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Step up security for KCR, says TRS

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD May 13. Three general secretaries of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti on Tuesday demanded that the Government increase security to the party president, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and provide a bullet-proof car to him in view of the "threat to his life.''

The TRS general secretaries, M. Kishan Rao, K. Surender Reddy and K.S. Ratnam submitted a memorandum to the Director-General of Police, P. Ramulu, seeking increased protection to the TRS president.

Speaking to reporters later, the TRS leaders said that with the movement for a separate Telangana gaining momentum every passing day, politically motivated anti-social elements as well as the vested interests who are opposed to the bifurcation of the State were trying to eliminate Mr Rao and other TRS leaders to scuttle the movement.

However, despite several representations, the Home Department did not take steps to increase security to the TRS president and in fact, orders were issued withdrawing the latest ammunition provided to the security personnel guarding Mr Rao.

"Our leaders are receiving threatening calls every day and if any untoward incident takes place, the Government would be held responsible for it,'' they said.

They said that the DGP responded to their plea positively by admitting that the apprehensions raised by them were partly true. The DGP also informed the leaders that orders had already been issued to provide a bullet-proof car to the TRS president, they said.

Asked whether the TRS president was facing a threat from naxalites, they said that both the TRS and the naxalites were waging their struggle for common issues like checking starvation deaths and providing basic amenities to the people of the backward areas.

But the naxalites took to violence in their struggle while the TRS was taking up the movement in a non-violent manner.

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