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Telangana Leaders Demand Section-8 In Hyd!

Telangana Leaders Demand Section-8 In Hyd!

The controversial Section-8 of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, came back into focus. Section 8 empowers Governor to control law and order in Hyderabad, the joint capital of Telangana and AP for ten years.

It was Seemandhra leaders who demanded the implementation of Section 8 all these days which is strongly opposed by TRS government.

After cash-for-vote case surfaced, in which TRS government faced allegations of tapping phones of all TDP ministers and leaders including AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad, the TDP government demanded Centre to implement Section-8 on the ground that Seemandhra leaders and people have no safety and security in Hyderabad and the law and order subject controlled by Telangana government in Hyderabad can't do justice to them. But the Centre did not approve this demand then.

Strangely, now Telangana leaders from Congress, TDP and YSRCP are demanding Section-8 in Hyderabad following the violence in GHMC polls on Tuesday.

Congress leader and CLP leader K Jana Reddy, TTDP president L.Ramana and YSRCP leader Shivakumar held a meeting today in the wake of MIM leaders and activists attacking TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, leader of Opposition in TS Legislative Council Shabbir Ali in Old City during polling.

The leaders said while MIM was attacking Opposition parties in Old city, the ruling TRS was attacking them in new city and they have no safety and security in Hyderabad. They demanded the Centre to implement Section-8 in Hyderabad and give powers to Governor Narasimhan on law and order.

The leaders have decided to visit Delhi and meet President Pranab Mukherjee, PM Modi and Home minister Rajnath Singh to press on their demand.

The new demand on Section-8 by none other than Telangana leaders themselves is expected to lead to political tussle between TRS and Opposition parties again.

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