Hyderabad, February 28: Chairman of Telangana Joint Action Committee M. Kodandaram on Sunday met Congress Working Committee member K. Keshava Rao in wake of the threat held out by pro-Telangana protagonists to burn the effigies of Congress leaders.
A day after the open announcement by the TJAC that they would target Congress leaders from the region and burn their effigies, Prof. Kodandaram spent over an hour reviewing the Telangana agitation with the senior Congress leader and Peddapalli MP G. Vivekananda. Mr. Kodandaram later met APCC president D. Srinivas to discuss the same issue.
Clarifies
The TJAC leader clarified that the warning to burn the effigies of Congress leaders was limited to those, who were not cooperating with the separate statehood issue. Prof. Kodandaram hailed the role of Congress MPs from the region, who staged protests in the Lok Sabha forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House thrice.
He said if the same pressure tactics were applied by the MLAs and the MLCs from the region, statehood would be a reality shortly.
During the meeting, the TJAC leader explained the role of employees, teachers and workers, who had struck work as part of non-cooperation agitation.
He wanted the Congress leaders to bring the seriousness of the problem to the notice of the high command so that Centre acted swiftly on the statehood issue.
‘Rail roko’
He stated that rail-roko agitation on March 1 would be historical as the villagers were expected to lay a siege to the railway tracks across the region bringing rail services to a grinding halt.
Dr. Keshava Rao said there was no compromise on the statehood issue and hoped that all parties would come together to agitate and force the Centre to concede Telangana. He said no body should suspect the commitment of Telangana leaders.
He said central leaders promised to discuss about the statehood issue after March 1.
-Agencies