In Andhra Pradesh, Lok Sabha member L Rajagopal who was on fast unto death for the last one week in favour of Unified State has dramatically left the Vijayawada Government Hospital last night to unknown destination. Coming out of the central Diagnostic ward where he was being kept for the last two days after forcibly shifting him to hospital, Rajgopal sped away in a vehicle belonging to a former Corporator. Police launched a massive search in and around Vijayawada city to find out where the Congress MP could have gone. Earlier, Rajagopal was demanding the Government to shift him to Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad for better medical facilities.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the police have forcibly shifted the fasting TDP MLA Shiva Prasad to hospital in Guntur. The TDP MLA and few others were on fast unto death for the last five days in support of the Unified State. On the other hand, the agitation in favour of Unified State is continuing in Rayalaseema and Coasta Andhra Regions.<br/>
News On AIR | December 21, 2009 11:03 AM
Fasting Andhra MP disappears from hospital