Sirpur MLA Dr. P. Harish Babu’s health deteriorated on the fifth day of his hunger strike against GO 49, which seeks to create a tiger conservation reserve in Kumram Bheem–Asifabad district. BJP cadres demanded urgent medical care and complete withdrawal of the order.
MLA Dr P Harish Babu announced that he would launch an indefinite hunger strike in protest of delay in completing repair works of a high-level bridge across Peddavagu.
