HYDERABAD: Stating that 31 criminal cases were registered against the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) in the past for organising agitation programmes and also apprehending that Left-wing activists might take part in the proposed “Nirudyoga rally”, the State government on Monday informed the Hyderabad High Court that it was against granting permission for the organisation’s public meeting on “unemployment” to be held at Indira Park in the city on February 22.
The 31 criminal cases were all filed against TJAC members during the Telangana movement. Two cases activists, including TJAC chief M Kodandaram, Nizamabad MP K Kavitha, and MAUD Minister K T Rama Rao for participating in rail roko during the movement were recently scrapped by a local court.
TJAC is trying to mobilise a large gathering on the lines of the Jallikattu agitation in Tamil Nadu, the State government told the court. In the past, TJAC could not exercise effective control over the congregation mobilised by it, government submitted.
Denying the police allegations, the TJAC made it clear that it had already given an undertaking to the authorities ensuring that the proposed protest meeting would be peaceful and would not create a law and order problem. “If the government wants that there should be no rally for the proposed meeting then it will be obliged too,” it said.
The counsels for the government and TJAC made these submissions before Justice A Ramalingeswara Rao, who was dealing with a petition by TJAC, seeking directions to the police to grant permission for the proposed “Chalo Hyderabad” protest.
State advocate general K Ramkrishna Reddy said it was not feasible to grant permission to the TJAC’s meeting in the city as “there is scope for participation of the activists belonging to frontal organisations owing allegiance to Left wing extremist groups.”