The Centre has drawn up a contingency plan to deal with any law and order situation which may arise after the Srikrishna Committee submits its report on the Telangana issue.
A contingent of paramilitary forces has been dispatched to Andhra Pradesh which will reach Hyderabad on Thursday for deployment in sensitive places, government sources said. More forces will reach the state before December 31 when the report will be submitted to Union home minister P. Chidambaram.
Official sources said the Centre does not want to take any chances because of the sensitive nature of the statehood demand. The sources said the five-member committee, headed by former Supreme Court Judge B.N. Srikrishna is giving finishing touches to the report which is expected to be submitted next week. The committee has completed its visit to Andhra Pradesh and consultation with all stakeholders, they said.
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KCR threatens to fast again
age CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
Dec. 22: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Wednesday said he would not hesitate to undertake a fast again from January end if the Centre failed to keep its promise to carve out a separate Telangana.
He called upon the people of Telangana to agitate on a common platform. “We have waited for the report which is to be submitted by December 31. We will give 10-15 days more time to the government. We we need to plan our strategies carefully lest we fail,” he said.