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The '''2012 Telangana protests''' were a chain of protests which were part of the [[Telangana movement]]. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], led by state-party president Kishan Reddy, began the 22-day Telangana "Poru Yatra" – a {{convert|3500|km|adj=on}} journey through 986 villages and 88 assembly constituencies stressing the need for a stance on Telangana stance – on 19 January.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gadkari flags off BJP's Telangana Yatra|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/220508/gadkari-flags-off-bjps-telangana.html|work=Deccan Herald |date=19 January 2012|access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref> Although the tour was successful in reiterating the party's pro-Telangana stance, it did not gain the hoped-for support because of the indifferent attitude of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and [[Telangana Joint Action Committee]]. The TRS' failure to support Reddy's [[yatra]] has resulted in increasing differences between the parties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailypioneer.com/nation/42239-only-bjp-can-fulfill-the-dream-of-telangana.html |title=Only BJP can fulfill the dream of Telangana |work=The Pioneer|location=India |date=12 February 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Two assembly [[by-election]]s were held that year, the first in March, and the second in June; the BJP won the first, and the [[YSR Congress Party]] the second. Protests resumed in August, when [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] gave the centre{{clarify|date=March 2019|reason=Centre of what?}} a two-week deadline to declare statehood.

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=={{anchor|Assembly bypolls}}Assembly by-elections==

==={{anchor|March 2012}}March===
By-elections were held on 18 March in six Telangana assembly districts. Five seats were vacant due to MLA retirements in the YSR Congress and [[Telugu Desam Party|Telugu Desam]] parties, citing the unwillingness of their parties' leadership to take a stand on Telangana; the [[Mahbubnagar (Assembly constituency)|Mahbubnagar]] seat was vacant after the death of an independent MLA. [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] won four of five seats it contested, with majorities ranging from 15,024 to 44,465 votes. In two of the four seats won by TRS ([[Kamareddy (Assembly constituency)|Kamareddy]] and [[Adilabad (Assembly constituency)|Adilabad]]), the TRS candidates received fewer votes than they did in the 2009 assembly elections (when they stood as candidates from TDP, which was allied with TRS).<ref>[http://www.assemblyelections.com/north-telangana-assembly-elections/nizamabad-district/kamareddy-assembly/ Kamareddy Assembly | Assembly Elections]</ref><ref>[http://www.assemblyelections.com/north-telangana-assembly-elections/adilabad-district/adilabad-assembly/ Adilabad Assembly | Assembly Elections]</ref> Former TDP MLA Nagam Janardhan Reddy won the [[Nagarkurnool (Assembly constituency)|Nagarkurnool]] seat as an independent with [[Telangana Joint Action Committee|TJAC]] support. Congress lost its [[Election deposit#India|deposit]] in one constituency, and TDP lost its deposits in three.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/51654-telangana-fury-singes-congress-in-andhra-.html |title=Telangana fury singes Congress in Andhra |work=The Pioneer|location=India |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/in-andhra-pradesh-by-polls-pro-telangana-trs-wins-four-out-of-seven-seats-188284 |title=In Andhra Pradesh by-polls, pro-Telangana TRS scores big |publisher=NDTV.com |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

In Mahbubnagar (part of the [[Parliament of India|parliamentary constituency]] represented by Rao, known as KCR), TRS lost to TJAC partner BJP by 1,897 votes. Congress was in third place, with 12,000 fewer votes than the BJP; TDP, in fourth place, lost its deposit. In the run-up to the election, TRS did not yield to a BJP request and fielded a Muslim candidate. While campaigning, KCR expressed confidence that his party's candidate would win and the election would be a formality.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/hyderabad/31145082_1_trs-candidates-k-chandrashekar-rao-kcr | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712051952/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-11/hyderabad/31145082_1_trs-candidates-k-chandrashekar-rao-kcr | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=K Chandrashekar Rao sure of TRS victory in Mahbubnagar bypoll | date=11 March 2012}}</ref> The BJP candidate received a show-cause notice for inflaming up community passions in his campaign speech.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/bjp-candidate-gets-notice-communal-talk-654 |title=BJP Candidate gets notice for communal talk |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

