Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao with party leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leaders address a joint press conference, in Hyderabad.
Source: IANS
Hyderabad, April 28, 2010: On the occasion of its ninth anniversary Wednesday, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) once again warned of civil war if Telangana was not made a separate state soon.
Unfazed by the criticism from other parties and even demands for booking him for sedition, TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao said civil war would be inevitable if Telangana state was not carved out.
Addressing a gathering of hundreds of party workers here Wednesday evening, Rao dismissed speculations that the TRS would merge with the Congress party.
He declared that the TRS would remain as a separate entity even after formation of Telangana state and that it would not have an alliance with any party in future.
Student supporters of Telangana during a candle light protest to press their demands for the creation of a separate Telenagana state, at Telengana Memorial, in Hyderabad.
“Some people are calling me traitor and demanding that the TRS be derecognized. This for raising voice against injustices to four crore people of Telangana. Are those who snatched our water resources and jobs not traitors?” asked the Mahabubnagar MP.
KCR, as Rao is popularly known by initials of his name, said people would teach a lesson to the parties that want to field candidates against the TRS in assembly by-elections.
Bypolls to 10 assembly seats, which fell vacant following resignations by TRS legislators over Telangana issue, are likely to be held in August this year.
Earlier, TRS ideologue K. Jayashankar said war-like situation would be inevitable if the Srikrishna Committee failed to give a report in line with the aspirations of Telangana people.
Addressing the anniversary celebrations of the party here, he said the panel formed by the central government to look into the issue was the last hope for people demanding a separate state of Telangana.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) supporters shouting slogans during a strike in Hyderabad on Monday.
“If Telangana state is not formed even after the Srikrishna Committee submits its report, struggle will be the only option before the people. We can’t say what will be the shape of this movement,” said the former vice chancellor of the Kakatiya University.
“People will decide the nature of the movement. They have no options as despite an announcement by the central government in parliament their dream of a separate state has not been fulfilled,” he said.
The five-member committee formed by the central government in February is currently holding consultations with all stake holders. The panel headed by former Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna has been given time till Dec 31 to submit its report.
The TRS is celebrating its formation day at a time when the Srikrishna Committee is engaged in consultations over Telangana issue. The party conclave, attended by delegates from all 10 districts of the region, including Hyderabad, also reviewed the developments of last six months.
Supporters of Telangana damaging a bus during a protest to press their demands for the creation of a separate state.
It was KCR’s fast-unto-death in November-December last year which intensified the movement for Telangana state. Rao called off his fast after 11 days Dec 9 when the central government announced that the process for formation of Telangana state would be initiated.
However, the statement by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram plunged Andhra Pradesh into crisis with massive protests in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Mass resignations by public representatives and street protests forced the central government to backtrack and it decided to hold consultations with all the stakeholders.
Police marching past Osmania University campus during a strike in Hyderabad.
All 10 state legislators of TRS resigned en masse after the central government made a second statement Dec 23. However, legislators from other parties refused to follow the TRS line.
TRS, which initially opposed formation of the Srikrishna Committee, later submitted a memorandum to it and also put forward its arguments in favour of a separate Telangana state.
It was on this day in 2001 that KCR had quit Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and floated TRS to revive the three-decade old movement for a separate Telangana state.
Over 300 people were killed in police firing during violent protests for Telangana in early 1970s.
NSG told to get land on its own – strange request ?!!
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FROM THE TELEGRAPH STAFF REPORTER
Calcutta, April 28: The National Security Guard has been told to procure the land if it wants a 600-acre training facility in Dankuni, about 20km northwest of Calcutta.
NSG director-general N.P.S. Aulakh met state home secretary Ardhendu Sen today to discuss the possibilities of finalising the Dankuni training facility.
“I surveyed the location today where we’d like the training hub to come up,” Aulakh said after the 40-minute meeting at Writers’ Buildings.
However, the state made it clear that it couldn’t be expected to acquire the land for the force. Dankuni is only about 20km from Singur, where the state has burnt its fingers once. “They (the NSG) would like the training hub to come up at Dankuni. They need 600 acres for the purpose. They would (have to) purchase the land directly,” Sen said.
NSG in action
The training unit will replicate the facilities at the NSG’s Manesar training centre. “Together with the hub (at Kaikhali near Calcutta airport), it would significantly reduce the response time in case of a terror strike,” Aulakh said.
The Centre had decided to set up four regional hubs — in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Calcutta — after 26/11, when commandos took nine hours to reach the scene of action from their lone centre in Delhi.
The Kaikhali hub, with about 250 commandos, was operationalised on July 1 last year.
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