NOW IN KARIMNAGAR-Villagers vow to give up liquor for T

Taking inspiration from Khileshapur village in neighbouring Warangal district, hundreds of villagers of Bejjanki mandal in Karimnagar district took oath not to consume liquor until Telangana state is carved out. Villagers and teachers took the oath at a protest programme organised by students and Telangana Rashtra Samiti leaders. "When our brethern from more than 15 villages in Warangal had pledged not to consume liquor till the T-dream is realised, we thought we should also be part of the noble cause, "K Laxmaiah, a small farmer, said. Lauding the noble initiative, student joint action committee leader Ashok and teacher joint action committee convenor Ravinder hoped people of other villages would follow suit and ban liquor consumption. "We hope other villagers would emulate us in not contributing to the state exchequer by not consuming liquor," Ashok said. The unique mode of protest in support of separate Telangana was launched by a software engineer K Narasimha Raju of Khileshapur village in Raghunath pally mandal in Warangal district a month ago. It has now spread to over 15 villages. "We could convince the Bejjanki villagers. We told them that it was ethically wrong on their part to consume liquor and contribute to the exchequer of united Andhra at a time when innocent students were committing suicide for the separate Telangana state," Raju said. Meanwhile, leaders of various political parties have also extended support to the campaign. CPI mandal president Laxman and BJP leader Mahipal Reddy took an oath and gave their resolution in writing to the JAC leaders.
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(source-toi)