TRS asks TDP and YSR Congress to clarify stand on Telangana

Nizamabad (AP), Dec 10: Seeking to mount pressure on the Telugu Desam Party (

) and YSR

, the

Rashtra Samiti (

) president K Chandrasekhar Rao demanded on Monday, Dec 10, that the two parties make their stand clear on the separate Telangana state demand at an all-party meeting convened by the Centre on December 28.

Addressing a public meeting here this evening, he alleged that the two parties claim to respect the wishes of Telangana people without unambiguously supporting the separate state demand. Telangana people should "ban" the two parties if they failed to make it clear at the all-party meet that they are for the formation of a separate state, he said.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress leader Sharmila claim to care for Telangana people during their ongoing 'padayatras' in the region, but they are not sincere, Chandrasekhar Rao alleged. The TRS president said his party would take concrete steps for the welfare of all sections including weavers, farmers and others.

Meanwhile, the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) chairman M Kodandaram also demanded major parties to specify their stand on the Telangana issue by December 26.

PTI