JC demands action against Kodandaram for provocative speeches
Senior leader and former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Monday appealed to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to take serious action against Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convenor M Kodandaram for making provocative speeches to mount pressure on the elected representatives in a bid to force them to resign.
Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, the senior Congress leader asked Prof Kodandaram to first resign from his post as a Professor in the Osmania University and set an example himself, before seeking the resignations of Congress leaders from Telangana.
Stating that there was no uncertainty in the state, Mr Diwakar Reddy said the Ministers including the ones from Telangana region, are personally reviewing the files and doing their work without causing any inconvenience to people.
Reacting to the Telangana statehood issue, the former minister stated that the state should remain integrated or if bifurcation is a must, the separate state should be made up of Telangana and Rayalaseema region.
The seasoned politician further added that there was no need to present the views of Seemandhra leaders to the Congress High Command and expressed the hope that the Centre would take a decision on the issue soon. (INN)
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JC demands action against Kodandaram for provocative speeches
2011/12/27 17:02:19 TDP on Monday demanded the arrest of Prof Kodandaram for his provocative and inciting speeches which were threatening peace in the society Senior party leader T Devender Goud said that the police should arrest Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof Kodandaram for his speeches which are highly provocative.
Taking objection to Prof. Kodandaram’s call to obstruct Chandrababu Naidu’s Rythu porubata in Karimnagar district scheduled to begin from December 27, he told reporters at NTR Trust Bhavan that such tactics were not reasonable.
Describing Prof Kodandaram’s call to obstruct Naidu’s Rythu porubata as `irresponsible,’ he asked him to withdraw his comments immediately against Naidu.
“TDP president Chandrababu Naidu was visiting Karimnagar, where nearly 50 farmers committed suicide due to drought, to meet the farmers affected in the recent drought and apprise them of the avenues left to tackle the situation,’ he said.
He said the TRS has managed to bring huge number of anti-social elements at Krimnagar to place hurdles in the path of the padayatra of Naidu. “The TRS leadership is resorting to such cheap stunts to retain their prestige in Karimangar in the backdrop of successful Rythu padayatra of Naidu in other Telangana districts. It is a shame that Kodandaram, who was an academician, should speak such language in his political avatar,” he said. (INN)
T only around 2014, stop provoking people: Gone to KCR
2011/8/7 3:57:31 YSR Congress Party leader Gone Prakash Rao on Sunday slammed Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao for arousing the passions of the Telangana people despite being aware that a separate state will only be created around the year 2014.
Talking to media persons at Assembly Media Point, the senior leader and strong YS Jaganmohan Reddy loyalists advised the TRS chief and Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convenor M Kodandaram to stop making provocative statements and creating law and order situation.
He alleged that both KCR and Prof Kodandaram are deliberately provoking the people and playing with their lives knowing very well that the materialisation of Telangana state not possible till 2014.
“It is not good for responsible elected representatives to provoke the people knowing well that bifurcation of state is not possible until 2014,” Mr Prakash Rao said.
“Why is KCR making provocative speeches and creating a law and order situation in the state despite him being aware that the Centre will only carve out Telangana state around the time of the 2014 general elections? Why is he playing with the lives of the people by arousing their passions with provocative speeches,” he questioned.
Answering his own question, the YSR Congress Party leader said that, “KCR and Kodandaram are deliberately making inflammatory statements and are responsible for serious law and order situation as they are getting desperate over the Centre’s dragging the Telangana state issue.” Besides this, Mr Prakash Rao also demanded that KCR and Prof Kodandaram make their strategy clear in the event the Centre takes a decision which is unfavourable to them. (INN)
2012/4/15 9:36:42 The Aalmi Jamiyatul Mashaiq, a representative body of religious heads, on Sunday demanded that the Hyderabad City Police impose a ban on the speeches of VHP leader Praveen Togadia.
