HYDERABAD:
Buoyed by the successful meeting of APNGOs in the heart of the city,
Seemandhra ministers said they have prepared a strategy to stall
bifurcation of the state by voting against the Tresolution in the
Assembly and organizing massive protests in Hyderabad and across the
districts.
To provide impetus to their "Save Andhra Pradesh"
movement, the leaders said they will spearhead a million march in
Hyderabad and get 100,000 lawyers to Hyderabad separately in a series of
protest meetings and rallies, some of which are also planned across the
state.
"Never in the history has a bill, which was defeated in
the Assembly, been taken up by Parliament. Defeat of the T-resolution
is a sure way to stall the division of the state," minor irrigation
minister T G Venkatesh, said.
Ministers, C Ramachandraiah ,
Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, Vatti Vasanth Kumar, Kasu Krishna Reddy and Erasu
Pratap Reddy met at Venkatesh's residence and announced they would
ensure the defeat of the T-resolution in the Assembly, when it comes up
for debate and voting. Venkatesh said all the ministers would resign
immediately after the defeat of the T-resolution in the House.
"We have defied the party leadership on the issue of division of the
state. We are confident to convince our leadership of the need to keep
the state united. MLAs, MPs and party workers are opposed to the
division of the state," Venkatesh said after the meeting.
The
smooth conduct of APNGOs meeting at LB stadium have given a ray of hope
to Seemandhra protesters , who now say will further intensify their
effort to stall the bifurcation process.
Soon they plan to hold
a million march, mobilizing the people of 13 districts from Rayalaseema
and Andhra region in Hyderabad, followed by a meeting of traders in the
capital. Former advocate-general CV Mohan Reddy said over 100,000
lawyers from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions would also converge in
Hyderabad on September 28, demanding stalling of the bifurcation
process.
Infrastructure minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao announced
in Visakhapatnam that a massive public meeting will be organized at the
Vizag beach on September 17, when the Seemandhra movement against
Telangana formation enters the 50th day.
Lauding the decision
of YSR Congress to support the united Andhra Pradesh, all the six
ministers urged TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu also to take back his
letter of support to Telangana.
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"We will see that there is no division of the state at any cost," Ganta
told the media, after a meeting with Samaikyandhra leaders in Vizag. He
said a meeting; "Vizag Samaikya Garjhana" was planned for September 17
to demonstrate the will of the people of the region.
After the
APNGOs, the Seemandhra Advocates JAC (SAJAC) is preparing for the
massive public meeting in Hyderabad. The decision was taken at the
SAJAC's meeting held at Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram here on Sunday.
Talking to reporters, SAJAC chairman Mohan Reddy said the JAC has also
decided to convene a meeting of bar council members from Seemandhra
region on September 14 at Anantapur, which will finalize the lawyers'
future course of action.
Meanwhile,
Vijayawada MP
Lagadapati Rajagopal slammed Saturday's statement by Union home minster
Sushil Kumar Shinde on the bifurcation issue. He said by reiterating
preparation of Cabinet note and going ahead with the Telangana process,
Shinde was adding more confusion to the issue."The home minister is not
revealing how the Union government wants to go about in the face of
fierce opposition from the people of Andhra Pradesh," he added.
