Back in action: TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao at the party’s polit bureau meeting in Hyderabad on Sunday.

HYDERABAD: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has deferred his proposed bus yatra, a thanksgiving tour in the region to express gratitude to the Centre and to the people.

The TRS will, instead, conduct a “victory rally” in Warangal on December 24 to celebrate the Centre’s announcement on initiating the process for the formation of Telangana and reiterate the party’s commitment to continue its struggle till separate Statehood for the region is achieved. The TRS polit bureau , at an emergency meeting, decided against the proposed yatra by Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao owing to his ‘fragile health’ and because his immune systems were still weak.

Plea to youth

Sources in the party, however, said the yatra’s postponement came after indications from the Centre not to precipitate the crisis in the other two regions which were witnessing widespread agitations cutting across political lines. “We shall give some time to the Central government to resolve the issues to ensure that agitations are called off,” Mr. Rao said addressing some elected representatives of the PRP and TDP who joined the TRS at the party office here on Sunday.

Recalling the sacrifices made by students and youth ever since he went on fast from November 29, Mr. Rao appealed to youth not to resort to extreme steps. He said that though the TRS was willing to wait, it would not tolerate any attempts to defer further process on Telangana indefinitely. “We are confident that the Centre will abide by its commitment”.

TDP criticised

The TRS president launched a trenchant attack on the Telugu Desam for its failure to spell out its stand on Telangana at a time when a new entrant like PRP made its path clear. Citing Telugu film star Mohan Babu’s visit to Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, he cautioned the film industry against taking sides. Otherwise, people of Telangana would be compelled to boycott the films made by producers from Andhra regions.

He dismissed the movement for unified State launched in other regions as “a real estate struggle” claiming that the “real struggle” launched in Telangana prompted the Centre to take a positive decision. Accusing the parties leading the unified State movement with lacking unity in their ranks, he said their struggle was reflective of the political one-upmanship by leaders who had an eye on the Chief Minister’s post in the Andhra State whose formation was inevitable.

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