New Delhi:The Telangana Committee headed by Justice B N Srikrishna held its first meeting here on Saturday. The meeting is understood
to have discussed a roadmap to proceed on the issues mentioned in the terms of
reference, which were announced on Friday. Some of the student’s groups tried
to hold a protest out side Vigyan Bhavan the venue of the meeting, but police
detained the protestors. There was a huge police presence outside the meeting
venue. On February 3, the Centre constituted a committee, nearly two months after
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s announcement that the Centre would initiate
steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state. The Committee is expected
to hold wide-ranging consultations with political parties, civil societies and
other outfits on the Telangana issue. Meanwhile, Osmania University Telangana
Joint Action Committee (JAC) called a day long shut down on Saturday in Telangana
region in protest against the terms of reference announced by the Centre.
