This Article is From Jun 15, 2013

Telangana shutdown today after hundreds of workers, activists arrested

Hyderabad: A day after the 'chalo assembly' agitation, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS has called for a Telangana bandh today in protest against the arrest of its workers. CPI, a strong supporter of the separate Telangana stir, however, differed with TRS in calling for bandh, saying the decision was unilateral.

Here are the 10 important developments in the story:

  1. TRS alleges that the Andhra Pradesh government resorted to repressive measures during the 'chalo assembly' march.

  2. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde along with Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also in-charge of Congress affairs in Andhra Pradesh, congratulated Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the state government for the smooth maintenance of law and order yesterday, official sources said.

  3. The Pro-Telangana parties' march to the Andhra Pradesh assembly was foiled yesterday by the police who took into preventive custody around 1400 activists, including senior leaders of TRS and BJP, and blocked all roads leading to the legislature building.

  4. TRS MPs Vijayshanti, G. Vivek and Manda Jagannatham and other party leaders were arrested near assembly. Others arrested included TRS chief Rao's daughter Kavitha, BJP state president G. Kishan Reddy and CPI state secretary K. Narayana.

  5. Scores of others activists were detained in other Telangana districts and all of them were let off later, police said.

  6. Andhra Pradesh Police had denied permission to the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) for the 'Chalo Assembly' rally. Despite this, the group went ahead with the march to highlight the statehood demand.

  7. The police, who suspected that Maoists may infiltrate into the rally, had turned the city into a fortress. Nearly 10,000 policemen and 20 companies of central para-military forces (around 2,000 personnel) were deployed as similar pro-Telangana protests in the past had turned violent.

  8. The roads leading to the Assembly building were closed for traffic and prohibitory orders imposed to ensure that the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, which is in session, had no disruption in view of the rally.

  9. 3.5 crore people out of Andhra Pradesh's population of 8 crore reside in Telangana, comprising 10 districts including Hyderabad.

  10. The demand for separate statehood the backward region is over four decades old.



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