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No police permission, but JAC firm on
Telangana protest
Saturday January 26, 2013 08:26:46 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Telangana
Joint Action Committee (JAC) fighting for a separate state has
decided to go ahead with its two-day protest here from Sunday
despite police refusal for permission while Osmania University
students tried to lay siege to Raj Bhavan Saturday evening.
Joint Action Committee (JAC) convenor M. Kodandaram told reporters
Saturday that they would organise the 'Samara deeksha' protest on
a large scale at Indira Park to press the central government to
make an announcement for statehood to Telangana by Jan 28.
A delegation of JAC leaders called on Home Minister Sabita Indra
Reddy after police refused to give them permission to hold the
protest. She assured the delegation that she would take a decision
after talking to the officials.
"Even if we don't get permission, we will go ahead with samara
deeksha," said Kodandaram, who earlier in the day called on
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao to
request him to participate in the protest.
The JAC leader has already threatened a peaceful militant
agitation if the central government failed to carve out a
Telangana state.
Meanwhile, students from Osmania University tried to lay siege to
Raj Bhavan Saturday evening. The protestors were arrested when
they tried to advance towards Raj Bhavan, where Governor E.S.L.
Narasimhan was hosting a tea party for Chief Minister Kiran Kumar
Reddy, ministers and top officials on the occasion of the Republic
Day.
Kodandaram criticised the government for refusing the JAC a
permission for the meeting but allowing Seemandhra (Rayalaseema
and Andhra) leaders to hold meetings and "spew venom" against
Telangana.
He alleged that the speakers at the meeting held at Rajahamundry
insulted the Telangana movement and hurt sentiments of the people.
The JAC and other pro-Telangana groups have announced protest
programmes over the next days to demand that the central
government make the announcement on Telangana before the one-month
deadline passes.
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had stated after Dec 28
all-party meeting that a decision would be made within a month.
However, Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is
in-charge of party affairs in the state, said earlier this week
that a decision was not likely by Jan 28.
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