The state government has issued an indirect warning to all concerned that the government will not tolerate any strike from the students' community particularly after the cases against those who had taken part in the Telangana agitations were
lifted.
Panchayat raj minister K Jana Reddy played a key role as a spokesman of the government in the recent past, in striking the deal for withdrawing all the cases.
While asserting that the government cannot be underestimated, Jana Reddy said, referring to students, that they cannot take the law into their hands.
Also, since the process of lifting all the cases in stages is time-consuming, the government cannot be blamed for the delay, he pointed out.
Withdrawing the cases did not mean that the government is adopting a lenient view, Jana Reddy said. The government did act merely keeping the interests and future of the students in mind, he asserted.
Referring to the deployment of forces, the minister underscored the need to keep the forces in readiness to meet any eventuality in view of a threat of violence.
"The government has the responsibility to maintain law and order to protect the interests of the people, and so the deployment of forces was necessary," justified the minister.
Without referring to the Srikrishna Panel report and its fallout later, Jana Reddy indicated that the central forces would be kept ready in the Cantonment Area, and that they will be utilized if trouble breaks out in any part of the state.
Courtesy: INN