Hyderabad: Hyderabad police last night gave its nod to the pro-Seemandhra, Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers' Association (APNGOA) to hold its proposed ‘Save AP meeting' on September 7 at the L B Stadium, even as it denied permission to Telangana Students' Joint Action Committee to take out a rally on the same day.
APNGOA was granted a conditional permission to hold its meeting from 2 pm to 5 pm and government employees from Seemandhra region would be allowed for the meeting only after showing their identity cards, since outsiders won't not be permitted to attend the meeting, the police said. “Permission for APNGOA's meeting was given because it is a meeting being organised by state government employees,” a police officer said.
However, the Telangana Students' Joint Action Committee (TSJAC), which had given a call for a second “million man march” to oppose the public meeting called by Seemandhra protesters at the L B Stadium on September 7, was denied permission to hold its rally as the police said that rallies were already banned due to an extension of prohibitory orders in the city, for a week from tomorrow.
The TSJAC's proposed march was to begin in front of the L B Stadium and pass through the Nizam's College, Basheerbagh to Tank Bund on September 7. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma, who issued prohibitory orders today said that public meetings, processions and people gathering on roads or public places have been prohibited to maintain public order, peace and tranquillity in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
Prohibitory orders will be with effect from 6 am on September 4 until 6 am on September 10. Earlier, the APNGOA, Samaikhyandhra groups and the TSJAC had sought permission from the Central Zone Police for their respective protests.