In a statement, AJM chief advisor Moulana Syed Shah Mazhar Hussaini alleged that despite the prevailing volatile situation due to recent communal clashes in the Old City, Praveen Togadia was being allowed to make provocative speeches in different parts of the city. Referring to one such speech, he said that Togadia objected to the reservation being given to Muslims and tried to instigate SCs and STs by falsely claiming Muslims were being reservation benefits from their quota.
Mazhar Hussaini said that the Muslim community was being reservation not on the religious lines, but due to their poor economic conditions. However, he said the SCs and STs too were given reservation benefits purely on religious grounds. He said that a person belonging to other religions could not get reservation or other benefits that a SC or ST enjoys.
He also defended the Haj subsidy and other benefits that the minorities enjoy and said that Togadia was mistaken that those sops were being given to the Muslims from the taxes collected from the majority community. He said Muslims too were paying the taxes regularly and thousands of Muslim NRIs were contributing to the foreign exchange that the country earns.
Demanding that the City Police impose a ban on the Praveen Togadia's speeches, Mazhar Hussaini said that provocative speeches with distorted facts would only affect the communal harmony in the city. (INN)
Common capital proposal made with noble intentions: VH
2011/7/28 5:58:59 Defending himself by saying that his proposal of Hyderabad as a common capital for ten years was made with noble intentions, Rajya Sabha Member V Hanumantha Rao on Thursday lashed out at Seemandhra leaders for criticising his goodwill gesture and making provocative speeches.
Talking to media persons here, Mr Hanumantha Rao said that he had come up with the common capital proposal as part of his efforts to help find a peaceful solution towards the controversial statehood issue.
“The proposal was made with the intention of making peace by uniting all Telugu speaking people, cutting across regional lines, like brothers in a family. However, the Seemandhra leaders have not responded favourably to the proposal and instead are making provocative speeches, hurting the sentiments of people,” the seasoned politician rued.
Mr Hanumantha Rao cautioned that the same leaders would be held responsible for any serious consequences which could arise because of their provocative speeches.
He also advised Eluru MP Kavuri Sambhasiva Rao not to make provocative speeches hurting the people’s sentiments.
“When the Centre and Congress In-Charge of Andhra Pradesh Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad are making total efforts for solving the issue, the provocative statements by Seemandhra leaders would hamper the process,” the MP stated.
Responding on Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal offer of giving up his properties in the event of the Telangana leaders ‘dropping’ their Telangana statehood agenda, the Rajya Sabha Member said that, “We do not want any properties of Seemandhra leaders. Except Telangana we do not want any properties or posts.”
“They (the Seemandhra people) can continue their businesses in Telangana as usual. We are demanding Telangana so that we can provide administration ourselves and doing justice to the people in job opportunities,” Mr Hanumantha Rao said.
He also asked TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu to make his stand clear on Telangana statehood demand instead of demanding YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy to clarify his own stand.(INN)
2011/7/30 8:37:12 Congress MLA from Nellore Anam Vivekananda Reddy on Saturday came heavily on Telangana Students Joint Action committee for threatening to attack the Seemandhra employees not participating in the general strike.
Speaking to media persons on the Assembly premises on Saturday, Mr Vivekananda Reddy said that attacks on the employees are not a good thing and students should refrain from talking in this manner.
Mr Vivekananda Reddy further said that such statements by Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convenor M Kodandaram do not befit his position, as he is also an employee of Telangana. “Any employee should not incite the students to attack on employees of other regions,” the MLA said.
Incidentally, Prof Kodandaram is a professor of the Osmania University and the state government cannot suspend the faculty directly. It may however impose on the Chancellor or the Vice Chancellor to act against a faculty member of any University.
Mr Vivekananda Reddy continued, “The government has good faith on the employees hailing from Telangana region and he (Prof Kodandaram) should not spoil this image. Supporting a party by an employee is also not good.”
The Nellore MLA added that “We respect and honour the government employees as they implement the policies and programmes and welfare schemes of the government and act like wheels of the cart.”
