Hyderabad: In the wake of the exit of
ruling Congress and TDP, the Telangana Joint Action Committee
(JAC) of TRS and various people's organisations is trying to
strengthen itself by undertaking a 'yatra' for the statehood
cause and putting in place an organisational structure.
C Kodandaram, the convener, is the only leader who so
far had a post in the JAC but now leaders of various people's
organisation have been named as office bearers.
Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers (NGOs) Association
leader K Swamy Goud would be the new convener of the JAC.
The JAC today launched a 'bus yatra' from here which
would traverse across various Telagana districts for three
days.
JAC members and cultural troupes would campaign about
the need for separate Telangana agitation during the 'yatra',
Kodandaram said after flagging it off.
"This 'yatra' is aimed at strengthening the Telangana
movement by unifying all the outfits fighting for a separate
statehood," he said.
Claiming that affluent sections in non-Telangana
regions are obstructing the formation of Telangana, he said
the 'yatra' would mobilise public opinion against such people.
Rejecting the JAC's directive to all Telangana public
representatives to quit their posts to mount pressure on the
Centre for the formation of separate state, the ruling
Congress had walked out the committee.
The main opposition Telugu Desam had been expelled by
the JAC for not complying with the decision to resign.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, March 21, 2010, 17:31