TTD men vow to see Babu keeps his word

Express News Service
First Published : 13 Dec 2009 04:54:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 13 Dec 2009 10:29:49 AM IST

Hitting back at their ndhra and Rayalaseema counterparts joining up to press for a unified State, Telugu Desam legislators from Telangana have declared that they would resign if the party were to retract its pro-Telangana stand.

Naidu should not back out of his T commitment, they said.

Senior leader K Srihari told reporters in Warangal that the TDP should stick to

its pro-T stand else all the leaders from the region would quit. He also appealed

to Andhra and Rayalaseema MLAs to honour the party’s decision on Telangana, otherwise TDP legislators from T would form a joint action

committee with all other likeminded forces in other political parties and struggle

for Statehood, he said.

Meanwhile, Karimnagar TDP MLA Gangula Kamalakar, along with four ZPTC, quit the party protesting against its deviating from the pro-T stand. He declared he would continue as an independent MLA.

Another legislator, Revuri Prakash Reddy from Narsampet in Warangal district

too faxed his resignation to the Speaker in protest against Andhra and Rayalaseema legislators opposing the formation of Telangana.

He also stated that the prime minister’s statement that the government would

``re-examine’’ the Telangana demand was nothing but trying to hoodwink the people of the region once again.

Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, several TDP MLAs from Telangana today said they

would see to it that their party president N Chandrababu Naidu did not go back

on his word.

Speaking to reporters here today, TDP leaders Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Ravula Chandrasekhara Reddy, M Narasimhulu, T Nageswara

Rao and others clarified that the party had not shifted position.

``The TDP is committed to Telangana and Naidu has also clarified that the party will support the resolution in the Assembly,’’ they said.

It was the Congress which was deceiving the people of Telangana, they maintained, and pointed out that the Congress high command had not

even taken its own chief minister, what to say MPs and MLAs, into confidence

before announcing the decision to initiate the Telangana process.

The TDP leaders from Telangana demanded that the Congress either introduce

the resolution in the Assembly or straightaway divide the State.

It was following the Congress legislators that Andhra and Rayalaseema MLAs of the TDP submitted their resignations. The Congress had ``set the State on fire’’ and was responsible for the political crisis, they alleged.

The TDP would not remain silent if the Congress tricked the people of Telangana again, they said.