Telangana organisations hail BJP stand on statehood

Hyderabad, Apr 20 (UNI) Ten Telangana organisations today welcomed the BJP's support for statehood for Telangana and urged the Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) to introduce a bill in Parliament during next month's session.

Appreciating the stand taken by the BJP President Rajnath Singh and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani favouring separate Telangana state, they said in a release the 'massive reception' accorded to Mr Advani during his Bharat Suraksha Yatra in Telangana reflected the democratic aspirations of the people of the region.

BJP support would accelerate the process of translation of the popular demand for statehood into a concrete reality, hoped the organisations - Telangana Vidyavantula Vedike, Telangana Rashtra Nirmana Samiti, Telangana Employees Association, Telangana Journalists Forum, Telangana Information Trust, Telangana Lawyers Forum, Telangana Regional Teachers Union, Osmania University Forum for Telangana, Telangana Vidyarthi Vedike and Telangana Senior Citizens Association would come forward in this regard.

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