27 November 2009
| Focus on fast-unto-death by KCR |
Section 144 in Siddipet ahead of KCR's protest
Sangareddy MLA to highlight Pranahita-Chevella issue
SANGAREDDY: Every thing is quiet and calm even as Medak district is all set for two separate agitations in the next 24 hours.
The first one is by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao at Siddipet for the formation of separate Telangana and the second one by Sangareddy MLA T. Jayaprakash Reddy at Sangareddy for the early beginning of Pranahita-Chevella project.
On their part, the police clamped section 144 in Siddipet town, where Mr. Rao is scheduled to begin his fast-unto-death programme on November 29 at 11 a.m.
'Educating' peopleFrom their side, the TRS leaders are working overtime to gather public for the programme. They are moving from village to village and house to house to 'educate' people on the importance of the agitation and consequences it would have if the proposed programme was not successful.
ID cards givenThe TRS leaders handed over identity cards to few hundred party workers willing to participate in the agitation along with the party president.
| Policemen posted in Karimnagar where TRS chief is camping |
Gearing up: The police arriving at Telangana Bhavan on the outskirts of Karimnagar town on Saturday. HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao geared up his party organisation for his indefinite fast beginning at 11 a.m. at Siddipet on Sunday even as the police machinery prepared itself to foil his plans and counter the fallout.
Although the police top brass refused to reveal its hand, thousands of policemen were posted in Karimnagar where KCR was camping on Saturday, an indication that they may take him into custody even before he could travel to Siddipet in Medak district, 70 km away. All that a senior officer would say was that the action would depend on situation prevailing on ground.
Sensing the plans of the government, Mr. Rao said he would end his life for the cause of Telangana statehood if the government foiled his proposed fast. He said he would continue his hunger strike even in jail.
Police took into preventive custody dozens of TRS leaders and workers in several parts of Telangana. Prominent among those arrested was Janashakti leader Kura Rajanna. He was picked up while leading a rasta-roko at Siddipet after the police foiled his meeting with TRS workers. He was later shifted to Sangareddy. Some people who were arrested near Dubbaka launched a fast in the local police station.
In Karimnagar, police personnel outnumbered the TRS workers outside Mr. Rao's residence. A mobile party also moved around continuously near the house.
Visitors to the town screened at several check-posts en route the town. They even undertook a thorough check of hotels and the bus station much to the embarrassment of visitors.
KCR's suicide threat to police 28 Nov 2009
HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao geared up his party organisation for his indefinite fast beginning at 11 a.m. at Siddipet on Sunday even as the police machinery prepared itself to foil his plans and counter the fallout.
Although the police top brass refused to reveal its hand, thousands of policemen were posted in Karimnagar where KCR was camping on Saturday, an indication that they may take him into custody even before he could travel to Siddipet in Medak district, 70 km away. All that a senior officer would say was that the action would depend on situation prevailing on ground.
Sensing the plans of the government, Mr. Rao said he would end his life for the cause of Telangana statehood if the government foiled his proposed fast.
TRS president arrested amid high drama 29 Nov 2009
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Trouble breaks out at several places in Telangana |
Plans foiled: Police intercepting the vehicle of TRS president K.Chandrashekhar Rao and arresting him at Alugunur crossroads on the outskirts of Karimnagar town on Sunday.
HYDERABAD: Tension gripped several places in Telangana region on Sunday as activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) staged protests and stoned buses in the wake of the arrest of their party president K. Chandrasekhar Rao ahead of his proposed indefinite hunger strike in Siddipet.
Mr. Rao was taken into custody on the outskirts of Karimnagar after police gave an impression that they would not obstruct his journey to Siddipet. Amid much drama and numerous demonstrations en route, KCR was whisked away to Khammam town where a magistrate remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with cases registered against him earlier. Two other senior party leaders, G. Vijayarama Rao and Nayani Narsimha Reddy, who were accompanying him, were also remanded in custody. Mr. Rao refused to seek bail.
Refuses food
The TRS leader, according to two advocates who met him in Danvaigudem jail on the outskirts of Khammam, said Mr. Rao refused to eat anything and appeared weak. Later, a team of doctors conducted a medical check-up on the arrested leaders and said the vital parameters of KCR were normal.
As news of his arrest spread, pitched battles were fought between students and police on Osmania University campus here resulting in injuries to several youth. Tension prevailed throughout the day in the campus following rumours about the death of a student in the lathi-charge but it was promptly denied by City Police Commissioner Prasada Rao.
Srikanth, a physio-therapy student, sustained serious burns when he set himself afire at L.B. Nagar here. Elsewhere in the region, hundreds of activists were arrested after they attacked buses and private vehicles at several places.
In Siddipet, a strong police force descended on Rangathampalli, venue of KCR's proposed fast, and arrested all the important leaders who wanted to begin a hunger strike and dispersed the party supporters. Local TRS MLA T. Harish Rao doused himself with petrol, but the police managed to break the large human cordon and arrested him. KCR's son, K. T. Rama Rao, was arrested in Warangal.
