Telangana Congress MPs and Telangana political JAC leaders have decided to oppose and boycott the State Formation Day Celebrations on November 1 and will force the Telangana Ministers to not to participate in the programme.
Telangana MPs and T JAC leaders have held a meeting at Nizamabad MP Madhu Yashki Goud’s residence here on Saturday. Gutha Sukhender Reddy, Dr Manda Jagannadham, Ponnam Prabhakar, Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy, Dr G Vivek, Balaram Naik, former Rajya Sabha member Dr K Keshava Rao and JAC leaders Prof. Kodandaram, Srinivas Goud, Telangana Praja Front leaders Veda Kumar, Gaddar and Telangana United Front leader Dilip Kumar have participated in the meeting.
The meeting has decided to intensify the movement in different forms showing unity among the Telangana protagonists. The leaders have decided to increase the pressure on the anti-Telangana forces in a bid to achieve separate Telangana State. The leaders also opined that the idea of mounting pressure on Telangana Ministers was the correct way to achieve Telangana State. The situation would have turned in favor of Telangana if only the Telangana Ministers tendered their resignations, they asserted.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Keshava Rao said that it was unfortunate that the State Government, which never responded on the suicides of the youth for the sake of Telangana, was much bothered about the broken glasses. He said that the Telangana Congress leaders would unite the leaders who were fighting for the sake of Telangana. The Telangana Congress leaders would move forward with single aim of achieving separate Telangana.
Nalgonda MP Gutha Sukhender Reddy took serious exception at the own party critics and said that he and Manda Jagannadham left the TDP to save the UPA Government, and it is not correct on the part of the Congress leaders to criticize them. “The criticism is like dogs barking while elephant was going”, he charged.
Madhu Yashki said that the Telangana Congress MPs were ready to sacrifice anything for the sake of Telangana. He said that it is not correct on the part of Telangana Congress MLCs and MLAs to launch false campaign against the Telangana Congress MPs and advised them to introspect on their criticism. He demanded the Government to withdraw the cases filed against the Telangana protagonists during the Telangana March held on September 30. Making it clear that the Telangana MPs will extend their full support to the Telangana employees, Madhu Yashki said that the Government has to first arrest the MPs and then only employees. He said that the time has come to the Telangana leaders to decide themselves whether they want to remain as history makers or not.
Kodandaram has said that the State Government has to own the responsibility for the incidents took place during the T March. He said that the incidents took place due to the police provocative actions. He said that arresting Telangana Congress MPs is nothing but dishonoring the people of Telangana. He made it clear that the JAC will take up major agitations than Telangana March in future.
Gaddar said that the Telangana people had showed their unity in the Telangana March and the JAC will strive to protect the unity in future also.
–Agencies