United AP, Telangana outfits set for Saturday showdown

September 07, 2013 11:09

The stage is set for a showdown between the proponents of united Andhra and separate Telangana here on Saturday.

While the Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Association (APNGOs) is going ahead with its plan to hold 'Save Andhra Pradesh' meeting, the pro-Telangana outfits have given a call for a 24-hour bandh to be observed from the midnight of Friday.

On the other hand, the Osmania University Joint Action Committee has given a separate call for blocking all rail and road routes leading to the state capital from Andhra and Rayalaseema (combinedly being called as Seemandhra) regions. The Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi, an organisation of Dalits, had also given a call for Hyderabad bandh on Saturday.

According to the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) chairman M Kodandaram, the bandh call has been given to protest against the "anti-Telangana attitude" of chief minister, N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He contended that the state government had gone out of the way in granting permission for APNGOs to hold the meeting while at the same time rejecting the application of the TJAC for holding a peace rally on the same day.

Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma, however, said the permission was given on a first-come, first-served basis. The APNGOs applied for permission on August 20 and other groups applied later.

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