Students
march to parliament for Telangana Friday
Thursday March 10, 2011 03:00:15 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Students from various organisations across the country will march
to parliament Friday, demanding that a bill for the formation of a
separate Telangana state be introduced in the ongoing budget
session.
Students under the banner of Students' Solidarity Committee for
Separate Telangana will march from Mandi House to Parliament House
at 11 a.m. and later hold a protest meeting at Parliament Street.
Organisations like the All India Backward Students' Front (AIBSF),
All India Students' Association (AISA), Democratic Students' Union
(DSU), JNU Forum for Telangana, Manipur Students' Association
Delhi (MSAD), and Students' Islamic Organisation (SIO) have
extended their support to the march.
Parliamentarians K. Keshava Rao and Madhu Yaski, Communist Party
of India deputy general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, senior
journalist Kuldip Nayar and Delhi University professor S.A.R
Geelani are expected to address the gathering at Parliament
Street.
"There is an urgent need to stand in solidarity with the people of
Telangana in the coming phase of their struggle, and to build up a
movement across the country in its support," said Suneetha Eluri,
a member of the committee.
The students are demanding implementation of the central
government's official statement on Dec 9, 2009 for formation of a
separate Telangana state carved out ot Andhra Pradesh by
introducing a bill in parliament.
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