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The pigeons were stuffed into paper cones and sealed tight so they wouldn’t flutter loose. They got roasted in the intense heat of the crackers. Congress activists here welcomed Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)chief N. Raghuveera Reddy to a party meeting by tying live pigeons to Diwali rockets and setting it alight. The rockets went up and the pigeons fell dead, roasted in the intense heat of the cracker burst high above. Mr. Raghuveera Reddy was here along with former minister Kondru Murali, Rajya Sabha MP K.V. P. Ramachandra Rao, West Godavari district Congress president Rafiulla Baig and Mahila Congress president S. Padmasri to attend a party meeting. Local party workers decided to welcome their leader in a novel way and they came up with the idea of firing rockets that would re
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