A sea of humanity converges at Telangana Maha Garjana

A sea of humanity descended on Warangal for a public meeting of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), which announced the roadmap for achieving a separate state of Telangana.

The town came to a standstill as all roads leading to the venue were choked with vehicles. There was a 10-km long traffic jam on the roads connecting Warangal to neighbouring districts and several TRS leaders were among those stranded.

More than 2.5 million people gathered at the 1,000-acre open ground for the massive public meeting to mark the completion of one year since the central government’s statement on the formation of a separate Telangana.

Said to be the first of its kind in the country, people from all 10 districts of Telangana had turned up for the meeting.


It was a massive show of strength by the TRS ahead of the Srikrishna Committee’s report to the central government on the demand for a separate Telangana state.

TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao said that the meeting is an ultimatum to the central government to form a separate Telangana.

Swami Agnivesh, TRS ideologue Jayashankar, Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman M. Kodandaram, Vijayashanti, Jamaat-e-Islami chief of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa unit Malik Motassim Khan, leaders of students, trade unions and women’s organisations were among the prominent speakers.

By:Simplytelangana

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