TD leaders in T breathe easy

Express News Service
First Published : 29 Dec 2009 03:21:00 AM IST
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HYDERABAD: With the Opposition TDP joining the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Telangana, party leaders have started moving about freely in the region.

In Warangal and Ranga Reddy districts respectively, TDP MLAs Seethakka and KS Ratnam launched indefinite fast programmes.

Earlier, when Desam legislators, including E Dayakar Rao and Seethakka, visited the agitating student leaders at the Kakatiya University in Warangal, the students demanded that the party MLAs too take up a fast, and this was immediately acceded to by Seethakka.

KS Ratnam followed suit in Ranga Reddy district, but was arrested and shifted to NIMS hospital. According to party leaders, he is continuing his hunger strike there.

Meanwhile, TDP leaders visited Osmania University today and participated in the students' agitation.

TDP MLA M Narasimhulu said they were committed to a separate State. He also demanded that the State Government accept all the resignations submitted by Telangana MLAs. His speech on campus drew applause. It may be recalled that prior to joining the JAC, Desam legislators had been attacked by OU students recently.

TDP TO MEET SPEAKER: Meanwhile, TDP Telangana MLAs who met here today at NTR Bhavan reviewed their position consequent on joining the JAC yesterday.

They felt that the Speaker should accept their resignations and decided to meet Assembly Speaker N Kirankumar Reddy on December 31 and request him to do so. The Telangana TDP leaders also asked their cadres to actively participate in the December 30 bandh. The party leaders will tour the villages to prepare their cadres for the Vidyarthi Garjana in the city on January 3.