The Congress leader urged the government to take action against Prof Kodandaram. “If the government does not take any action against him, this will amount to its failure,” he commented.
Mr Vivekananda Reddy said that if the government had suspended Prof Kodandaram from his duties this situation would not have arisen. “In any case, government in power it should not allow its employees to act in hostile manner,” Mr Vivekananda Reddy asserted.(INN)
Kodandaram may be the chairman of the T-JAC but he is not held in awe by many as it is made out to be. Kodandaram along with KCR has been in the forefront in asking congress MLAs, MPs and ministers to resign.
Minister Danam Nagender stumped Kodandaram when he asked Kodandaram to resign his job as professor first and then ask others to resign. Kodandaram of course has no answer to this and he is acting as if everything is normal.
2011/9/16 7:38:50 The City Police on Friday arrested Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee Chairman Swamy Goud when he went to express solidarity with the employees of Gandhi Hospital who were participating in the general strike. He was later shifted to Chilkalguda police station and later released.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao and Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram have condemned Swamy Goud’s arrest and warned the police of serious consequences if they continue to arrest Telangana leaders.
Describing the arrest of Swamy Goud as `undemocratic’, they said in a democracy everyone has freedom to express his opinion and support anybody.
Meanwhile, City Police Commissioner A K Khan said that Swamy Goud was arrested under section 151 CRPC to prevent commission of cognizable offence.
Earlier, Swamy Goud staged dharna in the police station demanding an explanation from the City Police for his arrest at Gandhi hospital. He said that he went to express solidarity with the employees of Gandhi hospital and he did not made any provocative speeches. (INN)
2012/2/23 6:53:04 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday called upon pro-Telangana activists to picket the District Collectorates in the region on March 3 in protest against the government's failure to honour the promises made to Telangana employees during the Sakala Janula Samme.
Talking to media persons at JAC office, Kodandaram said that the government has totally failed to honour the promises and resorted to harass the employees after the withdrawal of strike. He said that the employees and activists would lay siege to the District Collectorates on March 3 to pressurise the government to fulfill the demands of the employees.
Kodandaram also predicted that the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government would fall by next year for cheating the people on the statehood issue.
Responding to Mahbubnagar by-election, he said the JAC has not yet decided on supporting any party or candidate. (INN)
2011/9/28 5:30:24 Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA K Taraka Rama Rao on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for their 'provocative speeches' and attempts to water down the Telangana statehood agitation.
Talking to media persons at Bowenpally police station after his arrest for staging Rasta Roko organized to condemn alleged attack by the police on Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee chairman Swamy Goud at RTA office, Taraka Rama Rao alleged that the Chief Minister has conspired to divert the Telangana agitation by using coercive methods against employees who are participating in the general strike expressing solidarity to Telangana agitation.
Warning the Chief Minister of serious consequences if he did not stop coercive methods, KTR questioned rationale behind police arresting the Telangana activists, who are agitating peacefully. He slammed the Chief Minister for sending distorted reported to Centre on the Telangana situation. He suggested Chief Minister at least now send correct report over the prevailing situation in the region and take measures towards forming the Telangana state.
Slamming Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal for 'provocative speeches', KTR asked him to give lectures on United Andhra Pradesh by keeping his three wives in a single house. He also advised Telugu Desam Telangana Forum members to resign to their elected posts instead of putting conditions. He said the people of the region were not willing to believe the Forum members' statements as its president Chandrababu Naidu has not yet made his stand clear on Telangana state. (INN)
2011/1/6 16:59:02 Md.Vali Urraf Rehman, the Gen. Sec. of Telangana People’s Front party has appealed the Nampalli Court to order the police to book a case against Krishna Committee members Ravindar Kour and Abhusale Sharrif for their provocative speech made against Telangana Muslims and Christians while they were in the T region for collecting the opinions from them. He told the Judge that, they both not made provocative speeches but also humiliate them with their questions.
