Upset over the State government's alleged indifferent attitude to their demand for carving out a new district with Markapur as headquarters, the Markapur District Sadana Samiti(MDSS) set a deadline of March 15 for Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to concede to their demand.
Leading a relay hunger strike by the MDSS activists for the 26th day on Sunday, MDSS chairman Kandula Narayana Reddy threatened to embark on an indefinite fast from March 16 if there was no positive response from the YSR Congress Party government in the State by then for creation of a district exclusively comprising the five Assembly segments in western Prakasam region.