The leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party will sit on a three-day deeksha (fast) from Monday, demanding that the Centre introduce a bill in Parliament for the formation of a Telangana State.
Talking to reporters, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy said that the several senior leaders would participate in the deeksha, which will be held at Jantar Mantar.
Senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, among others, are expected to address the gathering at the venue over the three-day period.
Kishan Reddy accused the Congress of cheating people on the Telangana statehood issue. He said that the ruling party has been delaying the decision on Telangana on some pretext or the other. He added that the BJP had already announced that it would support the Telangana bill when introduced in Parliament. (INN)