Student bodies call 48-hour Telangana shutdown
Saturday August 06, 2011 06:26:04 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee (JAC),
spearheading the movement for a separate Telangana, Saturday
called a 48-hour shutdown on Aug 13-14 if the Andhra Pradesh
government went ahead with a police recruitment test without
deleting a government clause that treats Hyderabad as a 'free
zone' for recruitment.
Telangana and Osmania University students JACs want the state
government to delete clause 14(F) from Presidential Order which
allows the government to treat Hyderabad as a 'free zone' to which
recruitment can be made from all regions. Its deletion is a major
demand of Telangana supporters who say it has denied people from
the region a fair share of jobs in the state capital.
The test for recruitment of police sub-inspectors is being held
Aug 13-14.
JACs, which are spearheading the movement for separate Telangana
state, had earlier called day-long shutdown on Aug 5 and later
postponed it to Aug 8.
The leaders who met at Osmania University Saturday again changed
their mind and decided to have two-day shutdown on Aug 13 and 14,
when the government is scheduled to conduct written test for
recruitment of SIs.
They threatened to disrupt the test if held without deleting 14(F)
from Presidential Order, 1975, which treats Hyderabad as a free
zone for police recruitment.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and other groups fighting for
separate state have been staging protests, demanding the central
government to immediately delete clause 14(F) so that Hyderabad is
brought under Zone VI to ensure that only people from Hyderabad
and five other Telangana districts are eligible for police
recruitment.
Andhra Pradesh assembly last year passed a resolution, urging the
central government to delete the controversial clause.
However, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said the state
assembly should unanimously pass another resolution in this
regard. The chief minister same day rejected this suggestion
saying passing a fresh resolution is impossible in the prevailing
emotionally charged atmosphere.
The student bodies also decided to boycott classes from Aug 17 in
support of the indefinite strike by the government employees in
Telangana, demanding separate state.
They chalked out a series of programmes to mobilize support for
the indefinite strike. Meetings will be held in the colleges from
Aug 8 to 16.
The JACs also called for blockade of highways on Aug 16 to demand
withdrawal of paramilitary forces from Telangana.
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