Hyderabad, October 29: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao today said his party would step up the agitation for Telangana statehood and against ‘Hyderabad free zone’ proposal.
Rao held a meeting with senior party leaders and Telangana protagonists on the future course of action in the fight for statehood.
He had yesterday threatened to launch a fast-unto-death if statehood demand was not conceded by next month.
TRS organised a ‘jail bharo’ agitation demanding that the government make a constitutional amendment to protect the interests of Telangana in the wake of Supreme Court verdict declaring Hyderabad as a ‘free zone’ for police recruitment.
The police department has been divided into various zones for the purpose of recruitment. ‘Free zone’ means people from all parts of the state can be recruited in Hyderabad.
–Agencies