All cases should be lifted unconditionally : Nagam

Senior Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhana Reddy on Friday expressed his disappointment with the directive by Chief Minister K Rosaiah to city police to lift the ‘maximum’ number of cases against students and protestors during the pro and anti separate statehood agitations since November, 2009.

Mr Janardhana Reddy told media persons that the state government should lift all the cases filed against the protestors without any conditions.

The TDP leader stated that the onus is on the government to prove its commitment towards Telangana by lifting the cases immediately and not in a phased manner as assured by Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy.

He said that Telangana Telugu Desam Forum has decided to take the battle for separate State to Delhi by staging a ‘dharna' at AICC president Sonia Gandhi's residence on October 25 as Telangana Congress leaders' claim that only their party had the capacity to get a separate Telangana State.

Pointing out the ‘closeness’ between Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao and various Congress leaders, Mr Janardhana Reddy questioned as to whether KCR would continue this relationship if they failed to form Telangana statehood.

He said the TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu was ready to give support any moves if the Congress president assures that the party would fulfill the dream of separate Telangana state.

Mr Janardhana Reddy said the TDP has already submitted a letter in this connection to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to prove its commitment towards Telangana.

Reacting on Telangana Congress leader convening of martyrs meet to disburse financial assistance to victims, who died for the cause of Telangana, Mr Janardhana Reddy said the TDP leaders would also contribute their one month salary for the victims of Telangana state.