In response to the BJP's victory, [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] (MIM) legislative assembly leader Akbaruddin Owaisi said that the result vindicated his party's stand on Telangana. Owaisi reiterated that MIM would aggressively raise its voice for a united [[Andhra Pradesh]] to protect minorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postnoon.com/2012/03/23/mahbubnagar-win-for-bjp-put-trs-minorities-in-a-fix/39267 |title=Mahbubnagar win for BJP put TRS, minorities in a fix |publisher=Postnoon |date=23 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826175219/http://postnoon.com/2012/03/23/mahbubnagar-win-for-bjp-put-trs-minorities-in-a-fix/39267 |archive-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After clashes in [[Sangareddy]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3265448.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Communal clashes in Sangareddy | date=31 March 2012 | access-date=1 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827034206/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3265448.ece | archive-date=27 August 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hyderabad-clashes-curfew-in-violence-hit-old-city-areas-continue_1674010 |title=Hyderabad clashes: Curfew in violence-hit old city areas continue – India – DNA |work=Daily News and Analysis |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Muslim Forum for Telangana head Lateef Mohammad Khan said that Muslims would prefer the state's remaining united to a separate Telangana controlled by factions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/why-telanganas-muslims-dalits-prefer-a-united-ap/20120419.htm |title=Why Telangana's Muslims, Dalits prefer a united AP – Rediff.com India News |work=Rediff.com |date=19 April 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

After the new MLAs were sworn in, there were reports<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3269028.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Telangana agitation: Another youth commits suicide | date=1 April 2012 | access-date=1 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720182519/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3269028.ece | archive-date=20 July 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/hyderabad/31270124_1_youth-attempts-suicide-telangana-state-unemployed-youth | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517182017/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/hyderabad/31270124_1_youth-attempts-suicide-telangana-state-unemployed-youth | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 May 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Another youth attempts suicide for Telangana | date=1 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-31/hyderabad/31266332_1_suicide-attempt-degree-student-tribal-youth | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701165135/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-31/hyderabad/31266332_1_suicide-attempt-degree-student-tribal-youth | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Another suicide attempt by Telangana supporter | date=31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/another-youth-dies-for-telangana/244628-60-121.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709020938/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/another-youth-dies-for-telangana/244628-60-121.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Another youth dies for Telangana – South India – Hyderabad – ibnlive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=3 April 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> of attempted or completed suicides protesting the delay in forming a separate state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/mar/270312-Shutdown-in-Telangana-over-suicides-for-separate-state.htm |title=Shutdown in Telangana over suicides for separate state |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=27 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Police later found possible links between the suicides and personal problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/victims-of-telangana-suicides-had-other-reasons-to-die-police/930307/0 |title=Victims of 'Telangana suicides' had other reasons to die: police |work=The Indian Express |date=30 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-02/hyderabad/31274537_1_man-ends-life-suicide-note-telangana | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715112236/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-02/hyderabad/31274537_1_man-ends-life-suicide-note-telangana | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=34-Year-Old Man Ends Life | date=2 April 2012}}</ref> The suicides prompted violent protests by T activists.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-27/hyderabad/31244739_1_telangana-region-jai-telangana-slogans-suicide-note | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711040636/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-27/hyderabad/31244739_1_telangana-region-jai-telangana-slogans-suicide-note | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Another suicide puts Telangana on the boil | date=27 March 2012}}</ref> A bandh was called across the region by TRS to mourn the suicides.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-bandh-partial-in-hyderabad/243408-60-114.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710033704/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-bandh-partial-in-hyderabad/243408-60-114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2012 |title=Telangana Bandh partial in Hyderabad – South India – Andhra Pradesh – ibnlive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=29 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> The bandh had minimal effect on Hyderabad city including areas near Osmania University.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/hyderabad/31248775_1_bandh-textile-shops-textile-trader | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715230318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/hyderabad/31248775_1_bandh-textile-shops-textile-trader | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=No effect of Telangana-bandh on city's tourist hub | date=28 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/hyderabad/31249215_1_telangana-bandh-tarnaka-area-telangana-supporters | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722151534/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/hyderabad/31249215_1_telangana-bandh-tarnaka-area-telangana-supporters | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Bandh partial, peaceful in city | date=28 March 2012}}</ref> TRS and BJP members carried party flags in one procession, which was criticised by other parties as encouraging suicide.<ref>{{cite web|author=WARANGAL |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/karimnagar/death-polarise-parties-646 |title=Death to polarise parties |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=26 March 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

None of the major parties supporting a Telangana state produced accurate data to substantiate their claims of the number of suicides. Claims varied from 315 (the official figure) to 850 people. A senior minister from the Telangana region said that even if facts were known, they probably would not be publicised due to the delicacy of the issue.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/politics-over-suicides-in-andhra-pradesh/932069/0|title=Politics over suicides in Andhra Pradesh|date=3 April 2012|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>

