Hyderabad, March 03: Enthused by the success of the rail roko, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has decided to go ahead with the Million March to Hyderabad on March 10 despite opposition from parents that the protest might cause hardship to students.
The TRS, however, demanded that the Intermediate Board should reschedule the examinations to begin on March 7 so as to avoid inconvenience to students.
“The Million March will be on an unprecedented scale. The party will identify half a dozen places in Hyderabad for the people to sit and cook food. The party will take up campaign for the protest from March 5,” TRS leader KT Rama Rao said after the state executive meeting of the party where party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao had outlined his plans of taking the movement forward.
The TRS also took exception to the ‘adamant behaviour’ of the officials of the Board of Intermediate Examinations. “The Board is bent on holding the examinations without regard to the future of the students. We demand that the examinations be postponed,” TRS leader Etela Rajender said after the meeting at Telangana Bhavan.
“The programme is intended to demonstrate our commitment to the Telangana cause. Since Hyderabad belongs to all Telangana people, they will march to the city. No police permission is required,” TRS leader Nayani Narasimha Reddy said.
“TRS chief KCR’s family too will cook food on the road and eat. KCR himself has said it at the meeting,” Narasimha Reddy said.
Ahead of the Million March, preparatory work will begin in right earnest.
“For all the 150 divisions in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, incharges are being appointed.
In all at least 3,000 Telangana leaders will be working to ensure the programme’s success,” Narasimha Reddy said.
Cultural troupes would be out on the roads, telling the people the importance of the Million March, he said.
The executive decided that all the 11 TRS MLAs would boycott the Assembly for the rest of the budget session.
“We have pleaded with the government to ensure that a resolution is passed in the Assembly endorsing the demand for a separate Telangana. It is just a matter of half-an-hour. But the government has ignored it.
We have come t o the conclusion that in Samaikya Andhra Assembly, there will be no justice to us,” Rajender said.
–Agencies