Barely hours after Telangana Political JAC chairman M Kodandaram Reddy announced on Tuesday that men in uniform would soon join Sakala Janula Samme;the venue of the employees maha dharna was abuzz with news that police personnel from the region would join them to send a strong message to the Centre. As the maha dharna proceedings gathered steam with leader after leader urging the striking employees to stay united and be on guard,a stream of visitors (both men and women) dressed in khakis descended on the venue and soon weaved their way through the crowds.Speakers on the dais too raised the tempo by claiming that men in uniform joined their ranks to express solidarity with them.
In fact, some of them danced their way to the stage and shouted slogans in support of T-cause, drawing attention from the crowds as well as the TV channels, who mistook them for personnel from the state police. Soon these men and women began to sing and dance expressing their unstinted support for the cause, one of the women, dressed in khakis, took the mike and dished out some traditional folk numbers in support of the cause, inviting a thunderous applause from the thousands of striking govt employees.
Later,organizers acknowledged that she was a member of the AP forest department, while the remaining were inspectors, SIs and constables belonging to the excise department. The largest contingent of uniformed excise and forest officials came from Adilabad and Nizamabad districts.
ALL FOR T STATE: An assistant sub-inspector of the forest department waves flag during the Maha Dharna at Indira Park in the city on Tuesday.
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KCR cancels Delhi trip,says nothing to convey to Centre
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday cancelled his trip to New Delhi,intended to meet Congress leaders and ruled out further talks with the Centre on the vexed Telangana issue. Addressing the Maha dharna of government employees at Indira Park,hours after he dropped the idea of visiting Delhi to sell his story,the TRS chief said there was nothing left for him to convey to the Centre.Cant New Delhi see what is happening in the region How long can it remain indifferent to the strike that has entered the 29th day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must take the initiative and work towards a positive solution, he observed.
KCR said there was no going back on the struggle and no one could stop Telangana or the rail roko programme.Are there enough jails to hold one crore people who are expected to turn up on railway tracks I ask this government whether there is any logic in announcing that they would run trains with police protection.No sane person will do it.This is a peoples strike and no force in the country can prevent this.The days of showing lathis and the threat of arrests are over.No one can intimidate us any more, he said and added,There is no choice,but to separate.We want a divorce.
TRS chief instilled confidence among the striking employees by promising them service promotions once the new state comes into existence and assured them that they would get all their salary dues with interest and also another months salary as festival bonus once Telangana happens. Dispelling the threat of termination among contract employees,he said their services would be regularized as soon as their goal was achieved.Cautioning the state government against use of force to disrupt the peaceful agitation by the striking employees,he assured the gathering that they would not remain silent even if a single class IV employee is harassed or shown the door for participating in the movement.This government cannot stop the movement by threatening to use force.Our jobs will not go anywhere.Not a single employee will face any problem.No one can deny him his salary.Since the CM is not working,he too does not deserve to draw salary, he said.
Showering expletives on Congress MPs and MLAs,he asked them whether there was any element of shame left in them,at a time when employees were foregoing salaries to achieve Telangana state.The TRS chief ridiculed the chief minister for booking cases against him and other TJAC leaders.How can they book cases against our leaders if police personnel from Telangana tell us that they want to form a Telangana police officers association, he asked.Reiterating his statement on Hyderabad,KCR said the people of Telangana will not accept union territory status for Hyderabad.There is no question of Telangana without Hyderabad.Our heart will remain with us.No one,especially Seemandhra leaders need to have any ideas on separating our heart and soul from us, he warned.
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(SOURCE-TOI)
In fact, some of them danced their way to the stage and shouted slogans in support of T-cause, drawing attention from the crowds as well as the TV channels, who mistook them for personnel from the state police. Soon these men and women began to sing and dance expressing their unstinted support for the cause, one of the women, dressed in khakis, took the mike and dished out some traditional folk numbers in support of the cause, inviting a thunderous applause from the thousands of striking govt employees.
Later,organizers acknowledged that she was a member of the AP forest department, while the remaining were inspectors, SIs and constables belonging to the excise department. The largest contingent of uniformed excise and forest officials came from Adilabad and Nizamabad districts.
ALL FOR T STATE: An assistant sub-inspector of the forest department waves flag during the Maha Dharna at Indira Park in the city on Tuesday.
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KCR cancels Delhi trip,says nothing to convey to Centre
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday cancelled his trip to New Delhi,intended to meet Congress leaders and ruled out further talks with the Centre on the vexed Telangana issue. Addressing the Maha dharna of government employees at Indira Park,hours after he dropped the idea of visiting Delhi to sell his story,the TRS chief said there was nothing left for him to convey to the Centre.Cant New Delhi see what is happening in the region How long can it remain indifferent to the strike that has entered the 29th day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must take the initiative and work towards a positive solution, he observed.
KCR said there was no going back on the struggle and no one could stop Telangana or the rail roko programme.Are there enough jails to hold one crore people who are expected to turn up on railway tracks I ask this government whether there is any logic in announcing that they would run trains with police protection.No sane person will do it.This is a peoples strike and no force in the country can prevent this.The days of showing lathis and the threat of arrests are over.No one can intimidate us any more, he said and added,There is no choice,but to separate.We want a divorce.
TRS chief instilled confidence among the striking employees by promising them service promotions once the new state comes into existence and assured them that they would get all their salary dues with interest and also another months salary as festival bonus once Telangana happens. Dispelling the threat of termination among contract employees,he said their services would be regularized as soon as their goal was achieved.Cautioning the state government against use of force to disrupt the peaceful agitation by the striking employees,he assured the gathering that they would not remain silent even if a single class IV employee is harassed or shown the door for participating in the movement.This government cannot stop the movement by threatening to use force.Our jobs will not go anywhere.Not a single employee will face any problem.No one can deny him his salary.Since the CM is not working,he too does not deserve to draw salary, he said.
Showering expletives on Congress MPs and MLAs,he asked them whether there was any element of shame left in them,at a time when employees were foregoing salaries to achieve Telangana state.The TRS chief ridiculed the chief minister for booking cases against him and other TJAC leaders.How can they book cases against our leaders if police personnel from Telangana tell us that they want to form a Telangana police officers association, he asked.Reiterating his statement on Hyderabad,KCR said the people of Telangana will not accept union territory status for Hyderabad.There is no question of Telangana without Hyderabad.Our heart will remain with us.No one,especially Seemandhra leaders need to have any ideas on separating our heart and soul from us, he warned.
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(SOURCE-TOI)
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