On 4 April, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] reprimanded the state government for not responding to its notice about the state's failure to rein in Telangana agitators who indulged in "sheer goondaism and vandalism" in the Andhra Pradesh High Court in September 2010:<ref>{{cite web|author=S.S. NEGI |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/sc-slams-inaction-t-goondaism-762 |title=SC slams inaction on T-goondaism |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> This was in response to a plea filed by an advocate who alleged that during the agitation, irate lawyers entered the courtroom, threatened the judge and committed vandalism:<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-05/india/31293233_1_pro-telangana-vandalism-hc-premises | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715021731/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-05/india/31293233_1_pro-telangana-vandalism-hc-premises | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Supreme Court pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for vandalism on high court during Telangana stir | date=5 April 2012}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|By not filing affidavits, are you supporting the vandalism in the High Court? This is sheer goondaism in the court rooms, throwing chairs, breaking glass and switching off lights. It could have harmed the judges. They even could have killed the judge and the State was watching.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/ap-supporting-vandalism-asks-sc-746 |title=Is AP supporting vandalism, asks SC |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>}}

===June 2012===
By-elections were held for 18 assembly seats and one parliamentary seat on 12 June. Seventeen MLAs (including the MLA from [[Parkal (Assembly constituency)|Parkal]]) and one MP were disqualified after they supported the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Another seat became vacant when [[Chiranjeevi]] joined the [[Rajya Sabha]].

During the run-up to the Parkal election, TRS said that the YSR Congress and TDP were anti-Telangana and would be routed at the polls.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bypoll-results-setback-for-trs-telangana-issue/1/201104.html |title=Bypoll results a setback for TRS, its Telangana cause : India, News |work=India Today |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> The BJP campaigned aggressively in the district, deploying several of its national leaders and CMs{{clarify|date=March 2019|reason=Who are CMs?}} of other states to boost support for a Telangana state. YSRCP said that their candidate had resigned for the Telangana cause, they respected Telanganan sentiment and did not oppose the state. TDP leaders said that their party would present a letter to the central government supporting Telangana after the elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother woos voters in Telangana to gain a foothold in the region|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jagan-woos-voters-in-telangana-to-gain-a-foothold/1/199839.html|work=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3511767.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Sushma braves rain to address people | date=10 June 2012 | access-date=1 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717114453/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3511767.ece | archive-date=17 July 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/news/32156125_1_telangana-state-separate-state-congress-mps |work=The Times of India | title=Telangana state top priority for NDA: Shahnawaz Hussain | date=10 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/winning-parkal-crucial-for-telangana-bjp/263993-60-114.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606020140/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/winning-parkal-crucial-for-telangana-bjp/263993-60-114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2012 |title=Winning Parkal crucial for Telangana: BJP – South India – Andhra Pradesh – ibnlive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Some Congress leaders campaigned in the Seema-Andhra region that if the YSR Congress party won the elections, Telangana state will be formed.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jagans-YSR-Congress-wins-Nellore-Lok-Sabha-14-assembly-seats/articleshow/14147764.cms | title=Jagan's YSR Congress wins Nellore Lok Sabha, 15 assembly seats | date=15 June 2012 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

The YSRCP won 15 assembly seats and the parliamentary seat in the Seema-Andhra region. TRS's candidate won the Parkal seat by 1,562 votes over YSRCP candidate Konda Surekha. TDP finished third, receiving 30,000 votes and retaining its deposit, and the BJP and Congress lost their deposits. TRS leaders unhappy with the slim majority blamed it on the split of pro-Telangana votes and the [[electoral symbol]] – auto and hat – of some independents, which they said resembled theirs (a car).<ref>{{cite web|title=TRS 'car' hit by 'auto', again|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/trs-%E2%80%98car%E2%80%99-hit-%E2%80%98auto%E2%80%99-again-353|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> They alleged that their rivals spent large amounts of money and distributed liquor and cotton seeds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results raise Telangana hopes|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/results-raise-telangana-hopes-127|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref> The BJP also attributed their defeat to YSRCP and TRS' wooing of voters with gold coins, liquor and cotton seeds.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3541626.ece | location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu | title=Parkal defeat not a setback, says BJP | date=18 June 2012}}</ref> According to Congress observer [[Vayalar Ravi]], TRS' poor result raised questions about Telangana sentiment.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Reacting to the results, Telangana Congress MPs said that their party would not campaign in Telangana due to its anti-Telangana stance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congress MPs blame Parkal loss on anti-Telangana stand|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-17/hyderabad/32281141_1_congress-mps-telangana-nizamabad-mp-madhu-yaskhi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103074207/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-17/hyderabad/32281141_1_congress-mps-telangana-nizamabad-mp-madhu-yaskhi|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=19 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 June 2012}}</ref> TRS leader Vinod Kumar said that all the votes cast in Parkal favoured Telangana, and reiterated that the Congress must realise that it was losing its base in the state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parkal warning forces Telangana Rashtra Samithi to stir up T again|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-18/hyderabad/32298084_1_telangana-sentiment-seemandhra-telangana-rashtra-samithi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929190515/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-18/hyderabad/32298084_1_telangana-sentiment-seemandhra-telangana-rashtra-samithi|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 September 2013|access-date=19 June 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 June 2012}}</ref> TDP Telangana Forum [[Chairman|convenor]] Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that the Parkal result was a "slap" to TRS, and the people of Telangana had realised that the party was cheating them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://telugu.webdunia.com/newsworld/news/apnews/1206/20/1120620029_1.htm |title=Errabelli Dayakar Rao &#124; తల్లీబిడ్డ ఊరుమీద పడి ఏడవడం వల్లే వైకాపా గెలిచింది: ఎర్రబెల్లి |publisher=Telugu.webdunia.com |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

