six days of his fast.
Meanwhile, policemen requested Jagan to call off his fast and take medical treatment as per doctors advice but he declined to do so.
"We requested him to come with us to a hospital and take medical treatment as the doctors said he needed medical treatment, though his condition is not serious. But Jagan Mohan Reddy told us that he is young and can pull on," a police official said.
Doctors, who attended on Jagan, said his sugar levels have come down and that he needed treatment.
The former Kadapa MP began his fast on February 18 demanding that the government clear the dues of about Rs 3,500 crore towards tuition fees reimbursement.
The government has released Rs 1,000 crore and said it would abide by the Supreme Court directive on the matter to release the funds by July 15.
