Thursday, 16 July 2015

Karamchedu Timeline.

To the best of my memory the following is theKaramchedu Timeline.

1. Feb 1985 AIRSU Conference Hyderabad. Radical supporters fromKaramachedu attended the conference.

2. May 1985 Village campaign was disturbed by the local landlords inKaramchedu village.

3. 17 July 1985 Ghostly  incident  occurred.  Initial    relief  work  was  done  bylocal radicals  and  it  was  furthered  by  Kathi  Padma  Rao  of Hetuvada Sangham,   Salagala  Rajasekhar  and  Mukiri Victor Shyamson. (Church Office Bearer ).

4. July End 1985 I joined the movement on the behest of People's War. Nemaluri Bhaskara Rao was RC   secretary. and there was some Com. Balaiah / Raju (name subject to verification). to  guide  me  on behalf  of  the RC. Bokka Parmajyothy,  Virapani  Venkateswara Rao were my supporters apart from Radicals among the victims such as Isac, Prabhakar and others.. There was cultural team led by Diwakar and Dappu Ramesh.Kumari,  Yuvaka  (Kalaikuri  Durga  Prasad)   and  Chandrasriwere also very active in those days.

5. 15 August 1985 Radicals, under my leadership  organised a public meeting atGadiyaram Sthambham Center in Chirala. It was the first public meeting of the movement.Yelesamma, the mother of  a  deceased  in  the  attack  wasintroduced to public. She was killed later.

6. 1 Sept 1985 Dalita Mahasabha formed at a Huge public meeting.

7. 10 Sept 1985 State  Bandh  was  organised.  Police  arrested  about  100protesters. And kept them in the Chirala Police station.

8. 11 Sept 1985 Katti Padma Rao left Chirala Vijayanagar Sibiram for Guntur to stay with Kannama Raja handing over the leadership to me.

9. 13 Sept 1985 I  was arrested along with  seven others  at  Chiral  and sent  to Ongole jail and we got condition bail the other day. And I becamethe in-charge of  Vijayanagar Sibiram  since then.  There waspolice surveillance for me at the sibiram.

10. 6 Oct 1985 Police lifted the condition of the bail on a new condition that Ishould should  leave Chirala.Same day Kathi Padma Rao was arrested at Vijayawada public meeting.

11. July 1989 The Chirala court acquitted me and others as the prosecution failed to prove our guilty in the court of law. 

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