Hyderabad: Telangana Telugu Desam working president A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday asked Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to withdraw all criminal cases booked against students, who participated in the Telangana movement.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Mr Reddy said: “Between 2009 and 2014, a total of 3,152 cases were booked against the students. Out of this, the previous Congress and the present TRS government had withdrawn almost 2,000 cases, but more than 1,000 cases were still pending. Of these, 698 cases were under the purview of the state government while the remaining were under the Centre.
He asked the Chief Minister to take up the withdrawal of cases on the student community on priority and talk with the Central government agencies to get them to withdraw their cases.
Pointing out that some of the students against whom the cases are pending were unable to get jobs, he said the government should come to the rescue of such students immediately.
He also asked the Chief Minister to ensure that family members of martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for Telangana get government jobs as promised.
“There are a few reports that even after government agencies have given appointment letters, the officials concerned are not implementing them,” the Telangana Telugu Desam working president said.
