Hyderabad, Jan 30: A tense situation prevailed in the premises of province legislature Thursday, the last day of the deadline to send its opinion on Telangana bill to the President of India.
Security has been stepped up each in and round the assembly and the council to forestall any untoward incident within the emotionally charged atmosphere.
With the intelligence agencies reportedly warning of a possible clash between legislators of Telangana and Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra), a lot of marshals were mobilized in each the homes as a precautionary measure. officers conjointly imposed restrictions on the entry of media persons within the lobbies.
No debate on the bill might be taken up in each the homes for last four days due to protests by Telangana legislators over Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s notice to move a resolution to reject the bill.
Legislators of each the regions were busy holding series of meetings since morning in the lobbies to chalk out their ways. whereas the lawmakers from Seemandhra plan to mount pressure on presiding officers in each the homes to conduct voting, their counterparts from Telangana are chalking out their set up of action to prevent it.
Hundreds of policemen were deployed in the premises and conjointly around assembly and adjacent council buildings, set in the heart of the town. Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma was personally supervising the security arrangements.
Security was tightened at the media purpose within the assembly premises, wherever the legislators of the 2 regions nearly came to blows last month once some legislators from Seemandhra molding copies of Telangana bill to oppose state’s bifurcation.
Additional security personnel including personnel from central paramilitary forces were mobilized round the assembly complex to prevent any pro-Telangana or pro-united Andhra group from staging protests. The 3 layers of iron barricades separating the assembly building from the road were further strong with barbed wires and deployment of armed policemen.
Tension prevailed at the council building as legislators from Telangana and Seemandhra staged protests at the most gate in support of their demands. Holding placards the legislators raised slogans.
N. Rajakumari, a council member belonging to Telugu Desam Party (TDP), bust down whereas expressing her apprehensions that the centre could act with the division of the state.
