Overview
- Sri Ganesh Narayanan began the hunger strike on Tuesday near the Ambedkar statue at Karkhana in Secunderabad.
- He demanded the merger of Secunderabad Cantonment’s civil areas with GHMC before municipal polls so residents can elect local representatives.
- He set a three-day deadline for a response from the Union government and signalled plans to escalate the protest in Delhi if ignored.
- He alleged the Centre has avoided holding local elections by annually extending nominated SCB members’ tenures through gazette notifications, noting SCB polls were last held in January 2015 and not conducted since 2020.
- He claimed about ₹1,200 crore due to the Cantonment Board were not released and criticized Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender for not pushing the merger.