Kakinada: Valasapakala villagers stage protest demanding voting rights

Kakinada, Nov 10 (UNI) Residents of Valasapakala, a suburban village of Kakinada, on Tuesday staged a dharna at the Kakinada Municipal Corporation office demanding restoration of their voting rights and merger of their village with the corporation before conducting the municipal elections. The villagers took out a rally from Valasapakala to the corporation office and raised slogans demanding implementation of the Governor's ordinance for merging six villages -- Valasapakala, Vakalapudi, Ramanaiahpeta, Indrapalem, Cheediga and Toorangi -- which were part of Kakinada rural mandal. The protesters said the then TDP government had issued a GO 17 years ago for merging these…