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Pro-Telangana and India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters are hit by a police water cannon as they try to climb over a barricade during a protest in New Delhi on September 4, 2012.

Protests demanding Telangana statehood reach Indian capital

Protesters demanding a separate Telangana state carved out of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh took to the streets of New Delhi on Tuesday.

Proponents of the new state have complained their area in the north has been left underdeveloped and ignored by powerful politicians from southern Andhra Pradesh, The Associated Press reports. Demands for a separate state have erupted sporadically since the 1950s.

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Comment author avatarThe Angry Guy

Geeze - even the cannon water in India is filthy.

    Reply#1 - Tue Sep 4, 2012 8:02 PM EDT
    Comment author avatarDr. MS

    And your mind, focus and comments are filthy too! If after watching a protest, listening to interviews and getting all kinds of insights on an important struggle (whether you agree with it or not)...you can only comment on the water cannon (not cannot water moron)? You are a pretty sad representative for democracy! Angry Guy...why angry? You could not get a $80,000 job as a business executive with such poor English, poor intellect, poor education and poor observational skills? My, my...what arrogant statements from you though! But at least you are reading on international issues.

      Reply#2 - Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:10 PM EDT
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