Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao on Thursday warned that delaying the formation of Telangana state would spark a fire "which even the military will not be able to control".
KCR, as he is popularly known, appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to drag the issue further and declare a Telangana state as early as possible.
Addressing a meeting of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed by all political parties and groups fighting for Telangana, KCR said that people were not afraid of any tactics by the government to suppress the movement.
"Telangana has a history of sacrifices. The people of the region will not be afraid of laying down their lives," said KCR, who has resigned as MP to protest the central government's move to put on hold the process of formation of Telangana.
"I want to appeal to the Prime Minister to start the process of formation of Telangana state as early as possible. If there is democracy and constitution, this just and legitimate demand of the people should be accepted," he added.
Referring to reports that 4,000 personnel of paramilitary forces were being airlifted from Punjab and Delhi to Telangana region, the TRS chief said "even 400,000 forces can't stop the Telangana movement".
"Nowhere in the world has the use of force suppressed peoples' movement," he said.
KCR also criticised the Rosaiah government of Andhra Pradesh for snapping electricity and cable television connections in parts of Telangana, saying Rosaiah himself would lose power as all the legislators from the region would pressurise the assembly speaker to accept their resignations.
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