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V. Raghavendra

Konaseema arson: State did not act despite warning from Central Intelligence agencies, says Pawan

Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan said on Friday that he would write to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the violence that had broken out at Amalapuram recently over the renaming of Konaseema district.

“It is certainly not due to any disrespect for B.R. Ambedkar. There seems to be some political motivation behind it,” Mr. Pawan Kalyan told the media at the party office near Mangalagiri.

There had been a warning from the Central Intelligence agencies, but the State government acted in a negligent way while dealing with the situation, he said, while pointing out that a Shiv Sena leader blamed the Prime Minister for it when, in fact, neither Mr. Narendra Modi nor the BJP had anything to do with the incident.

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