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Resignations, Telangana protests back in Andhra Pradesh
Monday January 28, 2013 11:36:50 PM,
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Hyderabad: Resignations and protests for a separate Telangana state returned
to haunt Andhra Pradesh Monday, a day after the central
government, ignoring its own one-month deadline, indefinitely
postponed a decision on the vexatious issue.
Seven of the 12 Congress MPs from the Telangana region met here
and decided to quit both parliament and the party while state
ministers also said they were ready for any sacrifice for the
cause of a separate state.
Protestors in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana
vented their ire at the Congress, accusing it of betraying people
even as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara
Rao vowed to intensify the agitation with a call for lay siege to
the assembly during the budget session.
Scores of pro-Telangana protestors were arrested by police in
Hyderabad, Warangal and other parts of the region. Rallies were
taken out and meetings were held to condemn the statement of union
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi
Azad, who is in charge of the state.
Some activists staged a demonstration with dogs, seeking to
compare the central government's attitude towards Telangana with
the dog's barking.
In Hyderabad, police arrested revolutionary balladeer Gadar, who
was leading a rally to Telangana Martyrs' Memorial at Gun Park
near the state assembly. Dozens of students marching towards Gun
Park were also detained.
Telangana Rashtriya Lok Dal activists were taken into custody when
they tried to lay seige to the assembly. Protestors trying to
march towards Raj Bhavan and also those attempting to lay siege to
MLA Quarters were also arrested.
For the second consecutive day, the Osmania University here
remained tense with police not allowing students to take out a
rally.
Protests were also held on the campuses of other universities and
unidentified people damaged the statue of Indira Gandhi in
Hanamkonda town in Warangal district.
Telangana students' Joint Action Committee called for a shutdown
Tuesday, while proponents of a united Andhra Pradesh intensified
their stir in the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.
The state may again be heading for a December 2009-like situation
when MPs and state legislators in Seemandhra resigned enmasse
after the central government allegedly backtracked on the
formation of Telangana state.
Soon after their meeting, the Congress MPs declared that they
would Tuesday send their resignation letters, addressed to the Lok
Sabha speaker and to party president Sonia Gandhi.
"We will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to send the resignation letters
and will chalk out our future course of action. This will be our
last meeting," said K. Rajagopal Reddy, one of the MPs.
The state ministers from Telangana, however, refused to succumb to
the pressure to quit.
K. Jana Reddy, a senior minister, told reporters that they were
still hopeful of a positive decision by the central government.
Chandrasekhara Rao vowed to continue and intensify the agitation
for a separate state.
Making the concluding speech at the two-day protest here, he
announced that 'chalo assembly' (march to assembly) would be
organised during the budget session of the house.
Hitting hard at the Congress for betraying the people of Telangana
repeatedly, the TRS leader hinted at the possibility of joining
hands with any non-Congress alliance to achieve the goal of
separate state.
A court in Ranga Reddy district directed police to book cases of
cheating against central ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and P.
Chidambaram. The court directed the L.B. Nagar police station on
the outskirts of Hyderabad to register the case against the two
ministers.
The court gave the direction on a complaint by a lawyer who
alleged that the two ministers cheated the people of Telangana by
going back on their announcements to carve out a separate state.
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