6th Jan, 2011: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said that the people of Telangana would not be satisfied with anything other than a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital.
In his first public reaction to the Justice B N Srikrishna Report which was disclosed to the public, KCR said that the people of the region would not accept anything else except the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh with Hyderabad as the capital.
Reaction to the 6th option which recommended the constitution of a Regional Authority so that the development of Telangana could go ahead, KCR said that this was indicative that the panel agreed that the united Andhra Pradesh had failed to provide justice to all parts of the state.
KCR also appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite the process of formation of the state by fulfilling the promise made by the centre on December 9th, 2009, which said that the process of formation of a separate Telangana had begun.
Addressing a massive gathering of Maha Dharna organised under the aegis of Telangana Joint Action Committee at Indira Park, the TRS leader demanded that all Telangana leaders resign from their elected posts if the government failed to introduce the Telangana bill in Parliament.
The TRS chief said the committee rightly pointed out to the situation in 1956 before the integration of state, and said that the Telangana leaders would not agree to the recommendation of the committee that a Regional Authority should be formed for the development of Telangana.
KCR also emphatically said that the Telangana leaders would not agree to making Hyderabad a Union Territory by merging a few districts.
"We want Telangana and nothing else. We will not agree to any other proposal," he said.
The TRS chief appealed to students not to resort to suicides for the cause of Telangana, and appealed to elected representatives to submit their resignations to their posts.
KCR asked the Telangana leaders to intensify their agitation in a non-violent and non-cooperative manner till the formation of the state took place.
Stating that the police forces could not crush the Telangana agitation by bullets, he called upon political forces of Telangana region to act in a cohesive manner till they achieve a separate state.
KCR said that the Telangana Joint Action Committee will spearhead the future agitation and all Telangana protagonists should follow its directions.