Therefore, the Nampalli Court directed the Abids Police to file a case against the accused and it was obeyed by the Police. They have filed a case against the two members under sections 153-A, 418, 508, 505(2), and IPC 34. Soon, the court will summon both the members to give their explanation in this regard.
2012/3/1 1:51:19 Giving a strange twist to the by-elections in Kovvur assembly seat, Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh said that the soul of Potti Sriramulu, who sacrificed his life for the formation of Andhra Pradesh, would be hurt if people vote in favour of YSR Congress party candidate Nannapuneni Prasanna Kumar Reddy.
Talking to media persons at Assembly media point, Venkatesh called the upon people to vote in favour of Congress candidate P Srinivasulu Reddy in the Kovvur assembly by-elections. Alleging that YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy had a secret deal with Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao over the Telangana issue, he said voting for Prasanna Kumar Reddy would be like voting in favour of formation of Telangana. "Since Potti Sriramulu hailed from Nellore district, his soul would remain in unrest if people vote in favour of YSR Congress party," he said.
Stating that Congress party never promised that it would give Telangana State, he said that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was forced to make an announcement in 2009 due to certain prevailing conditions in the region. He said that the Centre repeatedly clarified that the formation of separate Telangana State was not possible.
Welcoming TRS chief for election campaign in Kovvur, he advised KCR not to make any provocative speeches in the campaign. He reminded that the situation in Telangana became volatile due to KCR's provocative speeches.
Venkatesh said that he would launch his election campaign in the Kovvur from March 13. He said that he was ready to campaign in the Telangana region if the High Command asks him to do so. He said he would go for campaign in the Telangana with government welfare schemes and development works taken up in the region and would never make any provocative statement on Telangana State. (INN)
2011/7/19 10:35:23 Describing those Telangana leaders who have not submitted their resignations as ‘traitors of Telangana’, the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convener Prof M Kodandaram on Tuesday called upon the Telangana activists to take up the procession of effigies (Sheva yatra) of those Ministers on July 22nd.
Talking to media persons at Secunderabad, Kodandaram said that the Telangana leaders as part of intensifying the agitation will remove Andhra Pradesh boards across the Telangana region on July 25th.
He said the TPJAC would convene massive meetings across Telangana to give wide publicity for national highways picketing in the first week of August.
He said the TPJAC would also seek support of national level parties for the cause of Telangana.
Slamming the Seemandhra leaders for speaking against Telangana in New Delhi, he condemned their provocative statements and said they would disturb law and order.
He said their statements amount to insult Telangana people’s sentiments and hurt their emotions.
He warned of serious consequences if the Seemandhra leaders did not stop their infuriating statements. (INN)
2011/8/29 9:17:56 It is the season of peaceful agitations and even the Telangana Joint Action Committee is going the Anna Hazare way.
Taking cue from the 87-year-old Gandhian, T-JAC chief Prof M Kodandaram on Monday announced that he will stage a sit-in hunger fast in order to pressurize the Government on a Statehood for Telangana.
Talking to media at the JAC Office here, Prof Kodandaram said that they had waited enough on the issue of bifurcation of the State.
Ridiculing Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu’s call to defer the general strike slated to commence on September 6 because of Sonia Gandhi’s health condition, he said there was no question of postponing the strike.
He said the Centre should create the Telangana state by the end of this year. He cautioned that they were running out of patience and they would intensify their agitation if no concrete action was forthcoming.
He also pointed out that the T-JAC would chalk-out a viable and more vibrant plan of action in due course. (INN)
Give T or employees’ unions will paralyse Telangana: Kodandaram
2011/7/28 9:12:55 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman M Kodandaram on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the Centre that all employees unions would paralyse life in Telangana if a decision on separate Telangana statehood demand is not made and the employees’ demands are not met.
Prof Kodandaram told media persons here that all the unions are supporting the employees’ strike beginning from August 17 demanding formation of separate state and to rectify the injustice meted out to them in the region.
