Hyderabad: Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham today threatened to go on an indefinite fast over the community's demand for inclusion in the Backward Class list even as police stepped up security in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district, which had witnessed violence over the issue.

"...I will go on an indefinite fast even if I am put in jail. The government is conspiring to create a terrible atmosphere and to defame the Kapu community," Padmanabham, who is leading the stir, told reporters in East Godavari district.