TGV cautions lawyers of Telangana on KCR

The Rayalaseema Hakkula Ikya Vedika convenor, Mr T.G. Venkatesh, said lawyers of Telangana region should beware of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who he alleged would dupe them.
Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday, Mr Venkatesh said this had became clear to students and several political leaders. He said some lawyers of Telangana region were resorting to attacks due to KCR and added that it was not good.
Mr Venkatesh said tension would build up due to atta-cks and cause great harm.He said it was wrong on the part of lawyers to go to the protest staged by the Telugu Desam and Left parties on price rise.
Mr Venkatesh also said it was not proper for the TD activists to attack lawyers when the police personnel were present. He said lawyers should put forth their arguments before the Srikrishna Committee in-stead of attacks.
Mr Venkatesh said KCR, who had previously oppo-sed the committee, was getting to ready to submit his arguments before it.
He said if backwardness to be the cause for formation of a separate state Rayalaseema state should be formed first .
Mr Venkatesh said that Telangana would not be formed with resignations and opposed the proposal to field members of the bereaved families in the byelections.

Telangana lawyers beaten up by TDP.

Lawyers belonging to the telangana region, who have been in the news for their protests against the Srikrishna Committee lawyers had a bitter experience at the Indira Park here on Saturday, leaving one of them injured with a hit on the head.

After the Srikrishna Panel left for New Delhi, the lawyers decided to target the Telugu Desam Party on the contentious telangana issue. They gathered at Indira Park, where the TDP leaders, along with leaders of the Left parties were staging a dharna on the rising prices of essential commodities and started sloganeering. They raised slogans against the TDP chief, demanding that he spell out a clear stand on the telangana issue and also demanded his resignation from the State Assembly.

TDP men at the gathering got incensed on seeing their leader become the target of the lawyers. It took the persuasive powers of the TDP chief to restrain his men from attacking the lawyers.

Mr Naidu also appealed to the lawyers not to aggravate the situation by continuing their jibes at him as the protest against price rise was for the benefit of the common man.

But the adamant lawyers refused to see reason and continued with their sloganeering for about 15 minutes.  It was a bit too much for the irate TDP activists who physically lashed out at the lawyers and chased them away from the scene. The TDP activists only spared the female lawyers. In the melee one lawyer was hit on the head while others suffered minor injuries. 

The police swiftly swung into action and arrested some TDP activists and some lawyers.

Telangana lawyers protest in Delhi

Hundreds of lawyers from Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh on Monday held a demonstration here demanding that the Centre immediately bring a bill in Parliament favouring the formation of a separate state.

The lawyers from various Bar Associations in all 10 districts of the Telangana region held a protest march at Jantar Mantar here. Holding placards and shouting slogans demanding the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the lawyers tried to march towards Parliament, but were prevented from doing so by the police.

“We want Telangana”, “We need a separate state”, “Let Centre bring a bill in Parliament immediately”, read the placards carried by the lawyers, numbering over 1,000.

The protesters said the Centre should immediately bring a bill during the current Budget session demanding the formation of Telangana state.