NIZAMABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party will lay siege to the National Highway-7 and 16 from Toopran to Adilabad and Balkonda to Karimnagar respectively to pressure the Centre to withdraw its order to print danger mark (skull and cross bones) on beedi bundles, on May 8.

Giving details of the agitation at a press conference here on Tuesday, BJP State general secretary K. Lakshman said a host of the party activists would squat on the road at Toopran, Chegunta, Kamareddy and Dichpally Chowrasta on the National Highway-7 and Armoor, Balkonda, Morthad, Kammarpally, Metpally, Korutla and Jagityal on the National Highway-16.

Cooperation urged

Calling upon people to cooperate with his party to make the agitation a grand success, he said emergency services would be allowed.

Expressing regrets for causing inconvenience to people, he urged them to understand the necessity of the agitation as the Centre's move would affect 1.50 crore families in the country and over 15 lakhs in the State.

On the achievement of separate Statehood for Telangana, he said his party would organise `chalo Delhi' in the second week of this month.

The party leaders would meet President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to request him to ask the Centre to implement its promise on the bifurcation of the State as enshrined in the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance.

Demanding UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make clear her decision on the Telangana issue, Dr. Lakshman said his party was ready to give its support if the Central Government introduced the bill in Parliament.

Otherwise, the UPA should support the Bill if the BJP introduced it, he said.

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