=={{anchor|Campaigns and other protests}}Protests==
On 14 August, KCR gave the [[Government of India|central government]] a two-week deadline to declare statehood promised to launch another round of agitation if the government did not meet the deadline.<ref>{{cite web|last=News |first=Express |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article589707.ece |title=Decide in 14 days: KCR to Centre – The New Indian Express |publisher=Newindianexpress.com |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> He later said that he had received feelers that a positive announcement would be made by [[Eid al-Fitr]].<ref>{{cite web|author=T S Sudhir |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/with-delhi-silent-telangana-parties-to-get-into-agitation-mode-423590.html |title=With Delhi silent, Telangana parties to get into agitation mode |publisher=Firstpost |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> In an interview after Eid, KCR said that [[Sonia Gandhi]] had always favoured Telangana and the central government would call his party for discussions in "few weeks or so".<ref>{{cite web|author=CR Sukumar |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-27/news/33425300_1_telangana-state-telangana-rashtra-samithi-telangana-region |title=Got positive signals from UPA for Telangana state but readying contingency strategy: KC Rao |work=The Economic Times |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> On 6 September, KCR left for Delhi and announced that the issue would be resolved by the end of the month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/centre%E2%80%99s-t-word-sept-30-kcr-877 |title=Centre's T word by 30 Sept.: KCR |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> After 23 days in the capital, KCR returned to Hyderabad hoping that a final round of talks with the Congress leadership would be held soon on the issue. He said that his discussions with several leaders were productive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-trs-wants-more-talks-with-congress/297822-62-127.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134517/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-trs-wants-more-talks-with-congress/297822-62-127.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2014 |title=Telangana: TRS wants more talks with Congress |publisher= IBNLive |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

According to his son (and [[Sircilla (Assembly constituency)|Sircilla]] legislator) [[K. T. Rama Rao]], Telangana would become a reality before the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana will be a reality before 2014, says KTR|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-will-be-a-reality-before-2014-says-ktr/285784-60-114.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126024417/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-will-be-a-reality-before-2014-says-ktr/285784-60-114.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|publisher=Cable News Network LP, LLLP.|access-date=29 August 2012}}</ref> Reacting to this, TRS leader (and KCR's nephew) T. Harish Rao announced that his party was ready to merge with Congress at the grant of a separate state – a merger which would only benefit the latter – and threatened Congress leaders with an "action plan" if the parties did not merge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will a separate Telangana facilitate merger of TRS and Congress?|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/trs-willing-for-merger-with-cong-if-telangana-is-formed/1/215573.html|work=India Today|access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref>

''[[The Hindu]]'' reported on 1 September that the BJP and the Telangana people wanted the issue resolved as soon as possible, since delays and long-lasting protests had cost the region dearly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana people want present phase of stir to be final one|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3847271.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=1 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903012258/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3847271.ece|archive-date=3 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that day, the BJP announced that they would begin campaigning for Telangana on 3 September. BJP state-unit president Kishan Reddy announced that he would lead a three-day hunger strike at Delhi's [[Jantar Mantar]] in support of statehood.<ref>{{cite web|title=BJP gears up for a makeover in Andhra Pradesh, to stage hunger strike in Delhi over Telangana|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-gears-up-for-a-makeover-in-andhra-pradesh-to-stage-hunger-strike-in-delhi-over-telangana/1/215656.html|work=India Today|access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref>

