New Delhi: The present trend of getting popularity easily was followed by a Warangal youth Umesh Reddy in New Delhi today.
Umesh Reddy scaled a cell tower located at Fire Service Office here on Friday. He displayed a placard written with a slogan ‘AP Needs Special Status, Save Andhra Pradesh, Jai Telangana’ demands. Umesh Reddy scaled the tower amidst heavy rain and raised slogans in favour of Andhra Pradesh State special status. But Umesh Reddy made it clear that he would come down only if the Chief Minister speaks to him. He also made it clear that he was a Congress party fan and said he was demanding special status to Andhra Pradesh State on behalf of five crore people of Andhra Pradesh. The CMO officials held consultation with Umesh Reddy over phone and Umesh Reddy got down.
Speaking on the occasion, DCP Madhur Varma said the youth stood on the tower for hours. At last, the police convinced him and helped him to get down using a crane and shifted him to local police station.
Speaking on the occasion, Umesh Reddy said the BJP- ed NDA government was not giving special status and was adopting delaying tactics by not according special status to Andhra Pradesh State. He said he scaled cell tower only to mount pressure on the Centre on special status issue. (NSS)
