Pro-Telangana activists, under the leadership of People's Democratic Students Union (PDSU), on Tuesday tried to lay siege to the residence of Handlooms and Textiles Minister P Shankar Rao at Ramnagar demanding the introduction of Telangana bill in the budget session of the Parliament.
The PDSU activists, raising 'Jai Telangana' slogans, demanded that the Minister submit his resignation to his post and extend solidarity to their demand of a separate Telangana state. They also demanded that Dr. Shankar Rao extend support to their demand of introducing a bill in the Parliament on the separate statehood issue.
The activists further threatened to stage agitations before the residences of all Telangana leaders and mount pressure on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government until it introduced the Telangana bill.
The protesters demanded that elected representatives submit their resignations to their posts in order to mount pressure on the government.
They said that they would intensify their agitation and stall the Assembly budget session. The budget session is scheduled to start on February 17th.
The activists were protesting against the Centre for being noncommittal about introducing the Telangana bill in the Parliament.
When the members tried to barge into the the Minister's residence, the police took them into custody and shifted them to a nearby police station.