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Congress leaders face ire of pro-Telangana protesters

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad

A group of pro-Telangana activists raised slogans against Congress MPs -- Ponnam Prabhakar and G Vinod -- as well as senior party leader K Keshava Rao when they went to Indira Park to express solidarity with protesters staging a 36-hour 'samaradeeksha' protest over the Telangana statehood issue.

The pro-Telangana activists gheraoed the leaders and demanded them to resign from the Congress party, even as another group of pro-Telangana activists allegedly pelted stones at their vehicles.

However, the situation was brought under control after Telangana-Joint Action Committee (T-JAC) chairman M Kodandaram and other Telangana leaders intervened and pacified the protesters.

T-JAC today began a 36-hour protest demanding the Centre to announce a separate state at the earliest.

 

  

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First Published: Jan 28 2013 | 4:07 AM IST

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