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Former KU V-C alleges raw deal to Telangana

By Our Staff Reporter

WARANGAL APRIL 23. The former vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University and veteran academician, Kothapalli Jayashankar, has appealed to the people to fight till they achieve separate statehood for Telangana region.

Addressing a press conference here today, Dr. Jayashankar said despite agreements, the Andhra rulers duped the Telangana people and deprived them of their due share in education, employment and irrigation sectors.

"More than two lakh posts were filled up with non-local candidates during the last 20 years denying the Telangana youth of employment opportunity,'' he said.

Of the total of 5,500 employees working in the Secretariat, only 500 belonged to Telangana region, out of 137 Heads of Departments, only seven were from Telangana and out of 23 district collectors and 27 Superintendents of Police, only two were from Telangana, he pointed out.

Successive governments headed by the Andhra people saw to it that they got more employment. Now, with the contract system of employment, the State Government had kept aside reservation to local and non-local categories and filling the posts with Andhra people, Dr. Jayashankar said.

"No political party has commitment to develop Telangana region. No political leader is bothered about the backwardness of the region and there no one to fight for due share of river waters. Hence, the youth should fight till the region gets separate statehood which is the only solution,'' he said.

He alleged that the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, and the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, headed the Jai Andhra movement and the same people were taking about Telangana development. He demanded that the Government repatriate all Andhra people working in the Telangana region in the posts which were supposed to be filled by the local candidates.

"Despite rivers flowing in the region, the farmers here are deprived of water while the same resource is being diverted to benefit the farmers of Andhra region. How long the people of this region can endure the injustice?''

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