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TRS chaitanya yatra begins

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Party chief offers prayers at Medaram village

‘Palamuru Praja Garjana’ public meet on March 12
MPs, MLAs, MLCs to put in their papers

— Photo: M. Murali

Tulabharam : TRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao being weighed at Medaram temple on Saturday.

WARANGAL: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday launched the Telangana Chaitanya Yatra after offering prayers to Sammakka and Sarakka at the Medaram village ahead of the jatara.

The yatra was aimed at mounting pressure on the Congress party and to garner public support for the separate Telangana movement.

Mr. Rao was accompanied by scores of party leaders including MLAs and MPs to Medaram village on Saturday. He explained that the yatra was being taken out to create awareness among the region’s people about the anti-Telangana tactics of the State government.

“The recent statements by Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and other developments in the State and Centre have clearly pointed out that the Congress was against the formation of the separate State,” he added.

He said that his party MPs’ would submit their resignations on March 3, the MLAs would resign on March 4, and the MLCs would submit their resignations on March 5. The party would conduct a public meeting ‘Palamuru Praja Garjana’ on March 12 in Mahabubnagar district to intensify the agitation.

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