Call for educational institutions' bandh on Monday
The opposition parties including the students' organisations have called for a state-wide bandh of educational institutions' on Monday in protest against the desecration of Dr B R Ambedkar statues at Amalapuram and other places.
The decision was taken during a round-table conference held at Sundaraiah Vignan Kendram here on Sunday. The conference was attended by the representatives of major opposition parties including M Narasimhulu of TDP, Nayani Narasimha Reddy of TRS, Venkat Reddy of CPM among others.
While condemning the incidents, the leaders demanded that the State Government take stern action against those responsible for the incidents. They also asked the government to take appropriate measures to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
The leaders have unanimously decided to call for educational institutions' bandh on January 30 in protest against the incidents. (INN)
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2012/1/7 3:23:45 OU JAC gives bandh call to all the educational institutions on Saturday in protest against the attacks on Telangana activists during Chandrababu's Raitu Pada Yatra in Warangal district.
2011/7/12 2:32:08 Following a call by the Samaikhya Andhra Students Joint Action Committee to extend solidarity with the Integrated Andhra Pradesh demand, all educational institutions in Chittoor district remained closed on Tuesday.
All educational institutes, including colleges affiliated to the Sri Venkateswara University and private schools were closed voluntarily in response to the bandh call. The Samaikhya Andhra Students Joint Action Committee is opposing the division of state.
Students took out rallies and staged dharnas across the district, boycotting classes. The SASJAC leaders said that the rallies by the students and the response to the bandh were voluntary.
They added that the protests against bifurcation of state would be intensified in the region until the Centre drops the move altogether.
The JAC members also warned that they would picket the residences of MPs if they failed to resign from their posts on the lines of Telangana MPs, opposing the division of state.
The JAC leaders stated they would observe a bandh in Chittoor district on Wednesday stressing the integration of state and sought cooperation from all people for the bandh.(INN)
All commercial establishments and services in Mahabubnagar district have remained shut on Friday following a bandh call given by the district Telangana Joint Action Committee.
The JAC has given a call for bandh call demanding lifting of cases booked against those participating agitations in connection with the on-going Sakala Janula Samme demanding statehood for Telangana region. The JAC has also demanded immediate release of Telangana activists from the districts who were arrested by the police.
Besides commercial establishments, all educational institutions and petrol bunks too remained closed on Friday. However, the general traffic was not affected due to the bandh. Meanwhile, the Yoga Samithi and Palamulu Walker took out a rally demanding withdrawal of cases booked against Telangana activists.
Police have intensified the security in the entire districts in view of the bandh. (INN)
2008/6/4 11:25:27 Now don't get mislead by the heading. The TDP and TRS are not entering into an electoral alliance. The two parties have given a bandh call in protest against the hike in price of petro, diesel and cooking gas.
The TDP gave a bandh call for June 6. The TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao also gave a bandh call for the same day, after he announced that he was taking back his resignation.
While the TRS will observe a bandh in Telangana, the TDP will observe a bandh all over the state. It now remains to be seen if the TRS and TDP will enforce the bandh together in the Telangana areas.
The BJP to has given a bandh call on June 6. But the BJP has made it clear that their bandh would be enforced separately and they will not have any sort of coordination with the TDP.
2011/10/17 8:01:19 The Telangana Bandh call given by the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee on Monday evoked mixed response. While the bandh impact was not visible in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, normal life was disrupted in other districts in the region.
The RTC buses plied normally in the twin cities. The auto-rickshaws too plied in the twin cities. However, in other districts very few services were operated under tight security. As many as 596 buses remained parked at six depots of Adilabad, 580 buses in Medak, 930 buses in Warangal, 791 buses in Mahaboobnagar, 629 buses in Khammam, 902 buses in Karimangar and 705 buses in Nalgonda did not ply due to Telangana bandh.
Several buses coming from Seemandhra region were stopped at NH-9. While nearly 50 protestors were arrested at Narketpalli in Nalgonda district for staging a road blockade on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway, police stopped about 100 buses coming from Vijaywada towards Hyderabad at the check post as a precautionary measure. Buses coming from Kanchikacharla in Krishna district were stopped at Keesra toll gate.
A majority of educational institutions remained open in Hyderabad and the commercial establishments too did not downed their shutter during the bandh. However, in other districts all educational institutions, shops and establishments, petrol bunks and cinema halls remained closed. Major impact of bandh was seen in Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad and Mahabubnagar districts. One petrol bunk was also attacked in Warangal.