That month, incoming [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] said that the Telangana demand must be handled carefully since similarly carved smaller states had increased [[Naxalite]] problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/naxal-fear-stalling-telangana-shinde/290529-62-127.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914000222/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/naxal-fear-stalling-telangana-shinde/290529-62-127.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Naxalite fear stalling Telangana state, claims Shinde- IBN Andhra Pradesh- IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Addressing a public meeting in Nizamabad district, [[AIMIM]] president Asaduddin Owaisi reaffirmed his party's stance that a separate Telangana state was impossible and Muslims would not accept a separate state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/hyderabad/33843190_1_telangana-bodhan-town-separate-t-state |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224820/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/hyderabad/33843190_1_telangana-bodhan-town-separate-t-state |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2013 |title=Separate T-state not possible: Asad |date=14 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

Telangana activists desecrated the statue of former chief minister [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]] outside the [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park]]. A home guard and constable were injured by the protesters, and Telangana United Front (TUF) pamphlets were found at the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-18/hyderabad/33925094_1_statue-banjara-hills-telangana-agitation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126062228/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-18/hyderabad/33925094_1_statue-banjara-hills-telangana-agitation |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Telangana zealots vandalise Kasu Brahmananda Reddy statue |date=18 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> TUF leader [[Vimalakka]] was arrested under sections 147, 148, 149, 332, 335 and 425 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act after she admitted her involvement in the protest, and she was later released on bail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-25/hyderabad/34081199_1_tuf-kasu-brahmananda-reddy-statue-banjara-hills |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126121247/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-25/hyderabad/34081199_1_tuf-kasu-brahmananda-reddy-statue-banjara-hills |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Telangana United Front leader arrested in Kasu Brahmananda Reddy statue desecration case |date=25 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

==Telangana March==
===Preparations===
After setting 30 September as the deadline for the central government to announce the formation of Telangana, the TJAC threatened to organise a Telangana March in Hyderabad similar to [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Salt March]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana Political Joint Action Committee plans 'Dandi March' like agitation for Telangana|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/hyderabad/33815944_1_chalo-hyderabad-m-kodandaram-political-joint-action-committee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024195703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-13/hyderabad/33815944_1_chalo-hyderabad-m-kodandaram-political-joint-action-committee|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref>
Anticipating violence and property damage,<ref name="zeenews.india.com">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/andhra-pradesh/telangana-march-police-warn-of-action_801946.html |title=Telangana march: Police warn of action |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=26 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> police initially denied permission for the march (which was scheduled near [[Ganesh Chaturthi#Celebration, rituals and tradition|Ganesh Nimmajjan]] on 29 September and the [[2012 Hyderabad Biodiversity Conference|UN biodiversity conference]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Un Convention on Bio Diversity|url=http://www.cbdcop11india.in/home.html|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> which began on 1 October).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AndhraPradesh/Telangana-groups-insist-on-march-govt-says-no/Article1-936864.aspx |title=Andhra police say no to Telangana march, to act tough |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930191437/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AndhraPradesh/Telangana-groups-insist-on-march-govt-says-no/Article1-936864.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Police began checking buses and trains entering the city, and students trying to enter the city to participate in the protest were sent back.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana Million March banned by government will take place, vow activists|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/telangana-million-march-banned-by-government-will-take-place-vow-activists-272995|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> They identified activists,<ref name="zeenews.india.com"/> arresting pro-Telangana activists throughout the region. According to police, intelligence reported that protestors might attack property throughout Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana groups, government heading for confrontation over march|url=http://twocircles.net/2012sep27/telangana_groups_government_heading_confrontation_over_march.html|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> Congress MP [[Madhu Yaskhi Goud]] said that people supporting a united Andhra should not live in the Telangana region,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aegindia.org/2012/09/sagara-haram-dandu-yatra-tank-bund-turn-violent-supress-telangana-jac/213859.html |title=Sagara Haram – Dandu Yatra on Tank Bund: 'Will Turn Violent if Tried to Suppress' says Telangana JAC |publisher=AEG India |access-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103164023/http://www.aegindia.org/2012/09/sagara-haram-dandu-yatra-tank-bund-turn-violent-supress-telangana-jac/213859.html |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and wanted protestors to attack the property of Andhra Pradesh MPs during the march.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://telugu.oneindia.in/news/2012/09/10/andhrapradesh-madhu-yashki-lashes-at-seemandhra-mps-105473.html |title=సీమాంధ్ర ఎంపిల ఆస్తులపై దాడులు చేస్తేనే..: యాష్కీ- Andhra Pradesh madhu yashki lashes at seemandhra mps 105473 &#124; State – Oneindia Telugu |publisher=Telugu.oneindia.in |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> He was later [[gherao]]ed by pro-Telangana activists in his Lok Sabha constituency of [[Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nizamabad]], who called him the "Telangana Betrayer" and demanded that he resign to demonstrate his commitment to the issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-27/hyderabad/34126697_1_pro-telangana-mp-madhu-yashki-goud-telangana-march |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103122002/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-27/hyderabad/34126697_1_pro-telangana-mp-madhu-yashki-goud-telangana-march |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Madhu Yashki gets taste of pro-Telangana agitations |date=27 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

