Congress-led Opposition parties join hands to fight against Central, State govts.

To hold ‘Maha Dharna’ on Sept. 22, make Bharat Bandh a success on Sept. 27

In a rare political unity in recent times, the Opposition parties in Telangana led by the Congress have come together to hold a ‘Maha Dharna’ on September 22 at Indira Park and also work together to make the Bharat Bandh on September 27 a success, to expose the ‘anti-people policies’ of the TRS government and the BJP government at the Centre.

At a meeting conducted at Gandhi Bhavan on Sunday, the Opposition parties decided to put up a collective fight against the Central and State governments. The meeting was presided by TPCC president Revanth Reddy and was attended by State CPI secretary Chada Venkata Reddy, CPI (M) secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram, Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) president Prof. M. Kodandaram, CPI-ML secretary S. Ranga Rao, Cheruku Sudhakar (Inti Party) and Govardhan (New Democracy). However, YSR Telangana Party, Jana Sena and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) representatives were not present.

Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Revanth Reddy said that Opposition parties have decided to launch a series of agitation programmes on issues pertaining to tribal land, land acquisition and Dharani portal. He said that the all-party Maha Dharna on farmers’ issues would be organised at Indira Park on September 22.