Hyderabad:
Tensions are once again running high in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh after final year MCA student of Osmania University, Venugopal Reddy, immolated himself on Tuesday.
Then 23-year-old student is believed to have left a suicide note, making an appeal to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to give a separate Telangana state.
Left behind, his mother appeals: "My sons, I appeal to you. Let no other parent have to suffer this. Be alive to fight for Telangana. Don't do this to any mother."
"I hope this is the last death for Telangana from the Telangana region. I hope the Central government and political parties don't think selfishly and take a decision. Please understand the emotions of the youth and don't make it a political issue," said Srinivas Reddy, brother of Venugopal Reddy.
The students are not letting the body be taken away; they are demanding even the post-mortem to be conducted on the campus. They are pressurising elected representatives to insist on resigning so that the Central government spells out a timeline for Telangana.
"Whoever is available here will go and put pressure on the Speaker to accept their resignation as MLAs. We are asking the other MLAs to come to Hyderabad and do it also," TRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao said.
The students, supported by the political Joint Action Committee (JAC), have called for a bandh in the 10 districts of Telangana on Wednesday.
It is a surcharged atmosphere on the Osmania University campus. The students blame the political leadership in the Telangana region for the failure of the Central government to spell out a timeline for the formation of Telangana.
Osmania has been the epicentre of the pro-Telangana movement. Student groups are supporting K Chandrasekhar Rao, or KCR, and other parties demanding a separate Telangana state.
In December, the Union government announced that it was sanctioning this new state. A giant backlash in Andhra Pradesh followed, with MLAs from non-Telangana regions resigning in protest. Parties that had originally pledged support to a Telangana state changed their minds. This includes Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Caught off-guard, the Union government then announced that the formation of a new state was on hold; it stressed the importance of political consensus on the issue.
Pro-Telangana leaders like KCR have warned the Centre that they need proof of a schedule that will lead to the formation of a new state.
Then 23-year-old student is believed to have left a suicide note, making an appeal to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to give a separate Telangana state.
Left behind, his mother appeals: "My sons, I appeal to you. Let no other parent have to suffer this. Be alive to fight for Telangana. Don't do this to any mother."
"I hope this is the last death for Telangana from the Telangana region. I hope the Central government and political parties don't think selfishly and take a decision. Please understand the emotions of the youth and don't make it a political issue," said Srinivas Reddy, brother of Venugopal Reddy.
The students are not letting the body be taken away; they are demanding even the post-mortem to be conducted on the campus. They are pressurising elected representatives to insist on resigning so that the Central government spells out a timeline for Telangana.
"Whoever is available here will go and put pressure on the Speaker to accept their resignation as MLAs. We are asking the other MLAs to come to Hyderabad and do it also," TRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao said.
The students, supported by the political Joint Action Committee (JAC), have called for a bandh in the 10 districts of Telangana on Wednesday.
It is a surcharged atmosphere on the Osmania University campus. The students blame the political leadership in the Telangana region for the failure of the Central government to spell out a timeline for the formation of Telangana.
Osmania has been the epicentre of the pro-Telangana movement. Student groups are supporting K Chandrasekhar Rao, or KCR, and other parties demanding a separate Telangana state.
In December, the Union government announced that it was sanctioning this new state. A giant backlash in Andhra Pradesh followed, with MLAs from non-Telangana regions resigning in protest. Parties that had originally pledged support to a Telangana state changed their minds. This includes Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Caught off-guard, the Union government then announced that the formation of a new state was on hold; it stressed the importance of political consensus on the issue.
Pro-Telangana leaders like KCR have warned the Centre that they need proof of a schedule that will lead to the formation of a new state.
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