Telangana Congress leaders begin 48-hour fast

As announced earlier, the resigned Congress leaders from Telangana region launched their 48-hour hunger strike at Indira Park, demanding the separate state of Telangana. Having failed to garner any assurance from the party high command despite their resignations from parliament and state legislature last week, the Congress leaders began the two-day fast.

Despite rains lashing the city early morning, six parliamentarians, two state ministers and a few legislators along with their supporters, launched the fast at Indira Park here at 10 a.m. The leaders who sat on the fast include MPs K. Keshava Rao, G. Vivek, G. Sukhender Reddy, S. Rajaiah, K. Rajagopal Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar and ministers K. Jana Reddy and Basvaraj Saraiah. They said more leaders would join them in the fast later.