Telangana note sparks off tension across Seemandhra regions

Despite this, there was instant anger across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions where people who have been agitating for the last 65 days demanding that the state be kept “united”, took to the streets in large numbers and burnt effigies of Congress leaders.

Spontaneous bandhs and shut downs were observed in many towns of these regions, even as AP NGOs Association president P Ashok Babu, who has been leading the agitation, expressed outrage over the Centre's move.  

Congress ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs held a meeting at the Ministers' Residential Complex here and discussed developments.

Cracks among the Congress leaders from Seemandhra, however, became apparent, after one section sought to tow the Congress party high command's line.

Soon after the meeting, Congress leaders rushed to the AP Chief Minister's camp residence to discuss the fallout of the situation.