The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao, relaunched his hunger strike on Tuesday demanding a separate state following widespread protests from students and party workers across Telangana.
Mr Rao had broken his “fast-unto-death” on Monday evening much to anger of Telangana supporters who termed him a betrayer. In an apparent effort to regain ground, Mr Rao removed the saline drip on Tuesday morning and refused to take food till night.
He reiterated that he was forced to break his fast and demanded an unconditional apology from the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, for keeping him in “detention”. He also threatened to commit suicide if the police tried to break his fast again. Mr Rao alleged that he was offered orange juice on Monday evening after being “drugged” as part of a conspiracy by the government to thwart his fast. Cops took a video clipping of me taking juice, but did not show pictures where I rejected saline and biscuits,” he said.
“I will continue the fast come what may. More than 50 Greyhounds cops are guarding me and they are not even allowing any attendant. There is a conspiracy to eliminate me,” he added.
Mr Rao sought immediate intervention of the State Human Rights Commission to save him from the clutches of the police.
The prominent Telangana intellectual, Prof. Jayashanker, also alleged that land mafia had hatched a conspiracy to finish off Mr Rao to protect their interests.
With Mr Rao turning down medicines, doctors informed that no purpose would be served by keeping him in hospital. The jailor in turn, filed a petition in the court seeking a direction as to what should be done.
Prof. Jayashanker and other senior party leaders urged the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to shift Mr Rao immediately to either Warangal or Hyderabad for medicare.
Mr Rao also called up the CM and the DGP, Mr R.R. Girish Kumar, and made a similar demand. However, a Khammam court rejected the plea to shift the TRS leader. In this context, Mr Rao is likely to be sent back to Khammam sub jail again.
Cops foil Rao bid to commit suicide
Dec. 1: The TRS president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Tuesday tried to “kill himself” with a broken glass piece after police prevented him from going out of his room.
Cops then overpowered him and registered a case of attempted suicide in the one town police station in Khammam.
Mr Rao , who re-launched his indefinite fast for a separate Telangana, got up from the hospital bed on Tuesday morning and tried to force his way out saying he wanted to approach the court to be shifted to Warangal or Hyderabad. However, the police refused to let him go, saying that they needed an order from the court to allow him to leave. Mr Rao then jostled with the cops along with other TRS leaders including Mr Nayani Narasimha Reddy, Capt. Laxmikantha Rao and Mr Harish Rao.
In the melee, a window pane broke. Mr Rao picked up a glass piece and threatened to kill himself if police did not let him go. Police took the glass away and led him back to his bed. Mr Nayani Narasimha Reddy suffered minor injuries in the scuffle.
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