Observe Sept. 17 as T Liberation Day: BJP

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Thursday urged the state government to declare September 17 as Telangana Liberation Day even as leaders of the separate state movement pledged to intensify the agitation. The leaders gave this call while taking part in a public function at Indira Park to commemorate the first anniversary of 'Sakala Janula Samme.'
BJP state president G Kishan Reddy led a delegation to assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar and urged him to observe September 17 as 'Telangana Liberation Day' to commemorate the region's freedom from the erstwhile Nizam rule, in the House when it commences the monsoon session on that day.
Later, taking part in the Indira Park rally, Kishan Redy charged that the MIM was lobbying in Delhi to stall the formation of T. "Some of the forces including MIM leaders are lobbying hard in Delhi to scuttle the formation of Telangana, but no one can stop the creation of separate state," he said.
Leaders of T-JAC, TNGO, TGO and Students' JAC took part in the rally, while Telangana Congress leaders including K Keshava Rao and Komatireddy Venkata Reddy pledged their support to 'Chalo Hyderabad', scheduled for September 30. when the T activists plan to lay siege to Hyderabad in support of their demand.
Meanwhile, TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao continued to stay put in Delhi, even as party leaders K Tarakarama Rao and B Vinod Kumar met Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday. Shinde has said last week that the UPA is in no hurry to take a decision on the separate state demand. The two TRS leaders reportedly told the Union home minister that the political situation in the state is conducive to the formation of Telangana.