Stating that the move will send a wrong message to people, the Joint Action Committee of Seemandhra Students on Tuesday criticized the state government's
decision to lift all police cases against students and agitators who had participated in the separate statehood agitation last year.
The Seemandhra student leaders, after holding a meeting in the Acharya Nagarjuna University campus to chalk out their plan of action, criticised the state government's move, and said that it would send a wrong message to the people in the state.
"The state government's decision to lift police cases is against the spirit of the Constitution, and it will send a wrong message to people," the leaders stated.
They opined that the cases against students - who had participated in the agitation demanding a bifurcation or integration of the state - should have been lifted based on merit.
Seemandhra JAC convenor A Kishore said that the students would picket the houses of all MPs and MLAs in the 2 regions and hold dharnas from 1 January 2011, demanding their resignation in support of a united Andhra Pradesh.
The student leaders said they were ready to sacrifice their lives for the cause of integration if the Justice B N Srikrishna Commission's report turns out to be in favour of a separate Telangana.
Political JAC convenor N Samuel and leaders of all 14 student JACs pledged to work for a united Andhra Pradesh. The former said that the formation of a Telangana state would result in the colossal loss of taxpayers' money as the exercise would require about Rs. 2 lakh crore, which the centre was not in a position to afford.
Courtesy: INN