All pro-Telangana parties pledged their support of the march.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana rally plan has government on edge|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/telangana-rally-plan-giving-andhra-govt-the-jtters/1/222205.html|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> Prominent Telangana residents wrote a letter to the president of India asking permission for the march and expressed concern that preventive detention of activists would lead to more violence by protestors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protect Telangana March, Mr. President: Eminent citizens of Hyderabad|url=http://twocircles.net/2012sep26/protect_telangana_march_mr_president_eminent_citizens_hyderabad.html|access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref>

On 28 September, after long discussions between TJAC leaders and ministers from the Telangana region, the state government (ignoring warnings about a possible breakdown in law and order) gave permission for the march. The TJAC leaders promised the government in writing that the demonstration would be conducted in a peaceful, "Gandhian" manner from 3 to 7&nbsp;pm on 30 September on [[Necklace Road]], at the edge of the [[Hussain Sagar]] lake.<ref>{{cite web|title=Government blinks, allows Telangana march|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-29/hyderabad/34163281_1_telangana-march-telangana-ministers-chalo-hyderabad-march|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001527/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-29/hyderabad/34163281_1_telangana-march-telangana-ministers-chalo-hyderabad-march|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/andhra-pradesh-government-gives-permission-for-telangana-million-march-273491 |title=Andhra Pradesh government gives permission for Telangana Million March |publisher=NDTV.com |date=29 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> [[Indian Railways]] cancelled several express and passenger trains and all local and suburban trains in Hyderabad, reportedly on police advice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana march: Over 40 trains to Hyderabad cancelled |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/telangana-march-over-40-trains-to-hyderabad-cancelled-473723.html|work=First post|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref> Although TJAC leaders alleged mass arrests of Telangana supporters (preventing their travel to Necklace Road), police said that they had made no new arrests and all who had been arrested before the march was permitted were released.<ref>{{cite web|title=Allegations of arrests: TJAC meets Congress MPs|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/allegations-of-arrests-tjac-meets-congress-mps/article3951173.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002011620/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/allegations-of-arrests-tjac-meets-congress-mps/article3951173.ece|archive-date=2 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> They allowed entry to Necklace Road on three designated routes, but pro-Telangana groups demanded access on all routes. Police also said that no permission had been granted for any other rallies in the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana march today: Cops, protesters wrangle over entry to venue|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-30/hyderabad/34177086_1_chalo-hyderabad-march-organisers-preventive-arrests|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204133540/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-30/hyderabad/34177086_1_chalo-hyderabad-march-organisers-preventive-arrests|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

==={{anchor|Day of the march}}Demonstration===
On 30 September, the day of the march, police closed the gates and blocked students at the [[Osmania University]] gate and other protestors at several places in the city when they were proceeding in groups towards the march. When they were stopped from breaking through barricades and trying to proceed through prohibited areas (such as [[Raj Bhavan (Andhra Pradesh)|Raj Bhavan]]),<ref name="punemirror.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.punemirror.in/article/4/20121001201210010806322829dfe191f/2-lakh-march-for-Telangana-amid-clashes-in-Hyderabad.html |title=2 lakh march for Telangana amid clashes in Hyderabad, News – Nation – Pune Mirror, Pune Mirror |publisher=Punemirror.in |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127081445/http://www.punemirror.in/article/4/20121001201210010806322829dfe191f/2-lakh-march-for-Telangana-amid-clashes-in-Hyderabad.html |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> protestors threw stones at police.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana: Tension grips Hyderabad|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/article3951884.ece|work=Business Line|access-date=3 October 2012}}</ref> The police responded with a [[Baton charge|lathi charge]], [[water cannon]]s and [[tear gas]]. Congress MPs from Telangana were arrested in front of the chief minister's office when they staged a [[dharna]] because they had been forbidden to meet with him about the detention of party supporters, who were prevented from demonstrating.<ref>{{cite web|title=Violence mars 'Telangana March' in Hyderabad|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/violence-mars-telangana-march-in-hyderabad/1009994/0|work=The Indian Express|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

