"Explain No Deadline For Telangana"

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Political Joint Action Committee on Tuesday condemned the statement of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that no deadline could be fixed to resolve the Telangana issue.

Addressing a meeting at Mahbubnagar while participating in the TJAC bus yatra, Prof Kodandaram reminded that the Union Home Minister himself announced that he would solve the Telangana issue within one month after holding an all-party meeting on January 28. However, he said, Shinde had not only failed in fulfilling his promise, but has also been trying to put the issue in a cold storage under pressure from Seemandhra leaders.

Holding the Centre responsible for the recent suicides for the cause of statehood for Telangana, Prof Kodandaram said that further delay would only worsen the situation in the region. He also slammed Union Minister K Chiranjeevi for stating that the Telangana demand would be forgotten till 2014 elections.

Meanwhile, addressing a press conference here after releasing a wall-poster on general strike on February 21 and 22, TRS MLA K Taraka Ramarao sought an explanation from the Union Home Minister for the change in his stand. Reminding that Shinde promised a solution for the Telangana issue within a month after the all-party meeting, he said that the union minister must explain reasons that forced him to change his stand on the statehood issue. (INN)