The talks between the Cabinet sub-committee headed by Deputy CM Damodar Rajanarasimha and the representatives of AP NGOs were failed. Ministers Anam Rami Narayana Reddy, P Satyanarayana and few others, who participated in the meeting with NGOs have tried to convince them to give representation to Antony Committee and hold their strike decision. But the NGOs firmly stick to their strike notice and made it clear that they will continue the strike until the UPA government withdraws its decision on division of the state.

P.Ashok Kumar, president of the AP NGOs Association has condemned the unilateral decision taken by the UPA government and demanded it to immediately withdraw its decision. The strike will begin from Monday midnight. Around 2.5 lakhs employees working in APS RTC, Revenue, Treasury, Commercial Tax, Electricity, Panchayat and six other departments will participate in the indefinite strike.

Digvijay Singh has appealed the NGOs not to go for strike as it will adversely affect the lives of the people in the state. He asked them to give representation to Antony Committee about their apprehensions on the bifurcation issue. He asserted all the issues raised by will be addressed. However, the NGOs prefer to go ahead with their strike plan. However, AP NGOs working in Secretariat will just observe a pen-down and won’t participate in the strike.