HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has blamed Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao for its expulsion from the political Joint Action Committee (JAC) and said the action was a sequel to the refusal of the party to toe his line.
The TDP discussed the JAC's decision announced around midnight on Friday at a meeting of the party leaders from Telangana here on Saturday. Convener of Telangana TDP forum Nagam Janardhan Reddy told reporters that the JAC had become the family concern of Mr. Rao. “Kodandaram presides and KCR & family decides” matters pertaining to JAC, he added.
He saw no logic in JAC's argument that it decided to expel TDP because the party got JAC supporters arrested during its president N. Chandrababu Naidu's tour of flood-hit parts in Mahabubnagar on Friday. “The JAC should have questioned the Congress which is in power rather than target the TDP.”
JAC convener Kodandaram and Mr. Rao were silent when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government declared that it was not possible to reach an understanding on separate Telangana. However, Mr. Kodandaram and Mr. Rao colluded to get rid of the TDP on the issue of arrests which had nothing to do with the party, Mr. Reddy observed.
He also said the TDP had observed all the conditions laid down by the JAC while participating in its activities. It was Mr. Rao who violated the conditions. Yet, the TDP continued to be associated with the JAC in the interest of strengthening the separate Telangana movement.
The TDP contributed immensely to the growth of the JAC as a powerful organisation. However, the committee was now reduced to a single-party entity comprising TRS because of poor leadership of Mr. Kodandaram and KCR, he alleged.
Speaking to journalists earlier, Mr. Kodandaram justified the expulsion because the party failed to condemn the arrests and did not apologise for the attack on Telangana lawyers recently.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Telugu Desam Party leaders attacked in Chirala
HYDERABAD: Supporters of local Congress MLA, Amanchi Krishna Mohan, allegedly attacked Telugu Desam leaders and disrupted their meeting at Chirala on Friday.
Public meeting
The public meeting was held as part of the TDP and Left parties' campaign against alleged irregularities by Chirala MLA and his brother, according to a party spokesman here.
The meeting was progressing when Congress workers started throwing chilli powder packets, tomatoes and eggs. A clash ensued between Congress and Telugu Desam workers and police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse them.
Some workers from both parties received bruises.
Senior Telugu Desam Party leaders, K. Yerran Naidu, Umareddy Venkateswarlu, Lal Jan Basha and Kodela Sivaprasada who addressed the largely attended meeting , however managed to escape unhurt.
Condemn attack
In a statement, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, Polit Bureau member condemned the attack as undemocratic.
He blamed the Chief Minister, K. Rosaiah, for the incident.
Mr. Rosaiah had represented Chirala constituency earlier and it was he who was instrumental in getting Mr. Krishna Mohan elected.
The senior Telugu Desam Party leader said the Congress was afraid as the meeting evoked tremendous response from the local people.
Public meeting
The public meeting was held as part of the TDP and Left parties' campaign against alleged irregularities by Chirala MLA and his brother, according to a party spokesman here.
The meeting was progressing when Congress workers started throwing chilli powder packets, tomatoes and eggs. A clash ensued between Congress and Telugu Desam workers and police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse them.
Some workers from both parties received bruises.
Senior Telugu Desam Party leaders, K. Yerran Naidu, Umareddy Venkateswarlu, Lal Jan Basha and Kodela Sivaprasada who addressed the largely attended meeting , however managed to escape unhurt.
Condemn attack
In a statement, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, Polit Bureau member condemned the attack as undemocratic.
He blamed the Chief Minister, K. Rosaiah, for the incident.
Mr. Rosaiah had represented Chirala constituency earlier and it was he who was instrumental in getting Mr. Krishna Mohan elected.
The senior Telugu Desam Party leader said the Congress was afraid as the meeting evoked tremendous response from the local people.
Telangana leaders get ‘no' from MLAs in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Efforts of Telangana Congress MLAs to convince their city colleagues to sign a memorandum to be submitted to the Srikrishna Committee have failed, as a majority of them refused to support them.
Signatures sought
Sources said Health Minister Danam Nagender turned down the plea, to sign a memorandum, of former Home Minister K. Jana Reddy on Friday on the ground that the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president would submit his report to the Committee.
