Telangana Activists Seek Statutory Status, Welfare Package

Telangana statehood activists on Friday demanded statutory status for the Telangana Agitators’ Recognition Committee and sought a comprehensive welfare package, including 250‑square yard house sites and monthly pensions for eligible families.

They also pressed for reservations in education and government jobs for their children, special benefits for women activists, free healthcare through health cards and free travel in TSRTC buses.

The demands were raised at a consultation meeting of the committee held at Amaraveerula Smaraka Deepam near the Secretariat, attended by over 1,200 activists from the erstwhile Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda districts. Written representations were submitted to the panel.

Activists urged the committee to study welfare measures extended to statehood agitators in Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh and recommend similar or stronger benefits for Telangana. They also sought district‑level consultations to enable elderly activists from remote areas to present their views.

Committee members noted that activists from Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda had played a pivotal role in the statehood movement, with widespread protests and mobilisation drawing national attention.

Chairman K. Keshava Rao assured that the panel would examine the welfare models of other states and incorporate appropriate recommendations in its report. The committee said its report, prepared with digital documentation support from the Information and Public Relations Department, would be submitted to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for Cabinet deliberation and final decision.