HYDERABAD: Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC), headed by M Kodandaram, appears to be passing through a difficult phase, after its proposed rally on unemployment issue ended as a damp squib, following police crackdown.
The organisation has started witnessing a revolt-like situation with three of its office-bearers writing an open letter to Kodandaram, questioning his sacrifices for the new State, besides branding him as a feudalist, “who has no respect either for Dalits, Bahujans or women.”
Apart from the organisation convener Pittala Ravinder, who had the other day accused the TJAC chairman of taking unilateral decisions, two other key leaders of the organisation- Nallapu Prahlad (co-chairman) and Tanveer Sultana (co-convener)- on Wednesday together wrote an open letter, slamming Kodandaram’s proposal to float a political outfit. While asking him to leave the organisation, if he wants to set up a political party, the trio alleged that Kodandaram had not made any sacrifices during the Telangana statehood movement, when compared to their own contributions to the agitation.
The trio charged the TJAC chairman with treating dalits as his slaves and accused him of adopting an autocratic attitude and not respecting for the views of other members of the organisation. “So far, there is no action plan from Kodandaram to achieve equitable social justice. Moreover, Kodandaram is behaving like thought police by imposing his personal views on the TJAC members. Except him, no second leader in the organisation is able to hog the limelight. The reason is the TJAC chairman is able to take credit for everything jointly done by TJAC team, as he has got influential social background,” they indirectly pointed fingers at the “caste” to which Kodandaram belongs.
Claiming that they were seniors to the former professor in the TJAC, who had joined the organisation only after their arrival, the three claimed that they had made a lot of sacrifices for the statehood movement. “You continued to stick to your job as a professor during the Telangana movement.
You got promotions in your job and led your life like any other person. After retirement, now you are also drawing pension. But, unlike you, we all made big sacrifices for the statehood movement,” the trio said.