The Telangana Joint Action Committee has called for the daylong shutdown to protest against alleged police excesses during the rail blockade. It alleged that false cases were booked against thousands of protestors, including MPs and MLAs, and that the government misused power to suppress the agitation.
The JAC, which had called for a three-day rail blockade, decided to cut it short to two days and instead called for a Telangana Bandh on Monday.
Meanwhile, the general strike by government employees across Telangana entered 35th day on Monday. The strike by workers in state-owned Singareni Collieries is also continuing. (INN)
2007/11/21 10:05:51 The bandh call given by the farmer associations received mixed respnse. Political parties like the TDP, BJP, Communists and others backed the bandh. RTC buses were off the roads in many districts. While the bandh had a poor impact in the twin cities, in some districts, business and transport came to a stand still. The bandh call was given to demand MSP for paddy.
2012/3/26 1:31:08 In protest against Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar's refusal to allow the adjournment motion on suicides of students and resolution on Telangana issue, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Monday called for observing 'Telangana Bandh' on Tuesday. However, the TRS gave exemption to the Road Transport Corporation and students, who are attending their annual examination, from the bandh.
Meanwhile, a day after the suicide of MBA student Bojya Naik in Warangal, another person Raja Mouli, an auto-rickshaw driver, set himself ablaze in Hanmakonda. Later, he succumbed at the government hospital. This incident has triggered fresh wave of protest in the region.
The Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram, Osmania University Joint Action Committee, Congress Party, TDP Telangana Forum, BJP and Telangana Nagara Samithi have announced their total support to the bandh.
TRS Floor Leader Etala Rajender called upon all Telangana activists to participate actively in the bandh and make it a grand success. However, he advised the activists to exempt educational institutions from the bandh.
Independent MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy asked the all parties and leaders to participate in the bandh. BJP floor leader E Lakshminarayana said that his party would extend full support to the bandh called by TRS. (INN)
Barring a few incidents, the Hyderabad and Secunderabad bandh went off peacefully on Friday. A majority of shops, commercial establishments, cinema theatres, petrol bunks and the educational institutions remained shut.
The bandh call was given by the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee as part of Sakala Janula Samme, the people's general strike which entered 18th day on Friday, demanding statehood for Telangana region. The buses of the State-owned Road Transport Corporation remained off the roads for the 12th consecutive day. The medical strike too entered 9th day on Friday.
However, a major part of the Old City of Hyderabad remained open. Attempts by the BJP workers to enforce bandh in some Old City areas were foiled by the local shop keepers leading to some tension. However, with the police intervention situation was immediately brought into control.
Since the people have been experiencing difficulties in getting transport for the last 12 days due to RTC strike, they did not find a major change on Friday. Some auto-rickshaws which plied on city roads charged exorbitantly from needy passengers. Using private drivers, the RTC authorities operated nearly 300 buses on some major routes.
Although a majority of private educational institutions declared holiday on Friday, others conducted the last paper of quarterly examination and declared Dussera holidays till October 10.
Police have made elaborate security arrangements across the twin cities. Police pickets were deployed at all sensitive locations and the mobile teams intensified patrolling in politically sensitive areas.
The South Central Railway suspended all MMTS services in the twin cities throughout the day. Initially, the services were cancelled till 12 noon. After a review, the services were kept suspended for the day.
The attendance in the State Secretariat remained thin. With the Telangana employees on strike, only a few employees of Seemandhra regions attended duties. They were brought in RTC buses escorted by the policemen and Rapid Action Force personnel. Amidst heavy security, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy too went to his office at C-Block in the Secretariat. However, attendance in the private commercial establishments remained unaffected. (INN)
2011/7/21 6:31:30 The T JAC has given a bandh call for Telangana on Friday in protest against the denial for permission to conduct a procession to pay tributes Telangana martyrs and for the Government’s decision not to allow its employees to go on strike for Telangana cause. TRS president K.Chandrashekar Rao has appealed the people to support the bandh tomorrow.
2011/8/3 9:11:28 Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided educational institutions run by Narayana Group of Educational Institutions throughout the state.
According to sources, two teams of IT officials raided the head offices of the group in Narayanguda area of Hyderabad, early on Wednesday morning and are believed to have seized some incriminating documents.
The officials said searches are still on.
