Ongole was not in reception list. But the train was stopped by the public fruits like orange , banana , were given . Lunch was served at Tenali .Reception was held before the C.M. of Andhra Sanjeeva Reddy. A minister took the responsibility of the reception and feast. Telugu people raised slogans pro-Kamaraj and Tamils pro-Sanjeeva Reddy.

At Vijayawada the reception was very grand. Kamaraj spoke in Tamil and Sanjeeva Reddy translated it in Telugu.

 "17 years had passed after getting independence under the stewardship of Gandhiji. Gandhiji told on that day , that only after independence people could live without parity. But even after 3 five year plans and after spending crores of Rupees poor did not get any benefits. Lot of people were suffering without food , shelter and clothes.

where had the earned wealth and results of the plans gone ? .Had they mixed in in the sea like Krishna River ? or evaporated and reached the Sky ? NO. It was amassed by some group  that is dangerous.