“Unless the Central leadership directs us, we will not append out signatures to the memorandum”, he is reported to have told Mr. Jana Reddy.
Another MLA P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy also rejected the request stating that none of the present leaders had backed his late father P. Janardhan Reddy when he took up the separate Telangana cause.
Mr. Vishnuvardhan Reddy maintained that he would submit his views on the Statehood issue directly to AICC president Sonia Gandhi.
It may be mentioned here that Backward Classes Welfare Minister M. Mukesh Goud had already said the city legislators would hold a meeting and then prepare a report to be submitted to the Committee separately.
Priority
He maintained that the status of Hyderabad was high on their agenda.
Sources said except for B. Raji Reddy (Uppal), Bhikshapati Yadav (Serilingampally) and Kuna Srisailam Goud (Qutbullapur), other party legislators – Marri Sashidhar Reddy, T. Manemma, P. Shankar Rao and Jayasudha have not signed the memorandum.
Signatures sought
Sources said Health Minister Danam Nagender turned down the plea, to sign a memorandum, of former Home Minister K. Jana Reddy on Friday on the ground that the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president would submit his report to the Committee.
“Unless the Central leadership directs us, we will not append out signatures to the memorandum”, he is reported to have told Mr. Jana Reddy.
Another MLA P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy also rejected the request stating that none of the present leaders had backed his late father P. Janardhan Reddy when he took up the separate Telangana cause.
Mr. Vishnuvardhan Reddy maintained that he would submit his views on the Statehood issue directly to AICC president Sonia Gandhi.
It may be mentioned here that Backward Classes Welfare Minister M. Mukesh Goud had already said the city legislators would hold a meeting and then prepare a report to be submitted to the Committee separately.
Priority
He maintained that the status of Hyderabad was high on their agenda.
Sources said except for B. Raji Reddy (Uppal), Bhikshapati Yadav (Serilingampally) and Kuna Srisailam Goud (Qutbullapur), other party legislators – Marri Sashidhar Reddy, T. Manemma, P. Shankar Rao and Jayasudha have not signed the memorandum.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Rayalaseema MLAs pitch for united State
Core issues:Rayalaseema legislators meeting in Hyderabad on Wednesday. J.C. Diwakar Reddy is also seen.
HYDERABAD: Divergent voices favouring merger of Rayalaseema with Telangana and creation of Greater Rayalaseema forced a meeting of Congress legislators here on Wednesday to unanimously pitch for maintaining the present status of Andhra Pradesh.
The meeting, attended by about two dozen MLAs and MLCs of Congress and Praja Rajyam from the Rayalaseema region, saw former Minister J.C. Diwakar Reddy while supporting a united Andhra Pradesh, gave an altogether new dimension to the statehood issue by saying that Rayalaseema would suffer the most if the State was bifurcated.
“If the State is divided, Andhra region has nothing to lose but Rayalaseema will have to depend on Telangana for every drop of river water. In such a scenario, it is better to merge Rayalaseema with Telangana,” he observed.
‘Humiliation'
He was joined by Yemmiganur MLA K.C. Keshava Reddy who wanted a full stop to humiliation of Rayalaseema people in Hyderabad by branding them as settlers.
Srisailam MLA Erasu Pratap Reddy wanted creation of Greater Rayalaseema, if bifurcation became necessary.
But, after a two-hour meeting where PR legislators were also present, the leaders stuck to their opposition to carving out a new State. Telugu Desam Party legislators skipped the meeting.
Leaders recalled the sacrifice made by Andhra/Rayalaseema by way of shifting the State capital from Kurnool and High Court at Guntur to Hyderabad in the overall interests of Telugu-speaking people.
Instead of bifurcation, they wanted the Central and State governments to identify most backward areas in all the three regions for sustained development.
Government Whip Sake Sailajanath said the need to maintain present status of united Andhra Pradesh and ensuring all-round development of the State would form part of their report to the panel. Kurnool MLA T.G. Venkatesh said another meeting would be held on March 18 to fine-tune the report. Congress MLC Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy wanted the legislators to fight to protect the rights of Rayalaseema, while PR MLA Shoba Nagi Reddy said her party was always in favour of united AP.
