Hyderabad, November 21: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao found fault with the ongoing agitations in Rayalaseema and Andhra regions protesting against the postponement of the written test for sub-inspector posts.
Addressing many GHMC contract workers, who switched from the TDP-affiliated employees association to the TRS today, Chandrasekhar Rao said holding the test would amount to violating the resolution passed by the State Legislative Assembly seeking removal of Clause 14 (f) of the Presidential Orders that made Hyderabad a free Zone. “How can the government violate the Assembly resolution? Had chief minister K Rosaiah acted on our plea, things would not have been what they are today. The government acted in haste and later had to retract when Telangana students, activists and leaders protested,” he said.
Referring to home minister Sabitha Reddy’s statement that the chief minister had already spoken to Union home minister P Chidambaram and expressed his readiness to lead an all-party delegation to Delhi, Chandrasekhar Rao wondered what harm would befall the candidates from Rayalaseema and Andhra region if they waited for some more time till the controversial clause was removed from the Presidential Order. “The recruitment is for 2008. The fact that Rayalaseema and Andhra leaders and candidates want the SI recruitment to be done in violation of the Legislative Assembly resolution showed that they are still behaving like expansionists,” the TRS chief remarked.
On the GHMC contract workers’ issue, Chandrasekhar Rao said the TRS would stand by them. Hundreds of contract workers rendering services under the GHMC were being paid low salaries. “Can anyone, including the chief minister, live on a salary of Rs 5,000 per month? We demand that the government pay them reasonable wages,” he said.
Earlier, hundreds of contract workers came in a rally to the Telangana Bhavan under the leadership of Satishkumar.
–Agencies