TRS to step up campaign on G.O. 610

By Our Staff Reporter

KHAMMAM, NOV. 18. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti would step up its campaign for the implementation of the GO No. 610 which was intended for giving the youth of the region their due in the employment opportunities, according to the TRS chief, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Addressing a news conference here on Sunday, he said that it would be one of the main issues on which big rally would be organised in Hyderabad in December.

The party would decide its future course of action depending upon the response of the Government. If it still remained insensitive to the issue, the TRS would give the `Chalo Delhi' call for organising an agitational programme near the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Thousands of people would be mobilised to Delhi for the programme to insist on the imposition of President's rule. He said that statutory safeguards framed to give the people of Telangana a fair deal were undermined.

The Go No. 610 was issued after an indepth study of the employment situation in the region by a three-member committee which found that 58,920 jobs meant for the Telangana were being enjoyed by those from the Andhra region. The order sought the repatriation of all such employees to their native districts. He said that the order issued as a safeguard against the raw deal being meted out to the region sought repatriation of the people from Andhra enjoying the jobs meant for Telangana before March 31, 1986. But it could not be materialised.

He said that Khammam district would benefit by the GO by about 10,342 jobs. The Communists who often make a hue and cry over every issue, preferred to be silent over the loss of employment opportunities. What interests prevailed on them, he questioned.

He said Khammam was meted out a raw deal on many counts. The Dummugudem project had the potential to extend irrigation facility for over 4.5 lakh acres, but there was no decision yet on the demand for a major irrigation project on it.

The Kinnerasani waters were yet to be given for irrigation needs. The Nagarjuna Sagar left canal never received its allotted quota of 132 TMC. The region would get its due only when Telangana achieved its statehood. He said that the TRS decision to contest in the recently concluded panchayati raj election was only a strategic move. It had a cascading effect in the ground level. The party flag was received and held aloft by people in over 15000 base units such as municipal councils, gram panchayat wards in the region.

While the party had spent about Rs 10 crores to Rs 12 crores on the organisational activities right from its inception, its cadres and candidates could add to the resource utilisation by two to three time at their level. Every step was being taken carefully and the party was not expecting statehood for Telangana overnight. It was inevitable. The TRS would go ahead as per its own time frame to achieve it. The mistakes committed earlier the movements for separate Telangana would not be committed again.

Mr. Chandrasekhar dispelled the fears of migrants from other regions who settled over the years in the region saying the TRS was against only those who deprived the people of their living and not those who had come to find a living. He said over 40 lakh people from Telangana had migrated to neighbouring pockets in Maharashtra and they had been living happily there. So was the case with many who had left for the United States. There was nothing unusual in going places in search of a better living.

When investments were being invited from West Bengal and others states by extending liberal support of land and power, the investments from Andhra would also be welcomed. The Telangana agitation failed earlier because the slogans lacked the `human angle', he said.

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