Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kondandaram on Friday said that the Centre's decision to form Telangana State was due to hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives for their cause.
Kondandaram along with other JAC leaders paid homage to the Telangana martyrs at Gun Park here on Friday. Talking to reporters later, he said that the achievement of Telangana should be dedicated to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the statehood cause. He welcomed the decision taken by the Union Cabinet to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana State. He appealed to the elected representatives, NGOs and people of Seemandhra region to cooperate in implementation of Centre's decision.
Telangana Gazetted Employees Union president Srinivas Goud said that people from Seemandhra region need not fear anything as they everyone could live peacefully in the Telangana State. He said that the formation of Telangana could not be dubbed as injustice to Seemandhra region.
Telangana Lecturers Forum president K Venkataswamy and other leaders were also present.