Just when the Congress had heaved a sigh of relief at averting the possible rebellion of the Kadapa MP, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, it finds itself in a dilemma over what strategy to adopt on Telangana in the forthcoming by-elections in the region.
The Karimnagar MP, Mr Ponnam Prabhakar, and the Zahirabad MP, Mr Suresh Shetkar, called on the law minister and in-charge of AP affairs, Mr Veerappa Moily, and demanded that the party should not go against popular sentiment in Telangana.
They want the party to clearly state during the poll campaign that the Congress is in favour of a separate Telangana state.
This view is firmly opposed by Congress politicians whose constituencies are in the other two regions. It is pertinent to note that the government whip in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Dr S. Sailajanath, called on Mr Moily and urged him to ensure that the party uses the slogan of development and other welfare schemes during the election campaign and does not commit to anything on Telangana.
Mr Prabhakar wants the party to expose the Telugu Desam and the BJP for not conceding to the demand for a separate state when they were in power, even though they were instrumental in the creation of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.
The MPs want the party to highlight its contribution to Telangana: the announcement by the Union home minister on December 9 and also the appointment of the Srikrishna committee.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Maoists plan to blow up police
The Maoists are now adopting an LTTE strategy to secure their bastions by planting more pressure mines and digging up bunkers in the wake of stepped-up police operations against them.
The pressure mines that are supposed to blow up when someone steps on them are being planted on routes leading to their bastions in the Andhra-Orissa border and in Dandakaranya zone to thwart security forces from advancing towards them.
In the latest arms haul at Tanuku in West Godavari, district police found 1,000 pressure mines which were kept ready for use by the Maoists.
The director-general of police, Mr R.R. Girish Kumar, said, “The weapons are precision-made and are deadly on impact.”
Police said that though the Maoists have been using pressure mines for several years, they are adopting this strategy on a large scale in the wake of stepped-up operations like the Green Hunt.
“Earlier they were using pressure mines in Visakhapatnam,” said an official.
The recently killed Naxal, Sakhamuri Appa Rao, was trying to replace Patel Sudhakar Reddy in leading the action teams. Mr Kumar said, “Appa Rao was directly in touch with the CPI Maoist central committee secretary, Ganapati. He is guiding all action teams.” Sources said Ganapati was personally supervising all central action teams to carry out major attacks in the country, particularly in AP.
The pressure mines that are supposed to blow up when someone steps on them are being planted on routes leading to their bastions in the Andhra-Orissa border and in Dandakaranya zone to thwart security forces from advancing towards them.
In the latest arms haul at Tanuku in West Godavari, district police found 1,000 pressure mines which were kept ready for use by the Maoists.
The director-general of police, Mr R.R. Girish Kumar, said, “The weapons are precision-made and are deadly on impact.”
Police said that though the Maoists have been using pressure mines for several years, they are adopting this strategy on a large scale in the wake of stepped-up operations like the Green Hunt.
“Earlier they were using pressure mines in Visakhapatnam,” said an official.
The recently killed Naxal, Sakhamuri Appa Rao, was trying to replace Patel Sudhakar Reddy in leading the action teams. Mr Kumar said, “Appa Rao was directly in touch with the CPI Maoist central committee secretary, Ganapati. He is guiding all action teams.” Sources said Ganapati was personally supervising all central action teams to carry out major attacks in the country, particularly in AP.
