HYDERABAD, Jan. 20: In a significant move, the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) struggling for the creation of a separate Telangana state has decided to coerce the MLAs from the region to quit their posts in dissence against the Centre’s alleged dilly-dallying attitude on their separate statehood demand.
The JAC leaders have decided to compel the MLAs to resign in the wake of the pressure from the students of Osmania University here, the nerve centre of the Telangana agitation, as well as in the aftermath of an alleged suicide by a student in support of the separate state demand.
According to JAC convenor C Kodandaram, the people of the region are committing suicide in protest against the government’s dithering attitude as the Centre vacillates to come out with a clear-cut statement in support of Telangana. That is how they are expressing their anger, he said. He further told newsmen, “We are of the opinion that the only way to stop all this is an announcement of a time frame for the formation of Telangana state. Thus, we feel the public representatives should quit their posts to demonstrate their protest against the Centre’s attitude on the issue.”
Meanwhile, the JAC is contemplating to convene a meeting of the public representatives from the region on Wednesday or Thursday to press for their resignation. In addition, the JAC also decided to support the 24-hour Telangana bandh called by the students today.
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