Cong Telangana leaders vow to achieve separate statehood

HYDERABAD: Congress leaders from Telangana today vowed to keep up their efforts to achieve statehood for the region.

A number of party leaders, including MPs K Keshava Rao, G Sukhender Reddy, G Vivek, K Rajagopal Reddy, state minister K Venkata Reddy and senior MLAs K Jana Reddy, R Damodar Reddy, held a meeting at Bhongir in Nalgonda district today to pay homage to those who allegedly committed suicide in support of separate Telangana.

The leaders took a pledge that they will continue their efforts for realising the separate Telangana goal.

The leaders offered financial assistance to the families of those who ended their lives for Telangana and the meeting passed a resolution urging the youth not to commit suicides.

Trouble was witnessed at the meeting as MLA Damodar Reddy objected to minister K Venkata Reddy making reference to late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who is widely perceived to be anti-Telangana.

The trouble began with a group of party workers, holding photographs of the late leader, raised slogans about alleged disrespect to him.

Venkata Reddy appealed to the policemen not to act against them and started talking highly about Rajasekhara Reddy's contribution to the development of the state. Damodar Reddy then went up to the minister and asked him about the reference to the late Chief Minister.