<p>Tension prevailed in Vijayawada city of coastal Krishna district as Rajagopal continued his fast in the hospital while his supporters staged road blockades.<br /><br />Police said Rajagopal was shifted to hospital but refused to undergo treatment.<br />A large number of policemen surrounded Swaraj Maidan, where the Vijayawada MP was fasting. His supporters tried to resist the arrest but personnel of the anti-Maoist force Greyhounds dispersed them and took the MP to hospital.<br /><br />Doctors at the government-run hospital said the industrialist MP was refusing to take medication and demanding that he be shifted to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.<br /><br />Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao had also been shifted to NIMS after his condition deteriorated at a hospital in Khammam town during his 'fast unto death' for a separate Telangana.<br /><br />After the 11-day fast by Rao, the central government Dec 9 agreed to initiate the process for the formation of a separate Telangana state.<br /><br />Rajagopal's supporters, meanwhile, blocked traffic on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway. Congress leader M. Buddha Prasad and his supporters were arretsed for blocking traffic.<br /><br />For the second consecutive day normal life came to a standstill in Vijayawada and other parts of Krishna district as a 48-hour shutdown called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of all parties and other groups for 'united Andhra' continued.<br /><br />Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in Guntur and West Godavari districts in response to the shutdown call by various political parties.<br />Protests are continuing for the ninth day in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the proposed division of the state.</p>
<p>Tension prevailed in Vijayawada city of coastal Krishna district as Rajagopal continued his fast in the hospital while his supporters staged road blockades.<br /><br />Police said Rajagopal was shifted to hospital but refused to undergo treatment.<br />A large number of policemen surrounded Swaraj Maidan, where the Vijayawada MP was fasting. His supporters tried to resist the arrest but personnel of the anti-Maoist force Greyhounds dispersed them and took the MP to hospital.<br /><br />Doctors at the government-run hospital said the industrialist MP was refusing to take medication and demanding that he be shifted to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad.<br /><br />Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao had also been shifted to NIMS after his condition deteriorated at a hospital in Khammam town during his 'fast unto death' for a separate Telangana.<br /><br />After the 11-day fast by Rao, the central government Dec 9 agreed to initiate the process for the formation of a separate Telangana state.<br /><br />Rajagopal's supporters, meanwhile, blocked traffic on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway. Congress leader M. Buddha Prasad and his supporters were arretsed for blocking traffic.<br /><br />For the second consecutive day normal life came to a standstill in Vijayawada and other parts of Krishna district as a 48-hour shutdown called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of all parties and other groups for 'united Andhra' continued.<br /><br />Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in Guntur and West Godavari districts in response to the shutdown call by various political parties.<br />Protests are continuing for the ninth day in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the proposed division of the state.</p>
