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TRS to gear up for another agitation

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To launch protest if Srikrishna panel gives report against separate Telangana

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FOR STATEHOOD:Newly-elected TRS legislators raising slogans in front of the Legislative Assembly before being administered the oath, in Hyderabad on Monday.

HYDERABAD: After “sending a strong message” to Justice Srikrishna Committee through its thumping victories in the just-concluded byelections, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is planning to gear up people of the region for another agitation if the committee gives a report against separate Telangana.

The TRS leadership has decided to concentrate on strengthening the party organisation with emphasis on students till the committee gives its report by December 31.

“We have sent a strong message about the people's wish for a separate State to the Srikrishna Committee through the bypolls,” TRS deputy floor leader T. Harish Rao said.

Oath administered

The 11 TRS MLAs led by party's floor leader E. Rajender were administered oath by Assembly Speaker N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday. Earlier, the newly-elected legislators paid tributes at the Telangana Martyrs memorial at Gun Park in front of the Assembly.

Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Rajender and Mr. Harish Rao advised the Telangana leaders of the Congress and the Telugu Desam, to try to understand the aspirations of people.

They would lose their existence in the region if they did not understand the message from the bypoll results.

The voting pattern had clearly showed that people voted for the self-respect of Telangana without succumbing to allurements like liquor and money offered by the Congress and the TDP. The results had further strengthened the TRS' resolve to intensify the struggle for a separate State.

Key issues

Mr. Rajender alleged that the previous session of the Assembly ended without touching upon the key issues faced by Telangana like power and water in the absence of the TRS.

The party would focus on raising the problems of the region and work for providing solutions to them.

Mr. Harish Rao was critical of TDP leaders N. Janardhan Reddy and E. Dayakar Rao in particular, advising them to stop “hoodwinking” people with their claims that they had tried to convince the TDP leadership against fielding candidates in the bypoll.

They appealed to students and youth not to commit suicides.

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