Telangana Mourns AP Formation Day

Andhra Pradesh Formation Day on November 1, today, has ironically become a symbolic occasion to term it as 'Betrayal Day' by the pro-Telangana groups. It was on this day that the Telangana districts were merged with the coastal and rayala-seema districts 55 years ago to make Andhra Pradesh the first state to be formed on linguistic basis in 1956.

Today is Andhra Pradesh's formation day but in the state there is little reason to cheer for. The Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is scheduled to hoist the flag and be the chief guest at the main event at NTR Staidum on Tuesday morning.
With the state government calling upon collectors to officiate at the events, the Telangana ministers and MLAs are set to stay away from the formation Day festivites.

Even as security was tightened at the venues in Hyderabad and the other Telangana districts where the official flaghoisting ceremonies are slated to take place on Tuesday on the occasion of AP Formation Day, Telangana political JAC chairman M Kodandaram on Monday asked the people to hoist black flags in every street across the region on November 1 as well as prevent the ministers and MLAs from taking part in the official functions slated for the day.

More unrest is likely in the T region with the TRS on Monday calling the people to boycott the Rachabanda which is slated to begin on November 2. The Telangana ministers had said that they would take part in the programme and in response, the TRS called upon the people of the region to gherao the Congress ministers and MLAs and prevent them from taking part.