T lawyers break Delhi cop cordon

(Courtesy : http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/t-lawyers-break-delhi-cop-cordon-577)

Hundreds of lawyers belonging to the Telangana Joint Action Committee assembled at Jantar Mantar in the national capital and demanded that the Bill a separate state be introduced in the ongoing Parliament session.

They were joined by the BJP leader, Mr Prakash Javadekar, and the expelled Samajwadi Party leader, Mr Amar Singh.

Later in the day, the lawyers hoodwinked the police and reached within 100 metres of the Parliament building before being arrested near the Parliament annexe. For almost 90 minutes, the protestors blocked the traffic in the area.

The lawyers later gheraoed the Union minister, Mr Jaipal Reddy, and demanded that he resign for Telangana statehood.

After their protest in the Parliament premises, the Telangana Congress MPs including Mr Ponnam Prabhakar, Mr G. Vivekanand and Mr Madhu Goud Yashki said they met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and briefed him on the political situation.

“The PM said it is a serious situation and the government is working for a solution. He also expressed concern over the deaths of people during the agitation,” Mr Yaskhi said. The party spokesperson, Mr Abhishek Singhvi, said although the Congress considered the demand for a separate Telangana an important issue, there was no need for the President’s address to the joint session of Parliament to comment on each and every issue. “But that does not mean that the issue is off the table,” he said.