Telangana all-party group calls for shutdown Wednesday
December 27th, 2009 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )
Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) The all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Telangana Sunday decided to intensify agitation for a separate statehood to the region and called for a shutdown Dec 30.
After a six-hour long meeting to chalk out the strategy, the JAC announced that protest rallies would be taken out across the region Dec 28-29 to demand the central government immediately start the process for formation of Telangana state.
The JAC chaired by M. Kodandaram also demanded that the government immediately withdraw cases booked against those participating in the agitation. It called up on government employees and lawyers in the region to boycott their duties till the cases were withdrawn.
It also called upon the government to withdraw additional police and paramilitary forces deployed in the region.
The JAC also decided that Assembly Speaker Kirankumar Reddy would be urged to accept the resignations of the legislators.
About 70 out of 119 legislators from the region have submitted their resignation demanding separate Telangana.
This was the first meeting of JAC attended by leaders of all major parties including ruling Congress, opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS).
TDP leader N. Janardhan Reddy told reporters that they have joined JAC to achieve the goal of separate state.
- Telangana movement set to enter crucial phase - Jun 30, 2011
- Rebel TDP legislators begin fast for unity on Telangana - Jul 03, 2011
- Four Telangana legislators quit TDP - Sep 07, 2011
- Cook-and-eat agitation in Hyderabad for Telangana state (Lead) - Jun 19, 2011
- Andhra speaker rejects resignations of 61 lawmakers - Nov 28, 2011
- TDP's Telangana legislators squabble in Andhra assembly - Mar 07, 2011
- TRS legislators again submit their resignations - Jul 25, 2011
- Nothing less than Telangana acceptable, say TRS, TDP (Lead) - Jan 06, 2011
- Crisis in Andhra as Telangana MPs, MLAs quit enmasse (Roundup) - Jul 04, 2011
- JAC to intensify Telangana movement - Aug 17, 2011
- Hyderabad shutdown called on Sep 30, rail blockade in October (Roundup) - Sep 26, 2011
- Telangana protests hit road transport, hundreds detained - Jan 17, 2011
- Telangana JAC rules out postponing strike - Aug 29, 2011
- TDP, TRS legislators to again quit, Congress to decide Monday (Second Lead) - Jul 24, 2011
- Movement for Telangana gathers momentum; cabinet meets (Intro Roundup) - Jul 05, 2011
Tags: action committee, agitation, assembly speaker, central government, first meeting, government employees, hyderabad, jac, janardhan reddy, lawyers, legislators, opposition, paramilitary forces, party group, protest rallies, resignation, resignations, statehood, tdp leader, trs
December 28th, 2009 at 12:16 am
You all deserve Telangana. All the best. Good Evening.