While almost all the major Opposition parties, condemned KCR's arrest, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah justified the police action on the ground that the TRS leader had been making provocative speeches during his recent tour of Telangana which were likely to endanger peace and tranquility. Moreover, the Government could not remain a silent spectator when he was repeatedly threatening to end his life, he aded.
| Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, three other party leaders remanded in 14 days judicial custody |
KCR, party leaders taken to sub-jail at Danvaigudem on outskirts of Khammam
Leaders being lodged in a big hall where beds have been specially arranged
HIGH DRAMA: TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao coming out of the residence of Second Class Special Magistrate in Khammam on Sunday. (Right) TRS MLA T. Harish Rao being arrested by the police in Siddipet. 
HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K.Chandrasekhar Rao and other party leaders were produced before the Second Class Special Magistrate in Khammam amid dramatic scenes on Sunday afternoon.
Confusion prevailed for some time about the place where these leaders would be brought. Initially it was thought that Mr. Rao and others would be taken to Rajahmundry jail but later it became clear that he would be produced before Second Class Special Magistrate Ch. Sreerama Murthy in Khammam.
Additional SP Parimala and Kothagudem ASP Kranti Rana Tata met the magistrate earlier and briefed him about the arrival of the TRS leaders.
At 12.15 p.m., the convoy arrived at the residence of the magistrate in Church Compound area. Mr. Rao and three TRS leaders -- Nayani Narasimha Reddy, G. Vijayarama Rao and Rajaiah (Warangal) were produced before the magistrate, who remanded them in 14 days judicial custody.
Tight securityAround 12.45 p.m., amid tight police bandobust, the TRS leaders were taken to the sub-jail at Danvaigudem on the outskirts of Khammam. They were lodged in a big hall where beds were specially arranged. The sub-jail has 32 cells and houses over 200 prisoners and under trials. Some CPI (ML-New Democracy) activists tried to obstruct the convoy carrying the TRS leaders from the Magistrate's residence.
Refuses to eatLater in the day, two lawyers led by V. Sugun Rao met Mr. Rao. Emerging from the jail, they told reporters that the TRS chief appeared weak and refused to eat anything. They said Mr. Rao enquired about the situation in Telangana. On being informed about the volatile situation, he urged the cadres and students not to resort to violence.
Medical checkTowards evening, a team of doctors led by Superintendent of the Khammam Headquarters Hospital Papal Lal visited the jail and conducted medical check up of the arrested leaders. Doctors later said that the vital parameters of Mr. Rao and other leaders were normal.
MLA whisked awaySIDDIPET (MEDAK DT.): Siddipet witnessed high drama from the wee hours of Sunday till noon with the police and the TRS workers trying to get the better of the other.
Though the police tried to arrest the agitators twice in the wee hours, they retraced their steps, reportedly on the instructions of their top brass in Hyderabad.
Even though there were apprehensions of violence, the police handled the situation deftly without giving scope for any untoward incidents.
Led by Inspector General of Police J. Poornachandra Rao, the police force entered the hunger strike camp at 11.15 a.m. and began making arrests starting with former MLA M. Padma Devender Reddy.
Within 30 minutes, the police over powered the party workers and took control of the camp.
At one point of time T. Harish Rao, MLA, threatened to immolate himself by pouring petrol on his head but was overpowered in no time by the police and whisked away.
Hundreds of Rapid Action Force personnel entered the premises and forcibly sent away party workers before arresting Mr. Harish Rao, former MLA S. Ramalinga Reddy, former MLC R. Satyanarayana and party district president M. Raghunandana Rao.
Six injuredAbout six persons, including a journalist from Hyderabad and an Additional Superintendent of Police from Nizamabad, were injured in stone pelting by TRS workers. All the leaders were taken to Medak town to be produced before a magistratewww.politicalmanager.blogspot.com http://www.politicalmanager.in/ KCR's arrest sparks protest in OU
Staff Reporter
| Students clash with police; at least two dozen of them injured in lathi-charge, stone-throwing |
Fiery protest: An effigy of Chief Minister K. Rosaiah being burnt at Osmania University by students protesting the arrest of Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao, in Hyderabad on Sunday. (Right) Police lathi-charge agitating students. — 
HYDERABAD: In a day of fast-paced developments following the arrest of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Karimnagar, violence broke out on the Osmania University campus with a section of students clashing with policemen and protesters blocking roads at several places after attacking city buses, on Monday.
The otherwise peaceful atmosphere on the OU campus charged up as news broke out about the arrest of TRS chief in the morning. Policemen in riot gear stationed in good numbers became the targets of irate students who repeatedly clashed with them leading to several rounds of lathi-charge at different places on the campus. At least two dozen students were injured in lathi-charge and stone hurling incidents. The State capital witnessed traffic blockades at several places as groups of TRS activists came out on the roads. City buses became the target for the agitated mobs forcing authorities to scale down plying buses. However, a semblance was restored by evening after the policemen withdrew following directives from the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).
