Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday threatened to launch a fast-unto-death if the party's demand for a separate Telangana state is not conceded by November. "I am demanding, declare Telangana in November. Otherwise, I am going to sit on a fast-unto-death. This is a warning. The consequences will have to be borne by the government of India and the government of Andhra Pradesh," he said.
No time-frame can be fixed for solving the complex issue of Telangana statehood as it requires political consensus, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy said on Monday.The demand for carving out a separate state was under active consideration of the Congress high command, he said a day after the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, spearheading the statehood movement, received a huge setback in the by-elections.He said the Cong high command was trying to reach consensus.
This is in protest to their demand for a separate Telangana not being met.
The bypolls to four Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats are slated for May 29. Barring two assembly seats, the vacancies in the remaining Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies were caused by the en masse resignation of TRS MPs and MLAs led by KCR. Jeevan Reddy decided to quit the minister's post following the Congress high command's decision to field him in the Karimnagar bypoll.
After a poor show in the elections and criticism over his style of functioning, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has raked up a controversy by talking of "a militant way of struggle" to achieve a separate Telangana state.
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Suresh Reddy accepted the resignations of 16 Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLAs, who had quit their seats to protest the failure of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government to create a separate Telangana state, in Hyderabad on Friday. On March 3, four TRS MPs, led by party president K Chandrasekhar Rao, had submitted their resignations to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The resignations were accepted.
The leadership of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who came under attack over the party's defeat in recent elections, was on Monday endorsed by the state executive of the party at a meeting marred by the forced exit of a senior rebel leader from the office premises.
The 70-year-old leader attended a meeting of the floor leaders of NDA allies in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament chamber of Opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday.
He was first called by the federal agency to appear on November 2, but he did not depose alleging that the notice was "vague, motivated and unsustainable in law".
Roja's comments on K Chandrasekhar Rao's alleged drinking habit led to protests from that party.
The Congress and the Grand Alliance of the Telugu Desam Party, the Telengana Rashtra Samithi, the Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India are expected to be locked in a direct contest for electoral supremacy in Andhra Pradesh, with Praja Rajyam Party likely to emerge as a dark horse with its chief Chiranjeevi hoping to do an Obama with his 'change' mantra.
The court further directed that the principles, which were adopted while granting a common election symbol to Telangana Rashtra Samithi may have to be kept in mind while taking a decision on the plea of Praja Rajyam for a common poll symbol.
Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, Modi in the Rajya Sabha had referred to the manner in which Telangana was formed.
Mukherjee said the demand for small states was not confined to Telangana alone but was there in other states also.
TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao met the PM and Sonia Gandhi.
The case was booked based on revelations made by city-based travel agent Rasheed, the alleged kingpin of the racket, during his interrogation.
The TRS spokesman also claimed that the police had confirmed Narendra's alleged role and the party decided to suspend him from the party to protect its image.
From steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal to billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel, Anil Agarwal's Vedanta, ITC, Mahindra and Mahindra, and a lesser-known Future Gaming and Hotel Services were among the prominent buyers of the now-scrapped electoral bonds for making political donations.
K T Rama Rao, son of Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhara Rao, said late on Wednesday that moving a resolution in Andhra Pradesh assembly for creation of separate Telangana state was not enough and asked the Centre to introduce a bill in Parliament for this.
Karimnagar, which had been in the news for reelecting the Telangana Rashtra Samithi president, K Chandrasekhara Rao, with a thumping majority, has also entered the radar of Maruti Udyog Limited.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has made this a single-agenda, four-horse race.
'He is exposing the failings of the BJP, which is rankling the party.'
Rao had quit the UPA ministry last month.
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