Although police sealed nearly all entrances to Necklace Road (opening only the Buddha Bhavan route), by 4&nbsp;pm about 200,000 protestors – including party leaders and their supporters – reached the venue from all routes. The police were attacked by both sides and ceded Necklace Road to the protesters, who marched to Jal Vihar. According to police, protesters torched two police vehicles at People's Plaza on Necklace Road.<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Hyderabad/Violence-around-protest-venue-as-Telangana-march-begins/Article1-937866.aspx |title=Pro-Telangana activists defy prohibitory orders in Hyderabad |work=Hindustan Times |date=30 September 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002180526/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Hyderabad/Violence-around-protest-venue-as-Telangana-march-begins/Article1-937866.aspx |archive-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Protestors also set afire two media outdoor broadcasting vans, machinery and the temporary cabin room of a construction company,<ref name="ibnlive.in.com">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/surge-of-telangana-wave/296751-60-114.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126051021/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/surge-of-telangana-wave/296751-60-114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Surge of Telangana wave- Andhra Pradesh- IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> and tried to set a local train at the [[Khairatabad railway station]] ablaze.<ref name="punemirror.in"/> At the railway's Hussainsagar junction cabin, about 1,000 Telangana supporters overpowered over 100 uniformed men in the area and burnt down the cabin after assaulting railway staff. The signalling system was damaged, with officials estimating the loss at about {{INR}} 6 million.<ref name="asianage.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/string-cases-telangana-march-leaders-859 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929083209/http://www.asianage.com/india/string-cases-telangana-march-leaders-859 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2018 |title=String of cases on Telangana march leaders |publisher=The Asian Age |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13 }}</ref> All Telugu news channels covering the march were blocked by police, apparently to prevent the spread of violence to other parts of the city.<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>

Addressing the crowd, [[M. Kodandaram]] said that peaceful and disciplined soldiers were fighting for Telangana statehood. He said that they did not want to indulge in violence, despite hurdles erected by police to prevent people from attending the march. Kodandaram alleged that some conspirators from other parts of the state had infiltrated the demonstration, trying to incite violence which would be blamed on the protestors. He begged the crowd not to destroy public property or attack members of the media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof Kodandaram Ridicules DGP's Aerial Survey|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/prof-kodandaram-ridicules-dgp%E2%80%99s-aerial-survey|publisher=Siasat|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref>

Seven pm came and went, and TJAC leaders refused to leave the venue until the government issued a statement on Telangana.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana march leaves government red-faced|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/telangana-march-leaves-government-redfaced/article3952161.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002001424/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/telangana-march-leaves-government-redfaced/article3952161.ece|archive-date=2 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Police first used water cannons and later lobbed tear gas shells on the crowd and on to the stage to force the protestors to leave the venue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leaders of Telangana march ask protesters to stay put at venue|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-30/hyderabad/34176806_1_telangana-supporters-telangana-joint-action-committee-telangana-demand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007082617/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-30/hyderabad/34176806_1_telangana-supporters-telangana-joint-action-committee-telangana-demand|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> They called off the march at midnight, citing heavy rain and injuries. Seeing a helicopter circle over the venue several times, some protestors speculated that the government [[Cloud seeding|seeded the clouds]] to produce heavy rain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana March: Protestors play dodge as cops cut off access to Hyderabad|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/article1281012.ece|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> The TJAC declared a [[bandh]] for the next two days, vowing to launch a region-wide [[hunger strike]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana JAC stir called off, awaits AP CM's next move|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-telangana-jac-stir-called-off-awaits-ap-cm-s-next-move/20121001.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> and announcing that the agitation would take a more-serious turn if the police continued to repress them. Kodandaram demanded the resignation of ministers from the region and pressure on the central government to grant statehood.<ref name="ibnlive.in.com"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Telangana stir continues in Hyderabad as protesters defy deadline|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/telangana-march-deadline-hussain-sagar-lake-hyderabad/1/222892.html|publisher=Indian Today|access-date=4 October 2012}}</ref> Police officials said that their obstacles reduced the number of protestors, which would have been much larger otherwise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pressure mounting on Dy CM, Jana to quit|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/hyderabad/34217396_1_telangana-mlas-jana-reddy-telangana-districts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126063554/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/hyderabad/34217396_1_telangana-mlas-jana-reddy-telangana-districts|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref>