The group started as a coaching centre now runs around 200 campuses with 1,75,000 students with centres outside the state.
The flagship institute was established in the year 1979 as a coaching institute for aspirants of state level entrance exams. (INN)
2011/9/4 10:15:05 Describing the movement for Telangana state as a 'now or never battle', Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao called upon the managements and staff of private educational institutions to support the general strike starting from September 13.
Addressing a meeting of Telangana Recognised School Managements Association at Telangana Bhavan here on Sunday, Chandrasekhar Rao said the participation of private institutions would further strengthen the Telangana movement. He said the employees' associations of all public institutions have already announced their participation in the general strike and the private institutions must emulate them. KCR said there were about 20,000 private educational institutions in the Telangana region and the general strike would gain intensity if they too join the movement.
KCR alleged that the people from Andhra region were dominating the private education sector in Telangana, especially in Hyderabad. Due to lack of funding and discrimination, the local institutions are being deprived the opportunity to grow. He said the injustices to private education sector could be undone only if the managements and staff join the movement and achieve Telangana.
The TRS President described the Telangana movement as 'now or never' battle. "If people from the region fail to make the Centre grant statehood for Telangana now, then no such movement will arise in future," he said. KCR was critical of disunity among the leaders of different political parties over Telangana. "Separate Telangana can be achieved only and only if all of us are united," he said. (INN)
2007/10/15 5:52:21 The TRS chief has now turned his ire on corporate schools and college. He has accused the management of these educational institutions with spreading false information about Telangana and the movement for separate Telangana.
KCR said that these institutions will be banned the moment separate Telangana state was formed.
2011/10/10 6:36:54 Handlooms and Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Monday appealed to the Telangana groups to exempt the educational institutions from the Sakala Janula Samme, the general strike for Telangana.
Talking to media persons, Dr Shankar Rao said that lakhs of students have been put to hardship due to the continuous closure of schools, colleges and other institutions. In several institutions, the syllabus could not be completed due to the loss of working days. Therefore, all education institutions be exempted from the strike, he appealed to Telangana Joint Action Committee and other groups.
Regarding three-day Rail Roko starting from October 12, the Minister said lakhs of passengers would suffer due to the three-day long agitation. He said a day long protest could be tolerated by the general public, but protests for long duration would spoil the image of Telangana agitation among the people.
Dr Shankar Rao said that the Centre was trying to find an early solution to Telangana issue and therefore, all pro-Telangana groups must soften their agitation. (INN)
KCR is known to be rude and extremely arrogant and always gets his way. The people however shocked and surprised when KCR was seen literally begging the people in the twin cities to make the bandh a success.
The people and traders are fed up with bandhs and reports say that there is stiff resistance to the bandh call. KCR hs even promised that there will be no more bandhs and hence wants people to make today’s bandh a success.
2012/1/28 9:45:17 The State Police on Saturday arrested three persons in connection with the desecration of Dr BR Ambedkar's statues in Amalapuram of East Godavari district.
Addressing a press conference here, Inspector General of Police K V Rajendranath Reddy said that cases have been registered against 13 people and of them, three have been arrested on Saturday. The accused - Durga Babu, Anji Babu and Anil were also produced before the media.
However, police said that they desecrated the statues in an inebriated condition. Rajendranath Reddy said that the remaining accused would be arrested soon. He said the desecrated statues have been recovered from a farm well.
The IG has assured of taking steps to ensure that such incidents do not recur in future.
Meanwhile, following a call given by Mala Mahanadu, the dalit organizations have observed bandh in Eluru in West Godavari district in protest against the desecration of Dr Ambedkar's statues. Shops, establishments, public transport and educational institutions remained closed in Eluru on Saturday. (INN)
2012/2/6 14:37:32 The Consortium of Engineering and Private College Managements' Association on Monday called off the bandh call following the State Government's assurance that all arrears would be cleared by March 31.
It may be mentioned that nearly 2,000 private engineering, MBA, MCA and B Ed Colleges have threatened to shut down from February 7 following non-clearance of dues under the fee reimbursement scheme. However, Social Welfare Minister Pitani Satyanarayana on Monday announced that the government would release Rs 1,259 crore by February 15 to the college managements and the remaining dues would be cleared by March 31.
