Hyderabad: The government employees from
Telangana have `temporarily` called off their non-cooperation
agitation after talks with the Andhra government ended on a
positive note late tonight.
The Telangana employees, under the aegis of Joint Action
Committee, had launched the non-cooperation agitation and
abstained from work since February 17.
The government conceded the main demands of the JAC,
including ensuring a 42 per cent share in jobs to people from
Telangana, constituting a judicial committee to review the
implementation of Presidential Order in respect of government
jobs and cancelling the `illegal deputation` of officers.
JAC leader Swami Goud signed an agreement with the
government on implementation of the demands in the presence of
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
"Based on the assurance given by the government, we are
calling off the non-cooperation agitation temporarily. We
shall now carry on our agitation in another form till our main
demand of creating Telangana state is conceded. If the
government fails to honour the agreement, we would not
hesitate to go on strike," Swami Goud told reporters later.
Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, who was part of the
Cabinet sub-committee that held negotiations with the JAC,
said they have agreed to lead a delegation of JAC leaders to
New Delhi to discuss certain pending issues with the Central
government which includes constitution of a separate Public
Service Commission for Telangana.
PTI
