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TRS Joins Dalit Outfit; Backs Andhra State Demand
Hyderabad | May 24, 2010
In a significant development in the Telangana issue, TRS tonight
joined hands with a Dalit outfit demanding formation of separate
Andhra state and both sides decided to launch a joint fight to achieve
their goals.
"Formation of two states by dividing Andhra Pradesh is in the interest
of Telangana as well as coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Dalit
Mahasabha and TRS would jointly fight for formation of separate
Telangana and separate Andhra states," TRS President K Chandrasekhar
Rao told reporters after a meeting with Dalit Mahasabha leaders led by
Katti Padma Rao.
Formation of two states out of Andhra Pradesh would specially benefit
Dalits, backward classes and minorities who have remained backward so
far, Chandrasekhar Rao claimed.
The TRS chief said he would address a public meeting at Vijayawada, an
important city in coastal Andhra, soon. Date of the meeting would be
announced in two or three days.
The joint fight from Vijayawada would lead up to Delhi and the goal is
to achieve two states, he said.
Though his visit to Vijayawada was initially planned to be held this
week, it was postponed to June due to cyclone Laila that hit coastal
Andhra, Chandrasekhar Rao said.
About the opposition of Telangana students to his visit, he said there
were no objections to it. "There is no controversy over my visit to
Vijayawada. Of course, I will talk to all before going there," he
said.
Alleging that only forward castes dominated all others in united
Andhra Pradesh, Padma Rao said the Dalits, backward classes and
minorities would get political power only if the state is bifurcated.
He said his outfit has told the Srikrishna Committee, appointed by
Centre to examine the situation in Andhra Pradesh over the Telangana
issue, that bifurcation of the state is in the interest of all
sections, especially the downtrodden.
The proposed public meeting at Vijayawada would mark the beginning of
a new phase in the fight for Telangana and separate Andhra states, he
said.
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