Tempers flare in TDP after Fidayeen remark

HYDERABAD: TDP MLA Payyavula Keshav’s remarks threatening ‘suicide attacks’ to keep the state united sent the temperature up sharply within his own party, with several Telangana TDP leaders denouncing his statement, and making some incendiary counter-remarks of their own.Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, senior TDP leader T Devender Goud said leaders ought to refrain from making such provocative statements.TDP MLA from Telangana A Revanth Reddy went much further, describing Seemandhra leaders as “more dangerous than terrorists from Bangladesh and Pakistan” and “worse than the East India Company.” Without referring to Keshav by name, he warned Seemandhra leaders not to provoke the people of Telangana.“Seemandhra people are more dangerous than terrorists from Bangladesh and Pakistan,’’ he said. “If they come in the way of formation of Telangana, they will be thrashed.’’ Revanth Reddy said the people of Telangana did not want to be in a united state any more.He dared the government to conduct an Assembly session and face the verdict of the people of the region.Other leaders of the TDP from Telangana used less strong language to convey the same point. Talasani Srinivasa Yadav wanted the Centre to make its stand clear whether or not it would carve out a separate Telangana.Goud said the government should be held responsible for the suicide of Yadi Reddy near Parliament. He said the state government should not forget that government employees from Telangana had the backing of people of the region and cautioned it not to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against employees.From the Seemandhra side of the TDP, language was a bit more tempered.Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy wanted the Centre to constitute second States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) to look into the separate state demand. “The TRS too has agreed to a second SRC,” he pointed out.Dadi Veerabhadra Rao demanded that the state government should conduct a written examination for sub-inspector posts as per schedule.He also demanded a fresh notification for the fresh vacancies.Veerabhadra Rao said that the lack of an adequate police force was one of the reasons for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.