The separate statehood spearhead added that the JAC leaders and employees’ representatives have come to New Delhi seeking the support of all like-minded parties for the strike.
Prof Kodandaram demanded that the Centre show that it is committed to the December 9, 2009 statement of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram by announcing a decision on Telangana early.
“The Centre should make total efforts towards forming the separate state without heeding to Seemandhra leaders’ opinions,” Prof Kodandaram opined.
He warned that the delay in announcement of Centre would lead to political uncertainty and the people of region would react against the state government for cheating them with false assurances.
The TPJAC convenor added that the JAC members have contacted Bharatiya Janata Party official spokesman Prakash Javadekar and Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav seeking their support for the employees’ strike and for achieving Telangana statehood.
Prof Kodandaram added that both the leaders responded positively and extended their full support to the agitation.(INN)
2011/11/25 14:34:18 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Friday raised suspicion on the police version of death of top Maoist leader M Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji in an encounter with the police in West Midnapur in West Bengal on Thursday.
Talking to reporters here, Kodandaram demanded that an independent probe should be ordered into the encounter to ascertain the veracity of police claims. He also appealed to the government to take steps for shifting his body to Kishanji's native place.
Regarding Telangana issue, Kodandaram said that the TP-JAC would intensify the statehood agitation. He said a meeting would be convened on November 27 to discuss the future course of action. He warned that the agitation would be more serious from December 1.
Kodandaram also demanded that the State Legislative Assembly pass a resolution for the formation of Telangana state during the winter session starting from December 1. (INN)
2011/9/21 7:16:43 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Prof M Kodandaram and TRS MLA K Tarakarama Rao on Wednesday asked the Pradesh Congress Committee president and Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana to reinstate the contract employees of the RTC who were sacked on Tuesday for participating in the general strike.
Prof Kodandaram and KTR met the PCC President at his residence on Wednesday stating that the decision of the State Government to remove the contract employees from services was un-warranted and provocative. They cautioned him against taking hard decisions especially at a time when the Telangana sentiments were at its peak. They said that the government's decision was a perfect example of how coercive methods were being used to end the general strike.
Later, talking to reporters Prof Kodandaram said that the Transport Minister has agreed to cancel the termination orders of all the contract employees. He said that the government was trying to threaten the agitating employees by using ESMA while it has sent a wrong signal by removing contract employees from the RTC.
The JAC chief said that they have urged Botsa to brief the Centre about the actual situation prevailing in the region. He also ridiculed the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's statement that all is well in the Telangana region. "If everything is alright and the region is peaceful, then whey the government has deployed huge number of para-military forces across Telangana?" he asked.
TRS MLA Tarakarama Rao demanded that the government pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of Mallesh, the auto-rickshaw driver, who was killed after being hit by a RTC bus near Yousufguda on Wednesday. (INN)
The self-styled professor Kodandaram hs been served with a show cause notice by the Osmania University. Kodandaram has been issued the notice for going against the service rules.
As per the rules, an employee of the university cannot take part in political activity and lead agitations.
Kodandaram as the convener of T JAC has been involved in full time political activity. He is a professor at the PG College in Secunderabad.
Kodandaram is reported to have applied for long leave after being served with the notice.
2011/8/15 3:10:50 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Monday stated that the Telangana people are agitating for the separate statehood as they have no freedom in their homeland.
Talking to media persons after hoisting the national flag and Telangana flag at TPJAC Office Adarshnagar, Prof Kodandaram said the people of the region are not enjoying the fruits of freedom despite country achieving Independence since long time. In order to fulfil their long pending demands and aspirations, he said the Telangana people are intensified agitation for separate statehood. He also took serious exception over the remark of Seemandhra leaders that abstaining from Independence Day celebrations would become a `traitors of nation.’
