Demanding that all police cases against Telangana students and agitators be lifted, the Telangana Congress MPs on Monday, started an indefinite hunger strike at the Telangana Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park, which was later shifted to New MLA Quarters in Adarshnagar. Raising slogans against what they called the state government's indifferent attitude, the MPs, after paying floral tributes to Martyrs' Memorial, began their indefinite fast demanding the immediate lifting of police cases against students and agitators.

Earlier, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy appealed to the MPs to withdraw their hunger strike call, stating that the government had already lifted cases on 565 students. KKR also deputed a team of ministers, including Jana Reddy, Basavaraju Saraiah and Shabbir Ali, on behalf of the state government, to persuade the MPs. However, the MPs did not relent, and continued their fast, demanding concrete assurance from the CM and the home minister, Sabitha Indra Reddy.

Published Date : Tuesday, 28/12/2010 11:08 AM IST

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