Aid for T-martyrs : Cong steals a march over TRS

Stealing the thunder from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS),the Telangana Congress MPs,MLAs and MLCs have decided to hold their first meeting in Ramagundam of Karimnagar district on October 2 and disburse Rs one lakh to each family of victims who died for the separate state cause.The elected representatives of Congress had earlier announced that they would donate the money from their pockets to provide the compensation.While the MPs are donating Rs one lakh each,the MLAs and MLCs will contribute a minimum of one day salary.Several other party leaders are also expected to contribute to the cause.

Party sources said Ramagundam was chosen as the first venue for distributing the compensation as it had witnessed about 25 deaths and suicides for the Telangana cause.Contrasting it with the Odarpu yatra of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy,the leaders said that it will be a low key affair and added that one meeting will be held every subsequent Sunday after October 2 for giving the compensation.While all the Telangana Congress leaders will participate in the October 2 meeting,the subsequent ones will be limited to those from the respective districts
============================
Cong wins T brownie points,feel party leaders


The leaders said the identification of the total number of such families for whom the compensation will be given is being done with the help of the DCC presidents and ZP chairpersons.The list for Karimnagar Dist will be ready in a couple of days, said senior Telangana Congress leaders Palvai Goverdhan Reddy and B Kamalakar Rao. Although the TRS had announced that it would distribute Rs one lakh each to the families of the victims of the Telangana cause,it still has to raise the cash.The party had said that it would raise the money by hosting road shows,music concerts and Tollywood star cricket events. However,they are yet to hold the same.In the meantime,the Telangana Congress has stolen a march over the TRS, said a leader.

The idea of giving compensation to the Telangana families was inspired by the AICCs decision on the eve of the first death anniversary of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on September 2 this year that it would give a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of those persons who had died of shock or committed suicide after the tragic demise of YSR.
===============================
(source-toi)