Telugu Desam targeting KCR: Harish Rao
SANGAREDDY: Former MLA T. Harish Rao alleged that the Telugu Desam (TDP) has been targeting TRS president K. Chandrasekhar with ulterior motives under the guidance of the party president N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Asking why Chandrasekhar Rao became a target of TDP leaders from the region and wondered whether it was just because he prepared himself to sacrifice his life for the cause of Telangana.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Harish Rao said that TDPP leader Nama Nageswara Rao, TDLP deputy leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy and MLA E. Dayakar Rao has been attacking Chandrasekhar Rao for the past four days with an intension to throw mud on him.
“People had already understood the sincerity of the political parties and who resigned to the elected posts and who are sticking to them. Had TDP leaders been committed for the Telangana cause, why they did not resign?'' he asked.
He said that the formation of separate Telangana State, which was almost made possible with the fast taken up by Chandrasekhar Rao, has been put on back burner because the TDP had changed its decision on resignations.
He said that the pressure on the ruling party had been increase if the opposition MLAs had also resigned from the elected posts.
“Congress will prove or perish from the region by its act on Telangana. Let the TDP clarify its stand on Telangana. Will the party want to survive in Telangana?” he asked.
Finds fault
Finding fault with Janardhan Reddy's comments on TRS resignations, the former MLA said that they had resigned only after taking a decision in the joint action committee (JAC) and in fact waited for one more day for the decision of the TDP leaders.
Former MLA M. Padma Devender Reddy, former MLC R. Satyanarayana and party district president M. Raghunandana Rao were also present.
Asking why Chandrasekhar Rao became a target of TDP leaders from the region and wondered whether it was just because he prepared himself to sacrifice his life for the cause of Telangana.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Harish Rao said that TDPP leader Nama Nageswara Rao, TDLP deputy leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy and MLA E. Dayakar Rao has been attacking Chandrasekhar Rao for the past four days with an intension to throw mud on him.
“People had already understood the sincerity of the political parties and who resigned to the elected posts and who are sticking to them. Had TDP leaders been committed for the Telangana cause, why they did not resign?'' he asked.
He said that the formation of separate Telangana State, which was almost made possible with the fast taken up by Chandrasekhar Rao, has been put on back burner because the TDP had changed its decision on resignations.
He said that the pressure on the ruling party had been increase if the opposition MLAs had also resigned from the elected posts.
“Congress will prove or perish from the region by its act on Telangana. Let the TDP clarify its stand on Telangana. Will the party want to survive in Telangana?” he asked.
Finds fault
Finding fault with Janardhan Reddy's comments on TRS resignations, the former MLA said that they had resigned only after taking a decision in the joint action committee (JAC) and in fact waited for one more day for the decision of the TDP leaders.
Former MLA M. Padma Devender Reddy, former MLC R. Satyanarayana and party district president M. Raghunandana Rao were also present.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Telangana activists mob Chiru
Mild tension:Pro-Telangana activists gheraoing PR president Chiranjeevi's vehicle when he came to protest against power cuts at Vidyut Soudha in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam (PR) president K. Chiranjeevi had a first-hand experience of facing Telangana activists on Tuesday, perhaps for the first time since the movement intensified in December last, during the party's dharna against power cuts in front of the Vidyut Soudha here.
A large number of employees of AP Genco and Transco under the aegis of Telangana Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee (TEEJAC) surrounded Mr. Chiranjeevi and other leaders of the PR, when they were coming out of the AP Transco Chairman's office and insisted upon him to express support for Telangana.
However, Mr. Chiranjeevi and other leaders told the sloganeers that it was not proper on their part to press for such things. They were escorted out of the office by the police without precipitation of the situation.
