Jagan's week-long deeksha on fee arrears begins

Demanding that the Government ‘immediately’ reimburse the professional colleges to ensure that they continue to function, former Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday began his week-long ‘Deeksha’ at the ‘Varalakshmi Pranganam’ at Indira Park.

The site of the camp where the Deeksha is being held has been renamed the ‘Varalakshmi Pranganam’ by Mr Jaganmohan Reddy as homage to the B Tech student who allegedly committed suicide after being harassed by her college for being unable to pay her fees.

The Deeksha began with Mr Jaganmohan Reddy garlanding the statue of his father at the Punjagutta Crossroads, besides the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at Tank Bund, at 11:30 AM.

As many as 19 Legislators and other leaders were present at the Deeksha camp, besides students and parents.

During the day, Varalakshmi’s parents too made their way to the Deeksha site. The weeping parents urged Mr Jaganmohan Reddy to ensure that other students in the state do not take the extreme step which their daughter was forced to take.

Konda Surekha, Konda Murali, Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, Amarnath Reddy, Kapu Ramachandra Reddy, Babu Rao, Ashok Babu, Ravi, Gurnath Reddy, Siva Prasad Reddy, Srikanth Reddy, Srinivasulu, Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy, Jayasudha Kapoor, Adinarayana Reddy, Shoba Nagi Reddy and Katasani Ramireddy, besides Nallapureddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy and Balanagi Reddy from the TDP were among the leaders who were seen at the Deeksha camp.