Stating that Telangana people have lot of patriotic spirit towards the country, Kodandaram asked Seemandhra leaders how they have invested their investments in Dubai based Emmar Properties. Taking inspiration from Independence Day celebrations, he said the Telangana leaders would intensify their agitation for the statehood and general strike to be held on August 17. He also expressed solidarity to civil activist Anna Hazare, who launched crusade against corruption in New Delhi. (INN)
Move privilege motion against Naidu for double standards: TRS
2011/8/30 11:37:52 Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA K Taraka Rama Rao on Tuesday asked Telugu Desam Telangana Forum members to move privilege motion against TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu for adopting double standards on bifurcation of statehood issue instead of Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Chairman Prof M Kodandaram.
Condemning Telugu Desam Telangana Forum members plan to move privilege motion and lodging SC/STs Atrocious complaint against TPJAC Chairman Prof M Kodandaram for making provocative remarks against Telangana leaders, Taraka Rama Rao asked Telangana Forum members to move privilege motion on Naidu for adopting double standards.
Talking to media persons at Telangana Bhavan, Taraka Rama Rao warned Forum members of serious consequences if they move privilege motion against Kodandaram and demanded that Telangana leaders book case against Chandrababu Naidu under section 420 for failing to honour Telangana statehood promise.
Suspecting the commitment of Forum members towards Telangana state, he said Kodandaram did no mistake by questioning the Telangana leaders who failed to resign to their posts. He asked why TDP chief Naidu failed to introduce no confidence motion against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy despite stating Congress as poisonous tree. If he has any commitment towards welfare of people, Naidu must introduce no trust motion against government, he demanded.
The TRS leader advised Telangana Congress Ministers not to attend duties as it would send wrong message among people of region. (INN)
2012/4/6 7:37:52 Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday said that the Telugu Desam Party and Congress should be held responsible for the students' suicide in the Telangana region.
Flagging off a bike rally in protest against students’ suicide at Housing Board Colony at Moulali, Kodandaram criticised the leaders for making provocative and controversial statements on the sensitive Telangana issue and forcing the students to end their lives. He alleged that both Congress and TDP have been cheating the people of region on Telangana without making their stand clear on the statehood issue despite repeated appeals by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Prof Kodandaram called upon the Telangana people not to resort to suicides and fight unitedly to achieve statehood for the region “Don’t sacrifice your precious lives for the cause of Telangana State and fight unitedly without losing patience and hopes,” he appealed. The JAC will expose the stand of TDP and Congress in the bike rallies to be launched from April 10-20 and create awareness among people on the importance of formation of Telangana State.
The JAC chairman said that April 24 deadline has been set for the Congress and TDP to make their stand clear on Telangana statehood issue.
JAC Employees leader V Srinivas Goud and others were present in the bike rally. The bike rally that started from Moulali passed though Kapra, AS Rao Nagar and Cherlapally areas. (INN)
TDP on Monday demanded the arrest of Prof Kodandaram for his provocative and inciting speeches which were threatening peace in the society
The City Police on Friday arrested Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee Chairman Swamy Goud when he went to express solidarity with the employees of Gandhi Hospital who were participating in the general strike. He was later shifted to Chilkalguda police station and later released.
Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday called upon pro-Telangana activists to picket the District Collectorates in the region on March 3 in protest against the government's failure to honour the promises made to Telangana employees during the Sakala Janula Samme.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLA K Taraka Rama Rao on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for their 'provocative speeches' and attempts to water down the Telangana statehood agitation.
Giving a strange twist to the by-elections in Kovvur assembly seat, Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh said that the soul of Potti Sriramulu, who sacrificed his life for the formation of Andhra Pradesh, would be hurt if people vote in favour of YSR Congress party candidate Nannapuneni Prasanna Kumar Reddy.
Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Friday raised suspicion on the police version of death of top Maoist leader M Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji in an encounter with the police in West Midnapur in West Bengal on Thursday.
Telangana Political Joint Action Committee Prof M Kodandaram and TRS MLA K Tarakarama Rao on Wednesday asked the Pradesh Congress Committee president and Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana to reinstate the contract employees of the RTC who were sacked on Tuesday for participating in the general strike.
