Hyderabad, December 10: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) called off Thursday’s victory celebrations in Hyderabad with the party instead deciding to hold a commemorative meeting inside the Osmania University campus, which was one of the main venues in the fight for Telangana.
TRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed his happiness and claimed victory for forcing the Centre of agreeing to create Telangana.
“I thank Sonia Gandhi, the Prime Minister Government of India, Opposition Leader LK Advani and other leaders who supported the cause of Telangana. It has been pursued by many martyrs. I thank all who participated for achievement of the cause,” said KCR after breaking his 11-day long fast at the Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Wednesday night.
The authorities also lifted prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) under which the assembly of five or more people at a place is illegal from all districts of Telangana except Hyderabad.
There is heavy police presence in Hyderabad to prevent a law and order breakdown even as tension across the region has subsided following Centre’s nod to a separate Telanagana state.
—Agencies