Mr. Chiranjeevi blamed the State government for severe power crisis even before the onset of peak summer. He attributed the problem to lack of foresight by the government.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Rosaiah, Naidu hail passage of Women's Bill in Rajya Sabha
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has complimented women in the country for the historic Women's Reservation Bill being passed in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Addressing a hurriedly convened press conference in the Secretariat, Mr. Rosaiah flanked by his colleagues – J. Geetha Reddy, D.K. Arunda, Botcha Satyanarayana and P.Viswaroop – said: “It is victory for Indian women”.
“The credit for the historic Bill getting the acceptance of the Upper House goes to the relentless effort put in by the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” he said. He said Ms. Gandhi did not succumb to the pressure tactics by some parties and a determined government ensured that the Bill was passed as a gift for the International Women's Day.
He hoped that the Bill would also be passed in the Lok Sabha without any difficulty. He said the passage of Women's Quota Bill reminded him of the elation Indians felt on achieving Independence.
Greatest event
Geetha Reddy said women became part of history with the Bill getting the nod of Upper House. “Even though, the greatest event came a day late, we do not regret it. If late Rajiv Gandhi gave us reservations in the local bodies, today his wife Sonia Gandhi saw to it that women enjoyed reservation in legislature,” she pointed out. “The historic event will be written in golden letters,” she remarked.
Ms. Aruna said Andhra Pradesh always gave due weightage to women. “Late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy inducted as many as six women as Ministers while Mr. Rosaiah has made Geetha Reddy as the Congress Legislature Party leader,” she said.
Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu hoped that political parties would continue the same spirit in ensuring its passage in Lok Sabha too.
Asserting that the TDP was extending its full support to the Bill which was a major step towards empowerment of women, he said the party would, however, work for ensuring representation to OBCs and minorities. Admitting that several concerns were being expressed in terms of reservation of constituencies and other issues, he said parties should work for finding amicable solution to such problems.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) too, welcomed the passage of the Bill in the Upper House. Members of the All India Democratic Women's Association celebrated the historic moment by distributing sweets at M.B. Bhavan, the CPI (M)'s State headquarters, on Tuesday evening.
The CPI (M) State committee exhorted the political parties to carry on the same spirit and see that the Bill was passed in Lok Sabha and reservation to women became a reality.
Addressing a hurriedly convened press conference in the Secretariat, Mr. Rosaiah flanked by his colleagues – J. Geetha Reddy, D.K. Arunda, Botcha Satyanarayana and P.Viswaroop – said: “It is victory for Indian women”.
“The credit for the historic Bill getting the acceptance of the Upper House goes to the relentless effort put in by the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” he said. He said Ms. Gandhi did not succumb to the pressure tactics by some parties and a determined government ensured that the Bill was passed as a gift for the International Women's Day.
He hoped that the Bill would also be passed in the Lok Sabha without any difficulty. He said the passage of Women's Quota Bill reminded him of the elation Indians felt on achieving Independence.
Greatest event
Geetha Reddy said women became part of history with the Bill getting the nod of Upper House. “Even though, the greatest event came a day late, we do not regret it. If late Rajiv Gandhi gave us reservations in the local bodies, today his wife Sonia Gandhi saw to it that women enjoyed reservation in legislature,” she pointed out. “The historic event will be written in golden letters,” she remarked.
Ms. Aruna said Andhra Pradesh always gave due weightage to women. “Late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy inducted as many as six women as Ministers while Mr. Rosaiah has made Geetha Reddy as the Congress Legislature Party leader,” she said.
Hailing the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu hoped that political parties would continue the same spirit in ensuring its passage in Lok Sabha too.
Asserting that the TDP was extending its full support to the Bill which was a major step towards empowerment of women, he said the party would, however, work for ensuring representation to OBCs and minorities. Admitting that several concerns were being expressed in terms of reservation of constituencies and other issues, he said parties should work for finding amicable solution to such problems.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) too, welcomed the passage of the Bill in the Upper House. Members of the All India Democratic Women's Association celebrated the historic moment by distributing sweets at M.B. Bhavan, the CPI (M)'s State headquarters, on Tuesday evening.
The CPI (M) State committee exhorted the political parties to carry on the same spirit and see that the Bill was passed in Lok Sabha and reservation to women became a reality.
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