KCR asks Sonia to announce Telangana soon

HYDERABAD: TRS president and Karimnagar MP K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday asked AICC president Sonia Gandhi to feel the heartbeat of Telangana people and announce separate Telangana State at the earliest
“We, the people of Telangana region want only separate State and nothing else. We are the sufferers in the hands of Andhra rulers and we want separate Telangana State to heal our wounds caused by the Andhra rulers,” he noted.
Addressing a mammoth public meeting in in Karimnagar town, he reminded that AICC president Sonia Gandhi wore the TRS party shawl during the 2004 election meetings in Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts and promised to respect the sentiment and heartbeat of Telangana people.
“Mrs. Sonia Gandhi might have forgotten about her promise made to the people of Telangana, but the people have not and they would teach a fitting lesson to the Congress party, if Telangana State is denied,” he pointed out.
Expressing concern over humiliation of senior Congress leaders in New Delhi by not giving an appointment to air their grievances to Ms. Gandhi, he said that “it was an insult to the people of entire Telangana region” and the gathering had also supported his argument by raising their hands.
“If the Congress leaders fail to secure Telangana State by March 6, we will not allow the Congress legislators, MPs, MLCs and other leaders to visit the villages,” he warned. He said that he had set March 6 deadline not for the elections but to demand the Congress party stand on Telangana statehood.
He said that the TRS would collect a corpus fund of Rs. 50 lakh and hand over the same to the weavers association of Sircilla town to stop suicides by the powerloom weavers in Karimnagar district. TRS leaders Jayashankar, R. Vidysagar Rao, MPs, legislators and others were also present.