Tension built up on the campus from Saturday night with more than a thousand students gathering at Arts College. Students residing in hostels rushed out targeting policemen who were present in good numbers. There was heavy stone pelting on the police at Krishnaveni hostel. As the slogan-shouting students were chased away, they regrouped again and the see-saw battles continued through out the day.
The live coverage of the severe lathi-charge had furthered incensed the students. The rumour that an injured students had died led to severe confrontation between the students and the police around noon. The announcements of police that no student had died had little impact.
When police tried to enter the hostel, students locked the main door from inside. Some students picked up an argument with ACP M. Kistaiah and OU Inspector Anjaneeyulu holding them responsible for the student's death. "It's inhuman on part of the police. They beat even visually handicapped students mercilessly," complained Raj Kumar, an M.Sc. second year student. He said two M.Sc. students — Lingaswamy and Mangesh — sustained serious head injuries.
Police later clarified that Venkanna Nayak (24), a student of political science in PG College suffering from epileptic seizures, died in the morning. Nayak, hailing from Warangal district, had no connection with the protests.
Later in the evening, students squatted on the main road at Arts College to protesting the high-handed behaviour of the police. A group of students barged into the administrative block and damaged windowpanes. The sit-in demonstrations spread to Tarnaka by night fall. Traffic was being diverted via other routes.
Meanwhile students at Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University staged a peaceful dharna in front of a hostel protesting K. Chandrasekhar Rao's arrest. The students came out in a rally, but the police prevented them from leaving the campus. Later, they staged a dharna for some time and dispersed.
THE CLAIMAX - ON 1 DECEMBER, BREAKING THE FAST AND LATER DENING THE FAST. SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH
.Chandrasekhar Rao ends fast abruptly
| Telangana bandh turns violent; balladeer Gaddar seeks apology from KCR |
TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao breaks his fast at the Khammam Civil Hospital on Monday. HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrasekhar Rao ended his indefinite fast in Khammam on Monday evening in circumstances as dramatic as they unfolded on Sunday morning when he was picked up by the police in Karimnagar.
Mr. Rao accepted a glass of juice in the Khammam Civil Hospital where he was taken from the sub-jail on the recommendation of a team of doctors from Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad, which was rushed there.
His nephew and party MLA, T. Harish Rao, when he ended his fast, claimed that KCR was forcibly administered saline after he which he called off his protest.
There was an angry reaction to Mr. Rao abruptly calling off his hunger strike from staunch supporters of Telangana, including balladeer Gaddar, who wanted him to tender an apology to the people. They said lives had been lost during the last two days after KCR announced he would fast-unto-death.
KCR plea to students
The TRS president, who spoke to mediapersons from his hospital bed, appealed to students not to resort to violence as it was not the party's philosophy.
He said the TRS would chalk out its future strategy on securing statehood for Telgangana.
Earlier in the day, the bandh in Telangana took a violent turn as TRS followers took to the streets damaging vehicles and private property
ON LEARNING ABOUT THE STUDENTS , HE DENIED HE
BROKE THE FAST BUT CONTINUED IT TO SAVE HIS FACE.
BUT HE DID IT IN TIME TO SAVE THE PRIDE OF TELANGANA
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Agitating students train guns on KCR
Staff Reporter
KCR's withdrawal from fast draws flak from student community which vows to carry on agitation
HYDERABAD: The two-day-long agitation of students in different universities of Telangana in support of TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao turned against him on Monday evening, after he announced withdrawal of his fast.
Over 2,000 students assembled before the College of Arts and Social Sciences on Osmania University campus, where a marathon meeting was held in support of the TRS president earlier, were now spitting fire and accusing him of backstabbing. The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the Telangana Ikya Karyacharana (TIK) committee of different other student organisations took out separate 'mock KCR funeral processions' on the campus.
The students, who had been receiving support from different associations like Telangana Lawyers Forum at the meeting in front of Arts College, were chalking out an action plan for Tuesday, when they came to know of KCR's withdrawal of fast. Within minutes, students from different hostels flooded the Arts College meeting venue abusing KCR.
While the TIK activists went in procession from the Arts College to NCC gate, the ABVP workers took out a rally from the New Research Scholars Hostel to the Arts College. Separate rallies raising anti-KCR slogans also started from different hostels culminating in another massive meeting at Arts College.
Cutting across organisation lines, the students vowed to not to stop but to continue the agitation for Telangana statehood. They decided to meet again on Tuesday and chalk out to new strategy to take forward the movement without involving any political party.
A rally protesting KCR's withdrawal was also taken out by students at the Telangana University at Dichpally. The agitating students burnt his effigy and decided to take up an independent agitation
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