===Aftermath===
The following day, local police filed 15 charges against Kodandaram and others for extending the end of the march from the permitted 7&nbsp;pm to midnight and for violence during the march. Railway police also filed charges against unidentified persons for damage to the signalling system at Lakdikapul. Cases have been booked for unlawful assembly, rioting, arson, mischief with fire and criminal conspiracy. Other charges include attempted murder, since several policemen (including an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] official) were injured. Cases were also booked against student leaders of TSJAC, OUJAC, Telangana Vidyarti Parishad and TVV.<ref name="asianage.com"/> The ''bandh'' had little response in Hyderabad, and was only partial in Telangana districts. [[Osmania University]] students again threw rocks, and police retaliated with tear gas.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-10-01/news/34198113_1_telangana-bandh-pro-telangana-partial-response |title=Little response to Telangana bandh; students-police clash at Osmania University |work=The Economic Times |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bandh-partial-in-telangana-districts/297082-60-114.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007022122/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bandh-partial-in-telangana-districts/297082-60-114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2012 |title=Bandh partial in Telangana districts- Andhra Pradesh |publisher= IBNLive |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref>

According to TJAC convenor [[Swamy Goud]], the rally was ineffectively led and troublemakers should have been controlled more assertively. Goud said that it indicated the need for stronger leadership, and appealed to KCR to lead from the front.<ref>{{cite web|author=BV Shiva Shankar |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-03/hyderabad/34237646_1_kcr-tjac-vimalakka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006032956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-03/hyderabad/34237646_1_kcr-tjac-vimalakka |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2012 |title=Chandrashekar Rao returns to stake claim on Telangana-monopoly |date=3 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Goud later joined the TRS, and KCR chose him as the party's [[Legislative council#Sub-national|MLC]] candidate for the region's upcoming elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/swamy-goud-joins-trs/80027/|title=Swamy Goud joins TRS|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=21 January 2013|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

=={{anchor|All Party meeting in December 2012}}December meeting==
On 28 December 2012, a meeting was organized by Home Minister [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] to discuss the Telangana issue. The meeting was attended by eight political parties with significant presence in the state legislature. After hearing out all parties, Shinde said that it would be the final meeting on the issue and the government would reach a decision within 30 days. At the meeting, [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|MIM]] and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] reiterated their opposition to the division of the state. YSR Congress remained neutral, and asked the central government to make a decision. Congress representatives presented conflicting views, with one supporting the division and one opposing it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final call on Telangana in a month: Shinde|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Final-call-on-Telangana-in-a-month-Shinde/Article1-982153.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044100/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Final-call-on-Telangana-in-a-month-Shinde/Article1-982153.aspx|archive-date=5 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Centre promises Telangana decision in 30 days; Will Cong finally shed ambivalence?|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/india/36050580_1_statehood-sentiment-telangana-separate-state|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/india/36050580_1_statehood-sentiment-telangana-separate-state|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=785105 |title = Andhra Parties Want Early Decision on Telangana  |access-date=2013-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002303/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=785105 |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref> TDP representatives presented a letter from its president saying that it had never withdrawn its 2008 letter to Pranab Mukharjee supporting a Telangana state.<ref>{{cite web|title=TDP letter to Shinde|url=http://www.telugudesam.org/tdpcms/press/december2012/281212/Letter_to_Sushil_Kumar%20shinde.jpg|publisher=Telugu Desam Party|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314022217/http://telugudesam.org/tdpcms/press/december2012/281212/Letter_to_Sushil_Kumar%20shinde.jpg|archive-date=14 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Telangana Joint Action Committee]] demanded more clarity from [[Telugu Desam Party]] before admitting it to the committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=TRS disposes proposal: no entry for TDP into T-JAC|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-31/hyderabad/36078833_1_jac-m-kodandaram-pro-telangana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-31/hyderabad/36078833_1_jac-m-kodandaram-pro-telangana|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Samaikyandhra Movement]]
*[[Visalandhra movement]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20121209134423/http://www.telanganatalks.com/ Telangana Talks – Voice your opinion for Separation ]
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+in0075) Telanaga movement article in US Library of Congress]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220113947/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_post.html Official history of AP on AP government website]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4139882072561017394 Video (30 minutes): ''Still Seeking Justice'' – A documentary on Telangana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221134141/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4139882072561017394 |date=21 December 2009 }}
* [http://www.telangana.org/Papers.asp Some research papers by Telangana proponents]
* [[s:India States Reorganisation Commission Report Telangana Andhra|State reorganisation committee reports at Wikisource]]
* [http://www.telangana.org/SKCreportInjustice.asp How SKC Report tried to suppress truth and deceive Telangana – Published by Telangana Development Forum]

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