| Top TRS leaders undertake the exercise after a gap of 20 months |
AT LONG LAST: TRS president K. Chandrasekhara Rao announcing the party executive at the Teleangana Bhavan in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: Mohd. Yousuf
HYDERABAD: After much dillydallying, the executive of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) finally took shape with a large body comprising 87 members. The party's previous executive was dissolved over 20 months ago and had only the president and three chief coordinators at the helm since then.
The new executive committee was announced jointly by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Minister A. Narendra, amid scenes of jubilation by party workers here on Wednesday. It has 12 vice-presidents, 20 general secretaries and 52 secretaries. The presidents of ten frontal organisations of the party and conveners of 11 district units were also named.
District convenors
The TRS chief also named the following as district convenors: A. Chandrasekhar (Ranga Rreddy), T. Padma Rao (Hyderabad), Mrs. M. Padma (Medak), E. Ravinder Reddy (Nizamabad), Soyam Babu Rao (Adilabad), Etela Rajender (Karimnagar), K. Pratap Reddy (Warangal), C. Laxma Reddy (Mahabubnagar), all MLAs, T. Vijaysimha Reddy, ex-MLA, (Nalgonda), Ponnam Muralidhar (Mancherial) and Talluri Venkateshwar Rao (Khammam). Adilabad district unit has been split into two -- Adilabad and Mancherial -- and given independent postings. All the earlier district presidents were dropped and local MLAs appointed in their place.
Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao told reporters the new executive would meet here on Friday to chalk out an agitation programme focussing on the `indifference' of the State Government to the party's demand for reducing the height of Polavaram project.
Describing the style of functioning of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as "autocratic," he said he was doing injustice to Telangana by denying the region its due share of river water.
Dharna programme
The TRS chief announced that the party would stage dharnas in all district headquarters, except Adilabad, on October 17 to protest against implementation of GO 170 which aims at increasing the release of water to Rayalaseema from the Pothireddypadu head regulator. Adilabad had been excluded from the programme since the district would be celebrating the birth anniversary of tribal leader, Komaram Bheem, on that day.
He announced "Nalgonda Nagara" rally in Nalgonda town on October 28 to focus the Pothireddypadu issue. The creation of Telangana Jagarana Sena and the membership drive of the party would be completed in November, he added.
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