Muslim Forum holds dharna for T-State

Hyderabad, Dec 9 : The Muslim Forum, an entity comprising more than 20 organisations threw its might behind the call for ‘Chalo Assembly’ from various proponents of separate Telangana State on Wednesday. Members of the Muslim Forum organised a dharna near Charminar and demanded that the state government pass a resolution on Telangana in the Assembly without delay.Forum members also took exception to the remarks of Ministers D Nagender and Mukesh Goud on Hyderabad.

The Forum members stated that Hyderabad is an integral part of the proposed Telangana state and “Hyderabad is Telangana and Telangana is Hyderabad.”The Forum Members also demanded that the government put an immediate stop to arrests of activists in the name of bringing the situation under control.According to the organisers, the dharna was held to garner support from Muslims living in the Telangana region for the ongoing agitation by reminding the community that Muslims were at the forefront of the separate Telangana agitation that took place about four decades ago.