2 lakh students take to streets for T!

On the call given by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of private educational institutions, over two lakh students in the city and elsewhere in the district, took to the streets from 10 am to 12 noon, raising pro-Telangana slogans on Tuesday. On NH 202, students also took out pro-Telangana rallies at different places, blocking traffic from Warangal to Eturanagaram.

At Kakatiya University (KU) where nine KU JAC members are on a fast-unto-death since Monday, people from all walks of life including students and local politicians thronged the hunger strike site at SDLCE, KU to extend moral support.

The KUJAC, which is part of the Telangana Students’ JAC consisting of all six universities in the T-region, has banned the use of party flags in the varsity.

“Those who come to express solidarity with the agitating students have been requested not to carry any party flag to the hunger strike site as the T-agitation should not be given a political colour,” said Mr K. Vasudeva Reddy, KUJAC Warangal district convenor.

Rallies by Intermediate, degree, PG, engineering, pharmacy, BEd and other professional courses students’ kept arriving in the campus. Those visiting the hunger strike site have pro-mised to sponsor all needs of the students including food, tents, water, placards, loudspeakers and others.

“The KU employees JAC has promised to provide us with food,” said Mr Vasudeva Reddy. On Tuesday, Mr Puli Ravi, Telangana NRIs’ JAC representative donated Rs 25,000 to the KUJAC.

Similarly, Mr ‘Karate’ Prabhakar, Praja Telangana (urban) president donated Rs 1.30 lakh to the KUJAC on Monday as ex-gratia for all T-victims in the district.

When TD politburo member Mr K. Srihari came to the KU, students demanded resignations of all Telangana TD politicians from their party. Assuaging their feelings, Mr Srihari said, “Telangana state is more important than the TD. If TD chief Mr N. Chandrab-abu Naidu says no to Telangana, we will be with you.”

Meanwhile, KUJAC me-mbers demanded immediate medical support for Kaviraj, an OU student, whose kidneys had failed during participation in the T-agitation.