Hyderabad: Amid a row over bifurcation of employees between Telangana and Seemandhra, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) yesterday set up a “war room” at its office here, drawing the ire of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
TRS leaders inaugurated the war roo’ at Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters, to deal with any grievances or receive information about any Seemandhra employee making a false claim of local status. TRS legislators Swami Goud and Srinivas Goud said the war room was set up to fight for the rights of Telangana employees and not to wage a war against anybody.
The development came two days after TRS chief and Telangana chief minister designate K Chandrasekhara Rao made it clear that no employee who is a native of Seemandhra will be allowed to work in Telangana state.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who will be taking oath next month as the chief minister of residuary state of Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) has come down heavily on TRS for opening ‘war room’. “We don’t need war rooms. We need peace,” said Naidu after meeting Governor E S L Narasimhan.
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will formally come into being as separate states on June 2. Hyderabad will serve as the joint capital for 10 years. IANS
