JC reminds TTDP leaders of Babu's Babli protest in Nanded

Former minister and Congress MLA Jc Diwakar Reddy on Thursday warned Telangana Telugu Desam leaders, who planned to stage a dharna in front of AICC president Sonia Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on October 25, that they would suffer the same fate like their party president N Chandrababu, who was arrested during an agitation on the Babli issue in Nanded district in Maharashtra state.

The TDP leaders from Telangana plan to stage the protest in front of Ms Gandhi’s residence to press for the introduction of a Bill on separate Telangana in Parliament.

Talking to media persons on Assembly premises, the former minister said these types of cheap tricks would not serve any purpose and termed them as unwarranted.

Mr Diwakar Reddy asked the TDP leaders to observe restraint and calm before submission of Justice Srikrishna Commission report on the situation in the state to the government. “These types of tricks will create law and order problem and vitiate the political atmosphere in the state. Instead of solving the issue peacefully, it will vitiate the issue further,” he said.

Reacting on Chandrababu Naidu for not presenting his party’s stance on the Telangana statehood issue before the Srikrishna Commission, Mr Diwakar Reddy said I will not interfere in the issue as it is his personal matter.

Responding to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao setting a deadline on announcement of separate Telangana state, he said that no one would bother about his threats and they would not serve any purpose.