Hyderabad:
Students of Osmania University will start a mass hunger-strike today to protest against the Center's inaction on the Telangana issue. The call for thestrike has been given by the Telangana Student Joint Action Committee (JAC).
Last week, the region saw a 4-day long bandh to demand statehood status for Telangana with several ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly putting in their resignations as well.
The police have, however, already denied permission for the proposed hunger strike even as pro-Telangana students expressed their determination on holding the protest.
"Prohibitory orders are in force till July 14 under section 144 CrPC in the limits of Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate and any unlawful assembly of five or more persons would be illegal," Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan said.
As per the Supreme Court directive in connection with Osmania University, except for the university's students, teaching and non-teaching staff, no outsiders are allowed to conduct any meetings or other programmes inside the campus, Mr Khan said, adding that the Supreme Court directives are rigorously enforced.
A day ahead of the proposed indefinite hunger-strike, a state government appointed peace committee appealed to the student community to help maintain normalcy in the campus while carrying on their programme peacefully.
The committee has also appealed to the university students to carry their ID cards with them during their movement in and out of the campus.
The Osmania University campus, which has turned into the nerve centre for the separate Telangana (with series of pro-Telangana protests since November 2009) movement was again rocked by violence after pro-Telangana students clashed with police during the 48-hour Telangana bandh observed on July 5 and 6.
(With PTI inputs)
Last week, the region saw a 4-day long bandh to demand statehood status for Telangana with several ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly putting in their resignations as well.
The police have, however, already denied permission for the proposed hunger strike even as pro-Telangana students expressed their determination on holding the protest.
"Prohibitory orders are in force till July 14 under section 144 CrPC in the limits of Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate and any unlawful assembly of five or more persons would be illegal," Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan said.
As per the Supreme Court directive in connection with Osmania University, except for the university's students, teaching and non-teaching staff, no outsiders are allowed to conduct any meetings or other programmes inside the campus, Mr Khan said, adding that the Supreme Court directives are rigorously enforced.
A day ahead of the proposed indefinite hunger-strike, a state government appointed peace committee appealed to the student community to help maintain normalcy in the campus while carrying on their programme peacefully.
The committee has also appealed to the university students to carry their ID cards with them during their movement in and out of the campus.
The Osmania University campus, which has turned into the nerve centre for the separate Telangana (with series of pro-Telangana protests since November 2009) movement was again rocked by violence after pro-Telangana students clashed with police during the 48-hour Telangana bandh observed on July 5 and 6.
(With PTI inputs)
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