Hyderabad, October 04: Noted balladeer and folk artist Gadar has announced his decision to launch an outfit to fight for a separate Telangana state.
Christened ‘Telangana Praja Front’, the outfit to be formally launched on October 9, would work for specific goal of introduction of a bill in Parliament for the formation of Telangana.
“We do not want to wait for the Srikrishna Committee to submit its report. Political parties have not been able to achieve a separate Telangana. We believe that only a people’s movement would achieve the goal,” Gadar, whose real name is Vithal Rao, known for his pro-Maoist leanings, said.
Revolutionary singer Gadar has also been campaigning for the separate statehood.
The Telangana Praja Front comprises 56 Joint Action Committees (JACs) of various sections of Telangana society like employees, lecturers and intellectuals.
–Agencies