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Andhra and Rayalseema leaders threaten to resign
Saturday July 16, 2011 05:33:52 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: After MPs
and state legislators from Telangana tendered mass resignations to
press for a separate state, their counterparts from Andhra and
Rayalaseema regions now threaten the same to keep Andhra Pradesh
undivided.
At a meeting held at Vijayawada Saturday, ruling Congress party
leaders from the two regions made it clear that they are ready to
make any sacrifice for the sake of "samaikya Andhra" or united
Andhra Pradesh.
Seven state ministers, 18 members of state assembly and six
members of the council belonging to the ruling party attended the
meeting, the first such gathering after the resignations of 15 MPs
and over 100 state legislators from the Telangana region last
week.
The meeting unanimously passed a resolution that it is the
responsibility of the central government to protect the unity and
integrity of the state.
"The posts and even our lives are not important for our cause. We
will do anything to keep the state united," said Primary Education
Minister Shailajanath, who comes from the Rayalaseema region.
Senior Congress leader Mandali Buddhaprasad, who presided over the
meeting, said they were ready to make any sacrifice to prevent
bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The meeting was held at a time when students' organisations are
mounting pressure on public representatives from the two regions
to submit their resignations to counter the Telangana agitation.
Addressing the meeting, another minister from Rayalaseema, T.G.
Venkatesh, asked Andhra leaders to form squads to counter the
attacks by Telangana supporters.
Venkatesh, who heads the united forum for protection of the rights
of Rayalaseema, said the forum has already set up the Sainik Seva
Dal to counter Telangana groups.
Meanwhile, opposition Telugu Desam Party legislators from
Telangana met assembly Speaker N. Manohar and urged him to accept
their resignations or carve out a separate Telangana state.
Telangana region, comprising 10 districts including Hyderabad, is
witnessing renewed movement for a separate state but the two other
regions of teh state are not ready to accept bifurcation of Andhra
Pradesh.
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