Telangana
protests intensify, JAC plans joint agitation
Thursday July 07, 2011 08:33:01 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Protest for
a separate Telangana state intensified further Thursday with
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators launching a 'bus yatra', the
Joint Action Committee (JAC) planning joint agitation and students
taking out rallies even as anti-Telangana protests began in Andhra
and Rayalaseema regions.
In a tactical move, Telangana JAC postponed two-day rail blockade,
which was to begin Friday. The apex body, spearheading the
movement, will announce new dates after consultations with all
public representatives who submitted their resignations for a
separate state.
As Congress, TDP, Communist Party of India and other parties are
not part of the JAC, it decided to launch a united struggle by
involving them in consultations.
JAC chairman M. Kodandaram also announced postponement of cooking
on roads protest in Telangana scheduled for Sunday.
Claiming that mass resignations of 15 MPs and about 100
legislators had stirred the central government into action,
Kodandaram stressed the need to carry along all parties and
groups.
In another crucial decision, unions of government employees in
Telangana said they were ready for non-cooperation movement and
even strike. Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers' Association
president Swami Goud told reporters that an action plan would be
chalked out after July 9.
In response to the JAC call, students boycotted classes and took
out rallies in various towns of Telangana. For the third
consecutive day, there was tension at Osmania University here as
police fired teargas shells to disperse students trying to take
out a rally.
In towns like Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Adilabad and Nalgonda,
students took out huge rallies demanding the central government to
table Telangana bill in parliament.
Rajya Sabha member belonging to TDP Gundu Sudha Rani announced her
resignation. She became the 15th MP from the region to quit for a
separate state.
TDP legislators, who have already resigned, Thursday launched 'bus
yatra' in the region to press the demand for a separate state. The
legislators will cover all the 10 districts of the region till
July 14.
Congress MPs, who returned from New Delhi, again ruled out
withdrawing their resignations unless the centre initiates the
process for formation of a separate state. MPs began a meeting in
the evening to chalk out their future course of action.
Meanwhile, protests against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
began in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Students of Andhra
University in Visakhapatnam and in towns like Kadapa, Chittoor and
Anantapur took out rallies, demanding the public representatives
of the two regions to resign to oppose any move to divide the
state.
TDP legislator Devineni Uma said the MPs and lawmakers of Andhra
and Rayalaseema were ready to resign. He warned centre that it
would be responsible for any consequences of carving out a
separate Telangana state.
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