Resigned Cong T politicians take up hunger strike

Even as the Andhra Pradesh government tries to buy more time in deciding on the contentious issue, all the leaders who have resigned their posts already have their future course of action planned out.
A further delay in announcing a separate Telangana would only result in the formation of a new political outfit called the Telangana Political Join Action Committee. The leaders from both the Congress and the TDP who have resigned have decided that if Telangana is not declared then they would not contest the elections under the banner of their existing parties. All the leaders would come under the fold of the Telangana Political JAC and contest the elections under that banner.

This would effectively mean the end of all other political parties in the Telangana region since these leaders are riding very high on the sympathy factor from the voters after they put in their papers. In addition to this, they are also riding high on the promise made by Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekara Rao. He had said if these leaders resign and have to face the bypolls, he would not field any candidate against them which would ensure that they win the polls almost unopposed.

In the days to come there are expected to be a couple of developments with the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh assembly coming back to town. All the resignations have been kept in abeyance as of now and the Speaker’s arrival was being awaited to make the final decision. However, sources now indicate that he may not accept the resignations stating that the decision was an emotional one and taken in haste. This is being considered as a good ground to reject the resignations.

The leaders who have resigned however are aware of the backlash they will face from the protesting public if they sit quiet. While embarking on their hunger strike they have assured the public that they will put in their papers once again if their resignations are not accepted. “There is no way in which we will continue in the government until our demands are met, the leaders have also assured the people of Telangana,” one of them said.

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