Minister from Telangana quits

Hyderabad: An Andhra Pradesh cabinet minister Tuesday submitted his resignation to the governor over the delay in carving out a separate Telangana state.

Endowments Minister J. Krishna Rao, who had sent his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi March 3, met Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan and submitted his resignation.

He later told reporters that he had fulfilled his promise made to the students of Osmania University by submitting his resignation.

"I have resigned as the Congress leadership has failed to make a clear-cut announcement for formation of separate Telangana state," he said.

The minister later met Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy to explain the reasons for his decision.

He demanded that all the ministers and legislators from Telangana resign to exert pressure on the leadership to accord separate statehood to the region.

He also announced that he would resume his 'padyatra' for the separate state on Wednesday and cautioned the government against making any attempt to stop it.

The minister's 'padyatra' in Mahabubnagar district May 21 had sparked a row with the police arresting him and his cabinet colleague D.K. Aruna to avert a clash between them.

Aruna opposed the 'padyatra' saying the minister had not taken her permission to undertake the visit in her constituency.

Krishna Rao has resigned at a time when Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising various pro-Telangana groups, plans to intensify the agitation in the first week of June.


 

                                           Home | Top of the Page

Top Stories

India does first urban poverty survey

The first survey to determine how many poor live in India's urban areas will start early in June to ensure the success of the country's ambitious schemes for food security and slum-free  »

People Without History: India's Muslim Ghettos

100 million more Indians now living below the poverty line

  Most Read

India, Pakistan continue to disagree on Siachen; to meet again

At the end of two days of talks on Siachen Tuesday, India and Pakistan failed to arrive at any common ground on the lingering 27-year-old dispute over the ownership of the world's highest  »

Kashmir conflict will last for 100 years, says Cohen

A leading American expert on South Asia feels that the India-Pakistan conflict over Jammu and Kashmir will last for 100 years -- or perhaps even more. Stephen P. Cohen, author of "The Idea of Pakistan" and a senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, told the Pakistani newspaper  »

  News Pick

US court sets Sep 21 for pre-trial in 1984 riots case

A US Federal Court has set Sep 21 for pre-trial oral arguments in a case against Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and India's Congress party for their alleged role in the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Judge Robert  »

Bangladesh to retain Islam as state religion

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed herself in favour of retaining Islam as the state religion, moving away from the secular provisions in the constitution that were incorporated when country became free in  »

A remote French Island reconnects with India

Tears flowed incessantly down dozens of cheeks as the Indian national anthem echoed for the first time in the history of this small island in the Caribbean Sea. The occasion was as historic as the playing of the anthem itself. For  »

Chandigarh girl tops medical entrance test

Chandigarh girl Harsimar Kaur has made the city proud by securing the top rank in the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination Test (AIPMT) conducted by the  »

Jamia Millia to announce entrance test results in June

Communal Violence Bill: Let the dogs bark as the caravan goes

The Union Cabinet has approved the draft of Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill. The Bill is now ready  »

Picture of the Day

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the Joint Session of Ethiopian Parliament, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 26, 2011.