The Hindu 24.02.2010
Advocates, students lay siege to municipal office
Staff Reporter
| Protest use of water cannons against lawyers in Delhi on Monday |
Advocates to lay siege to residences of public representatives
Pro-Telangana advocates boycott duties in Nalgonda, Adilabad
NALGONDA: Pro-Telangana advocates and students laid siege to the municipal office building here on Tuesday demanding the resignations of elected representatives of the civic body and the postponement of the general body meeting.
Scores of advocates and student activists, including several girl students, thronged the municipal office building in the morning and raised ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans.
Tension prevailed at the entrance of the municipal office when the police prevented the protesters from entering the building. The general body meeting was postponed following the protests. Later, the elected representatives of the civic body came out of the building and informed the protesters about the postponement of the meeting.
Meanwhile, advocates owing allegiance to the Telangana JAC boycotted their duties and took out a rally from the district court to the clock tower centre on Tuesday in protest against the alleged use of water cannons and force against the agitated lawyers of Telangana near Parliament in New Delhi on Monday.
Advocates, including the Telangana JAC convener G. Venkateshwarlu, P. Chandrasekhar Reddy, K. Muralidhar Rao, N. Bheemarjuna Reddy, G. Srinivas Chakravarthy, Ramulu, Sandhya Rani and others participated in the rally. They also participated in a protest demonstration held at the Telangana martyrs memorial in the town.
Protest plan
Adilabad Staff Reporter writes: No work took place in any court in Adilabad district as advocates boycotted courts protesting the lathi charge on their colleagues in Delhi on Monday. The boycott will continue until February 26 in Adilabad courts as the advocates of Adilabad Bar Association had launched a protest programme for the coming three days. Bar Association president M. Mrutyunjaya told reporters that advocates would lay a siege to the residences of Adilabad MLA Jogu Ramanna and Boath MLA G. Nagesh on Wednesday. The following day they would lay a siege to the residences of District Congress Committee president C. Ramchander Reddy and DCCB president M. Damodar Reddy besides the residence of Municipal Chairman Digambar Rao Patil.
Plea to Governor
On February 26, the advocates would lay siege to the municipality during the process of its general body meeting and demand the resignations of all councillors.
The Bar Association in Adilabad also made a request for appointment with Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to represent him on the matters related with separate Telangana and other developments in the district.
