VV Balakrishna
First Published : 08 Feb 2010 09:57:26 AM IST
Last Updated : 08 Feb 2010 12:55:06 PM IST
WARANGAL: The spirit was the same. Whether it was the Osmania University the other day or the Kakatiya on Sunday, students, who turned up in huge numbers, appeared determined to secure statehood for Telangana.
Like the meeting organised by the Osmania JAC students, KU students’ polikeka (war cry) too sent a message to Delhi that they mean business and that Telangana is non-negotiable. But, unlike in Osmania, there were a few jarring moments towards the end of the meeting when Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) chief Manda Krishna Madiga made some caustic remarks along caste lines, which infuriated the students. This led to angry exchange of words between the students and MRPS activists.
In the din, the students could not adopt a resolution opposing the Srikrishna Committee, demanding introduction of bill in Parliament by March 1 and resignations of all politicians. But the resolution was deemed to have been passed, according to student leaders.
Both the sides almost came to blows, with some students throwing water sachets and slippers at Manda Krishna Madiga. Police used mild force to restore order and soon after, the meeting ended abruptly. Later, Krishna Madiga alleged that TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao was behind the ruckus. ‘‘Weaker sections are for Telangana.
Only doralu are diluting the movement,’’ he claimed.
The public meeting, by and large, demonstrated that the students were very keen on continuing the Telangana movement and unitedly at that. The students raised slogans like Kulalu vaddu - mataalu vaddu - Telangana muddu and all for Telangana.
Several students walked up to six km to reach the campus, on the way overcoming police obstacles.
At the meeting, a student leader Ravi held out a warning to Andhras: ‘‘We will not allow Andhra people to reach Telangana after March 2 if the Centre did not introduce a bill in Parliament by then.’’ TRS ideologue Jaya Shankar said even though Srikrishna Committe might get down to work, Telangana movement would continue continue till a separate Telangana State was achieved.
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The police should take up a sou motu SC/ST atrocities case on the instigators who threw slippers and water sachets at Manda Krishna Madiga.It is not only an insult on him but to SCs .
By rai kumar
2/9/2010 9:26:00 AM
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