Chandrasekhar Rao’s TRS calls for Telangana shutdown
November 30th, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI ( 1 comment )Hyderabad, Nov 30 (ANI): A shutdown has been called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in the Telangana region on Monday after party president K Chandrasekhar Rao was arrested while going to Siddipet to start a fast-unto-death for a separate Telangana.
Rao and other TRS leaders squatted by the roadside after his convoy was stopped by police.
Rao has been demanding the creation of a separate Telangana state for years.
According to police, Rao was first taken to Warangal, but later shifted to Khammam for security reasons.
Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government has deployed the Rapid Action Force (RAF), Greyhounds in ten districts of the Telangana region to prevent untoward incidents. (ANI)
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Tags: andhra pradesh government, chandrasekhar, convoy, greyhounds, party president, raf, rao, rapid action, security reasons, trs
December 9th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Hi,
Dont allow this. then everyone started that they need mumbai as separate state, kolkatta as separate state.It increases diversity. hereafter there is no increases in no of states in our constitution.We dont even jarkhant like three state separation just for political desires