Hyderabad:
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao today sought to douse the controversy over his remarks that state government employees from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra working in Telangana should go back to their respective regions, saying no one need go anywhere.
KCR's apparent damage control came even as the East and West Godavari Bar Association Lawyers Joint Action Committee (JAC) lodged a police complaint today against him for his remarks about employees from the non-Telangana region who are working in the state capital of Hyderabad.
Speaking at a meet-the-press programme organised by the Telangana Journalists Forum, Mr Rao denied making remarks that employees from Seemandhra have no option but to go back to their native region post the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The remarks had triggered a furore.
"Who asked you to go? You will do your administration. You run (administration) for 10 years (as said by Congress). You retire here and buy a flat and be here. We have no objection. We never curse people. We only curse people who curse people," he said.
He, however, alleged that Telangana has suffered a lot in terms of jobs and availability of water among other things in united Andhra Pradesh.
The Lawyers' JAC lodged a complaint in Rajahmundry's Three Town police station against KCR, its convener Muppalla Subba Rao said.
The JAC also formed a human chain in protest against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Yesterday, the East Godavari District Bar Association also demanded that a complaint must be registered against Mr Rao.
The lawyers JAC submitted compact discs and newspaper clippings carrying the alleged remarks made by the TRS chief on August 2. They demanded that the police register a case against KCR and take action against him, alleging that his remarks would create differences between Telangana and non-Telangana employees in Hyderabad.
They also claimed that timely police action helped resolve a clash between Telangana and non-Telangana employees in the Employees State Insurance (ESI) office in Hyderabad yesterday.