Mocking the Hyderabad High court orders, cockfights was organized across Andhra Pradesh with thousands of people including politicians participating in it.
During the three-day long Sankranti festival starting from Friday, cockfights were organized on a large scale in Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari district.
Politicians belonging to the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and even from opposition YSR Congress party inaugurated the cruel traditional sport at several places across the state.
TDP MP from Eluru Maganti Venkateswara Rao along with Anantpur MP JC Dewakar Reddy has been seen celebrating the Sankranti festival with warrior roosters in east west Godavari district while police remained blind eye instead of clear instruction by the Hyderabad High Court.
