Telangana political JAC formed

The Telangana JAC (Joint Action Committee) comprising various political and social organisations, including the ruling Congress, TRS, TDP, BJP, PRP, CPI (ML) New Democracy, employees, students, workers, teachers, NRI associations and others, today passed an unanimous resolution to continue its struggle till the formation of separate Telangana state. It demanded the Central Government to stick to its December 9 statement on Telangana and to start the Constitutional process for the purpose. It has urged the agitators particularly students not to resort to violence or commit suicide.
Addressing the first meeting of the Telangana JAC (which was formed yesterday night) at Kalinga Cultural Centre in Banjara Hills this afternoon, TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao appealed to Prime Minister to honour UPA’s `commitment’ of creating Telangana State.
“We shall continue the struggle to realise our legitimate demand,” Chandrasekhara Rao said.
Referring to the deployment of police forces in various universities in the region, the TRS leader demanded Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to take steps for withdrawal of forces and cases framed against the students. On hearing about police lathicharge at Osmania University, he warned the State Government saying that “We will be forced to go to the University if Chief Minister K Rosaiah do not order for immediate withdrawal of police forces.” Rao apprehended infiltration of `Rayalaseema goondas’ in the Telangana agitation to create violence.
Former minister and senior Telangana Congress leader K Jana Reddy asserted that there was no need to have any apprehensions on the formation of JAC comprising various political parties. He, however, stressed the need for maintaining unity to achieve the goal. “By seeing our unity, I am hopeful that the Central Government will definitely create separate Telangana state,” he said.
Former Assembly Speaker KR Suresh Reddy exuded confidence that the Centre would make another statement towards formation of Telangana state in view of ongoing agitation and the demand putforth by all political parties in the region.
Telangana ideologue Prof Jayashanker said the people of Telangana would wait if the Centre has fixed a timeframe for State formation. Chidambaram’s statement of having `wideranging consultations’ were already over for creation of Telangana state, he noted.
Senior TDP member Ch Rajeshwar Rao warned that the people of the region would not tolerate if the issue was further delayed.
Senior Congress leader and CWC member G Venkat Swamy, MLA R Damodar Reddy, BJP leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao, TDP MLA L Ramana, TDP leader and Siasat editor Zahed Ali Khan, PRP MLA Anil, former MP Ravindra Naik, MLC BV Mohan Reddy, CPI (ML) New Democracry leader Suryam, employees’ union leader Swamy Goud, POW leader V Sandhya, MRPS founder president Manda Krishna Madiga were among those who sought immediate formation of Telangana State.
Former TRS members Rahman, V Prakash, R Balakrishna and others who earlier differed with Chandrasekhara Rao also attended the meeting. Former ministers and Congress leaders G Chinna Reddy, T Jeevan Reddy, TDP MLAs P Srinivas Reddy, R Prakash Reddy and others also attended.
On this occasion, the JAC has decided to chalk out its future course of action tomorrow. It has authorised Professor Kodandaram to head the future committee meetings. A two-minutes silence was observed in memory of those died in the Telangana movement.