Hyderabad, October 30: The Telangana Congress Steering Committee has decided to boycott the State Formation Day celebrations on November 1. It has also decided to boycott the second phase of Rachabanda programme starting from the November 2.
These decisions were taken at the committee’s meeting held at the residence of Rajya Sabha MP K Keshava Rao here on Saturday. Brief the media about the committee’s decisions, Keshava Rao said that all elected representatives and leaders of the Telangana region would boycott the State Formation Day celebrations. He also appealed to all Telangana ministers and other elected representatives to stay away from the official events to be organised on November 1. He said the State Formation Day would be observed as the Black Day across the region.
Keshava Rao said that the Steering Committee has also decided to boycott the Rachabanda programme starting from November 2. However, he clarified that the Congress leaders would not oppose or object to the participation of officials in the event as the event would benefit thousands of people across the region. He also announced that the Congress leaders would not participate in any official programmes till the formation of Telangana State.
The Rajya Sabha MP informed that the committee has also decided to support the indefinite hunger fast being taken up by former minister Komatreddy Venkat Reddy along with his one lakh supporters at Nalgonda from November 1.
Keshava Rao also denied reports of Telangana Congress leaders having differences among themselves. He said that all the leaders have been struggling for the cause of Telangana unitedly.
Congress MPs Ponnam Prabhakar, G Vivek, G Sukhender Reddy, Manda Jagannatham and S Rajaiah, MLAs Komatreddy Venkat Reddy and Ch Lingaiah attended the meeting.
——-Agencies