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Effort to raise movements for formation of new States

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Federation creates a ‘pressure group’ for this purpose

Leaders decide to set up an office of the federation in New Delhi
People-oriented movements needed to create new States: Devender Goud

HYDERABAD: Representatives of the National Federation of Small States met here on Thursday and decided to form a coordination committee and create a “pressure group” in Delhi as part of their efforts to step up movements for new States.

The decision was taken at a colloquium on separate Statehood movements in Telangana, Vidharbha, Haritha Pradesh, Purvanchal, Ladakh, Bodoland and Gorkhaland. The leaders also decided to set up an office of the Federation at New Delhi, T. Devender Goud, president of Nava Telangana Praja Party said. He said the leaders would interact and coordinate on a regular basis on building up the movements for separate States. Earlier addressing the colloquium, Mr. Goud called for a united effort to build movements seeking separate States. He said that to achieve new States, people-oriented movements have to be organised ensuring that their aspirations were fulfilled. The next meeting of the Federation would be held at Khajuraho.

The other leaders who attended the meet are Raja Bundela, president, Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha; Bheem Singh, president, National Panther’s Party; C.K. Sreshta, president, Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh; Nirup Reddy and E. Peddi Reddy of NTPP and revolutionary balladeer, Gadar.

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