Hyderabad:
The general strike in support of a separate Telangana state entered 17th day today. And the focus has now shifted to putting pressure on elected representatives and ministers in the Congress government to resign.
And for this, the pro-Telangana protesters are gheraoing their homes, not allowing these leaders to move around freely in the Telangana region.
Labour Minister Danam Nagender faced the ire of the protesters as the members of the Telangana Joint Action Committee sat outside his residence of in Hyderabad.
"We demand that Danam Nagender must immediately resign from his post," said a protester.
"They have no right to ask for my resignation or that of any other Congress leader. Minister Komti Reddy resigned but people still threw chappals on him. What is their fate if this is how resigned MLAs and ministers are treated," said Mr Nagender.
These activists also surrounded the homes of many other Congress elected representatives in several Telangana districts.
"If our Congress leaders were good, then by now a Bill on Telangana would have been presented in Parliament and Telangana state would have been formed," said another protester.
This is an attempt to create pressure on the Congress public representatives, both MPs and MLAs, asking them to resign and join the strike or face the ire of the people. That has been the direct call of TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao.
"It is a demand by the people of Telangana, not KCR alone. It is a popular demand that all Telangana public representatives must resign, so that the Centre is moved and the issue is solved," TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said.
Some Telangana Congress MPs are camping in Delhi and have refused to return to Hyderabad till there is a definite word from the UPA leadership on formation of Telangana.
And for this, the pro-Telangana protesters are gheraoing their homes, not allowing these leaders to move around freely in the Telangana region.
Labour Minister Danam Nagender faced the ire of the protesters as the members of the Telangana Joint Action Committee sat outside his residence of in Hyderabad.
"We demand that Danam Nagender must immediately resign from his post," said a protester.
"They have no right to ask for my resignation or that of any other Congress leader. Minister Komti Reddy resigned but people still threw chappals on him. What is their fate if this is how resigned MLAs and ministers are treated," said Mr Nagender.
These activists also surrounded the homes of many other Congress elected representatives in several Telangana districts.
"If our Congress leaders were good, then by now a Bill on Telangana would have been presented in Parliament and Telangana state would have been formed," said another protester.
This is an attempt to create pressure on the Congress public representatives, both MPs and MLAs, asking them to resign and join the strike or face the ire of the people. That has been the direct call of TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao.
"It is a demand by the people of Telangana, not KCR alone. It is a popular demand that all Telangana public representatives must resign, so that the Centre is moved and the issue is solved," TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said.
Some Telangana Congress MPs are camping in Delhi and have refused to return to Hyderabad till there is a definite word from the UPA leadership on formation of Telangana.
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