Telangana panel holds its first meeting
February 13th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): The Telangana Committee headed by Justice B N Srikrishna held its first meeting here on Saturday.
The meeting is understood to have discussed a roadmap to proceed on the issues mentioned in the terms of reference, which were announced on Friday.
Some of the student’s groups tried to hold a protest out side Vigyan Bhavan the venue of the meeting, but police detained the protestors.
There was a huge police presence outside the meeting venue.
On February 3, the Centre constituted a committee, nearly two months after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s announcement that the Centre would initiate steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state.
The Committee is expected to hold wide-ranging consultations with political parties, civil societies and other outfits on the Telangana issue.
Meanwhile, Osmania University Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) called a day long shut down on Saturday in Telangana region in protest against the terms of reference announced by the Centre. (ANI)
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