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Pahalgam attack: solidarity rallies, protest marches taken out across Rayalaseema

Solidarity rallies and protest marches were taken out across Rayalaseema region on Friday against the recent terrorist attack on tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir. In Kadapa, a protest rally was taken out by the Hindu JAC, which originated at Koti Reddy Circle and passed through the arterial roads of the city to conclude at Seven Roads junction. People joined in large numbers in the rally shouting slogans like 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. Students, members of cultural outfits and religious institutions took part by flaunting national flags. 'Ex-servicemen are prepared' The Kadapa District Ex-Servicemen Association expressed its preparedness to take up any role assigned by the government to fight intrusion in the wake of heightened tension along the border. The members took out a candlelight march from Sivalayam centre in Proddatur town to express their resentment over the dastardly attack. The retired soldiers called it an attempt by the hostile neighbours to disturb peace in J&K and thus rattle its sprouting economy. They also saw a ploy to shatter the confidence of the soldiers guarding the border. The association president (Proddatur division) Netla Balaveera Reddy termed as an 'inhuman act' the pumping of bullets into the bodies of unarmed civilians, especially visiting tourists. They paid tributes to the newly-married naval officer Vinay Narwal and Kavali-based techie S. Madhusudhan. Vice-president A.P. Peeraiah and general secretary K. Sambasiva Reddy also took part. Teachers condemn attack Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Saikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM), a national body representing teachers in the domain of higher education, condemned the attack as 'a brutal murder based on religious grounds', thus targeting humanity itself. In Tirupati, ABRSM Andhra Pradesh unit president Prof. Y.V. Rami Reddy and general secretary D.S.V.S. Balasubramanyam stated that such violent attacks against innocents were a direct assault on the values of civilisation.