The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Osmania University students on Friday in Hyderabad gave a call for a day-long bandh in Telangana on Saturday to protest the terms of reference for the Sri Krishna Committee on the statehood issue.
"The terms of reference (ToR) are totally against (the formation of) Telangana. The Centre should immediately disband the Committee and introduce a bill in Parliament straightaway for creation of a separate state," the JAC, spearheading the students' movement for a separate Telangana state, said in a statement.
The JAC leaders met at the Osmania University here after the seven-point ToR was announced and strongly denounced the Centre's decision. The Kakatiya University Students Joint Action Committee extended support for the bandh call.
Earlier, the Centre announced the terms of reference which mandated the committee headed by Justice (retd) B N Srikrishna to review the developments in Andhra Pradesh since its formation and their impact on the progress and development of the different regions of the state.
It will "examine the situation in the state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a separate state of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh," the ToR said. The committee has been asked to submit its report by December 31 this year. PTI
