Even as normal life was hit in the Telangana [ Images ] region on Saturday on the bandh call given by the Students Joint Action Committee in protest against the terms of reference of Justice Srikrishna committee, all the major political parties were busy weighing options before them.
While Telangana Rashtra Samiti has made up its mind that all its elected representatives will tender their resignations and intensify the stir for Telangana state, Telangana leaders of ruling Congress and main opposition Telugu Desam Party appeared to be divided and in a quandary over their next step.
Shops and business establishments remained closed in some parts of Hyderabad and other Telangana districts while the State Road Transport Corporation has withdrawn its bus services from most of the Telangana areas as a precaution. The government offices and the educational institutions were any way closed on account of Second Saturday. The strike call has the support of all party Telangana Joint Action Committee.
Elaborate security arrangements were made in Hyderabad and neighbouring Cyberabad city to prevent any untoward incident. Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan said that prohibitory orders under section 144 were enforced in the city, and warned that miscreants will be dealt with sternly.
Ten legislators of TRS were scheduled to meet the Speaker N Kirankumar Reddy at 1130 am and hand over their resignation letter in prescribed format. They will personally ask the speaker to accept the resignations.
The Telangna leaders of Congress and Telugu Desam were holding their separate meetings today to chalk out their future course of action. TJAC is also scheduled to meet later this evening to finalize joint plan of action.
But in an indication of division in the ranks of Telangana leaders of Congress party, only eight legislators, including R Damodar Reddy, have decided to tender their resignations while others have developed cold feet.
Former home minister and senior legislator K Jana Reddy has come out in favour of terms of reference of the Srikrishna committee describing it as a step forward. He was angry over the JAC leaders laying a siege of him in Naglonda and said that he was more interested than them in securing Telangana state.
"After all, I will be the chief minister, if Telangana becomes a state," he said.
Meanwhile, in a bandh related incident of violence, some miscreants set on fire three RTC buses in Narsampet in Warangal district early this morning. In Bhoopalapally, attempt by another group to set on fire the office of the Congress party was foiled.
In Nizamabad, the police arrested some demonstrators who tried to stop the buses. However in Nalgonda, protestors stopped the traffic on the National High No 7.
There have been many incidents of people expressing their anger against the terms of reference of Srikrishna panel. In Karimnagar district, a group pelted stones on the car of higher education minister D Sridhar Rao last evening and demanded his resignation. In Warangal senior Telugu Desam leader E Dayakar Rao also faced a similar protest.
In Osmania University campus in Hyderabad, tension prevailed as students gathered to stage a protest. Heavy police contingent was keeping an eye on the situation.
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