Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday called upon elected leaders to submit resignations from their posts in order to mount pressure on centre to give in to the demand of a separate Telangana state.
Participating as chief guest in an ex-army officers' conference being held at TRS Bhavan, KCR said that if the elected representatives submitted their resignations, the centre would bow down to the pressure, and announce Telangana state immediately.
As elected representatives were reluctant to submit resignations, the centre was playing games with regards to making a decision about the creation of a Telangana state, he pointed out.
"The people of Telangana will repose their faith on those who resign from their posts, and elect them with thumping majority," the TRS chief said.
Reacting to Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav opposing to resignation of his post, KCR said that a few vested elements from Telangana region had become the thorns in the path of separate state formation since 1956.
"There is no meaning to democracy if the centre fails to stand by its promise of Telangana state," the man spearheading the separate statehood movement said.
He said that no paramilitary force could stop the agitation for Telangana.
"It is a not a street fight. It is a call of the people who desire a separate Telangana state," KCR said.
Meanwhile, the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee has called on Telangana protagonists to stage 'rasta rokos' from January 17th across the region, and force the introduction of Telangana bill in budget session of the Parliament.
The TP JAC thanked the people and leaders for successfully conducting 'Mulakhat' from January 11th to January 16th seeking support of various leaders and parties for Telangana formation. They urged all party leaders to extend their cooperation to the 'rasta roko' call, and make it a big success.