Hyderabad: Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman Prof. Kodandaram said the TJAC was seriously considering a proposal to launch a political party before the 2019 Assembly elections to take on the “undemocratic regime” of the TRS.
Speaking at the extended steering committee meeting of the TJAC here, Prof Kodandaram said, “This is a proposal which is being considered seriously. If the situation continues in the state, we will have to think seriously about launching an alternative political force.”
TJAC leaders and activists, who attended the meeting in large numbers from all the districts, demanded that a party be launched as a strong alternative to the TRS. They said no political party had the strength to dethrone the TRS.
Speaking to the media later, Prof. Kodandaram said, “We will intensify our agitations against the state government for its failure on agriculture and employment. Farmers suffered huge losses on account of spurious seeds, adverse weather conditions and lack of minimum support price. Students did not get jobs as government has failed to fill lakhs of vacancies.”
He said the TRS would hold round-table meetings in all districts to create awareness among the people on these issue and build a movement against the TRS government.
“The government is misusing police machinery against us. We have not witnessed such a heavy police restrictions even when Seemandhra rulers ruled us. The TRS government is not allowing us to tour districts to take up any programme. We are illegally detained,” Prof. Kodandaram said.
