Hyderabad: TS advocates practising in the city civil courts on Monday organised a ‘jole (beggar’s bowl) programme’, urging passersby and litigants at the court complex to donate money for construction of a separate High Court building for AP.
The advocates said that they had taken up the “begging” programme in view of the recent statement of AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that though the government had the land for the High Court, it did not have the money to build one.
Reminding all of the assurance given by Telangana state Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao that his government was prepared to extend all logistical support to AP for the separate HC if the AP government asked for it, the Telangana advocates said that they had decided to collect donations from people and send it to the AP government. They said that they would continue to beg across the state to collect funds.
Elsewhere, a delegation of TS advocates on Mon-day called on Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and informed him that they would not withdraw their agitation till the Centre resolved their issues. The delegation submitted a memorandum, besides updating him about their meeting with the Chief Justice of India on Sunday in New Delhi.
