To mount pressure on the Centre to announce a road map for formation of the Telangana State, the Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary K Narayana on Saturday launched two days Telangana ‘Praja Poru Yatra’ at Palvancha in Khammam district.
Addressing the gathering after flagging off the Poru yatra, Narayana demanded that the ruling Congress party announce its stand on the statehood issue immediately. Accusing the Centre of trying to evade the bifurcation of state issue in the name of consensus, he said that once again the Centre wants to cheat the people of region. He asked the Centre not to test patience of Telangana people.
Narayana also criticised the State Government for its failure to supply seven hours quality power to the farmers in the region.
Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram demanded that the government table bill on Telangana in Parliament and fulfill its promise made to the people by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. MLAs K Sambasiva Rao, Gunda Mallesh, Chandravathi and employees union leader Srinivas Goud took part in the yatra.
The yatra would pass through Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medak, Karimnagar Nizamabad, Adilabad and conclude at Warangal on September 3.