The minister claimed that nearly 70 per cent of college managements have been supporting the government, but the rest 30 per cent were creating hurdles due to political reasons. He also alleged that some engineering colleges have also tried to claim fee reimbursement for bogus students, which delayed the payment in some case. Delay in submission of students' applications was another reason for the delay in release of payment. However, he said that the government would clear the entire dues by March 31. (INN)
2011/2/21 20:31:09 The two day bandh call given by Telangana political JAC for Telangana bandh proved to be a deadly blow for the beleaguered film industry, which suffered a set back with internal strikes until last few weeks ago. All the small and big film shootings came to a grinding halt in the twin cities.
Especially, the much awaited Jr.NTR’s ‘Shakti’ and Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Teen Maar’ which are nearing its completion has to stop its works due to this two day bandh. Tollywood film producer’s council has decided to halt all the film shootings during these two days to avert untoward incidents. This bandh call also effects the operations of film Labs and dubbing studios. Movie lovers express their grief over these inevitable developments, which they fear may result in delay of their beloved hero’s films releases.
2011/9/19 7:34:59 With the employees of State Road Transport Corporation joining the general strike, the State Government on Monday has given nod to a plan to provide alternate transportation to general commuters.
The government is trying to bring in a huge fleet of private vehicles on State roads, especially Hyderabad. In the revised situation, all cars, buses from all the educational institutions and mini buses will be permitted to operate and carry the passengers. On a short-term basis a nominal fee of Rs 100 will be charged to issue temporary permit to operators to facilitate the transportation of RTC passengers.
The Motor Vehicle Taxation Act of 1963 has been relaxed giving exemption to the operators. AGO 913 has been issued by Transport Department principal secretary Laxmi Parthasarathy for issue of cited permits to the bus operators in place of the RTC fleet. These operators will run their vehicles as against the RTC fleet of 3300 buses to transport nearly 33 lakh passengers daily.
Iin all, about 20,000 taxis, 20,000 mini-buses, 3000 buses belonging to various educational institutions and 1,000 ambulance fleet will be pressed into service as an alternative transport to meet the demand. (INN)
2007/11/20 4:21:08 After staging a sit in the Assembly premises last night, the TDP has now decided to take the agitation on to the streets. The TDP has backed the agitation call given by Raithu Porata Samithi. The party will observe a state wide bandh on Wednesday to protest against the paltry hike of 50 rupees in MSP. The TDP wants the government to immediately announce 1,000 rupees as MSP for paddy.
14 F: Students warn of another ‘Million March’, postpone bandh to August 10
2011/8/7 9:07:13 The Telangana Students Joint Action Committee on Sunday warned the state government that the state may witness another `Million March’ if it goes ahead with conduction recruitment examinations for Sub-Inspector’s posts in the police department without getting the controversial Clause 14 F deleted from the Presidential Orders of 1975.
The students JAC leaders told media persons that the state government can only go ahead with holding the recruitment examinations for the Sub-Inspectors only after the Centre deletes the controversial Clause.
The students’ leaders demanded that the government announce its decision on the issue before August 12, a day prior to the schedule announced for the conduct of examinations.
The students will call for a 48-hour long bandh on August 13 and 14 in Telangana, paralyzing all services, if the Centre fails to take favourable decision on deletion of the said clause, the students’ JAC members said.
Besides this, the students leaders revealed that they are postponing the Telangana bandh from August 8 to August 10 due to some unavoidable reasons. Earlier, the Joint Action Committee postponed its earlier call of a Telangana bandh from August 5 to August 8.
However, they said that they would boycott classes on Monday in protest against suicide of Srikanth, a JNTU student, who ended his life on Saturday.
The students’ leaders also declared that they would hoist the Telangana flag in all district headquarters in the region on August 15 along with the National Tricolour.(INN)
The Telangana Bandh call given by the Telangana Political Joint Action Committee on Monday evoked mixed response. While the bandh impact was not visible in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, normal life was disrupted in other districts in the region.
The T JAC has given a bandh call for Telangana on Friday in protest against the denial for permission to conduct a procession to pay tributes Telangana martyrs and for the Government’s decision not to allow its employees to go on strike for Telangana cause. TRS president K.Chandrashekar Rao has appealed the people to support the bandh tomorrow.
Handlooms and Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Monday appealed to the Telangana groups to exempt the educational institutions from the Sakala Janula Samme, the general strike for Telangana.
With the employees of State Road Transport Corporation joining the general strike, the State Government on Monday has given nod to a plan to provide alternate transportation to general commuters.
