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The Early 2011 Telangana protests refers to a chain of events that took place during the early months of 2011, after the Srikrishna committee report was submitted to governemt of India. The Telangana political JAC declared the launch of a non-cooperation movement though out Telangana, including the state capital at Hyderabad, starting on February 17. The plan was to request government employees not to work; people not to pay taxes or utility bills; people not to buy tickets while using public transport; to organize rallies; to block traffic on highways; and other measures. It is reported that Congress party's central leadership told Telangana MPs that it will take a decision on Telangana after assembly elections in several states in May. On February 24, Telangana political JAC organised Egypt-like mass protests in Hyderabad beginning March 10. Projections for number of people to be mobilized varied from one to five million.Protestors raised slogans of 'Jai Telangana', sang pro-Telangana songs, and played games. Protestors included activists of various political parties, students, government employees, lawyers, doctors, teachers, journalists, writers and cultural artists. 48 people were arrested for the vandalism of the statues. A Telangana leader said the incident show the hatred towards leaders of Andhra and he fears more such incidents if the central government further delays the process to carve out separate Telangana state. Osmania University students warned non-Telangana staff of the university to not pass on the identities of agitators to the police and warned them they could become targets if they did not join the agitation.

Non-cooperation movement

The Telangana political JAC declared the launch of a non-cooperation movement though out Telangana, including the state capital at Hyderabad, starting on February 17. The plan was to request government employees not to work; people not to pay taxes or utility bills; people not to buy tickets while using public transport; to organize rallies; to block traffic on highways; and other measures.^[1]^[2]^[3] ^[4] Around 200,000 government employees in Telangana participated by boycotting work and holding rallies or playing sports at the workplace while TRS MLAs traveled ticket-less in local trains.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Legislative Assembly proceedings were disrupted by Telangana legislators on the first day of the budget session, as the Governor's address to the assembly did not include the Telangana issue.^[8] 22 MLAs and six MLCs from Congress boycotted the first day of the Assembly session.^[9] Telangana proponents have criticized the alleged anti-Telangana behaviour of Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan.^[10] TRS MLAs had heated arguments and gheraoed Lok Satta MLA Jayaprakash Narayan who had condemned the attack on the governor. One of them, K Vidyasagar Rao assaulted him first, followed by blows by the driver of another TRS MLA E Rajender who justified the attack.^[11] TRS later denied they attacked him but questioned his respect for Telangana sentiments.^[12] On February 18 five MLAs were suspended for unruly behavior and for manhandling the governor. Deputy Speaker N Manohar termed this as shameful for democracy.^[13]

In the first two days of the non-cooperation movement, the government lost ₹15 billion in revenue.^[14] On February 19, Telangana protesters burnt down five buses and set fire to police tents in and around the Osmania University campus.^[15]^[16] On February 21 a march of Telangana students and lawyers to Assembly turned violent when they were blocked by security forces.^[17]^[18] The police commissioner warned television channels against telecasting violence.^[19] Telangana cable operators blocked out TV news channels owned by Seema-Andhra industrialists because of their alleged 'anti-Telangana' stand.^[20] The Telangana JAC called for the shutdown of all services, except emergency services, in Telangana for 48 hours.^[21] Contrary to the JAC's call for a peaceful non-cooperation movement,^[22] TRS leaders and activists attacked APTransco billing counters in Karimnagar town and pulled down tent of CPI(M) activists who were protesting on civic issues at the municipal office in Warangal.^[23] On February 22 and 23, the Telangana strike shut down the entire Telangana region. Educational institutions, private and public offices, commercial establishments, industrial areas, private and public transport, and outpatient services in hospitals were closed as unions, organizations, and individuals actively participated in the strike by having rallies, hunger strikes, community meals on roads, and other protests. The strike was mostly peaceful barring a few incidents.^[24]^[25] The state government continued to lose Rs 8 billion per day in revenue due to the non-cooperation movement.^[26]

On February 22, at Ellapur railway station in Hasanparty mandal, trains were stranded for an hour after pro-Telangana agitators removed hook locks from the rail tracks. Pro-Telangana activists halted the Delhi-bound AP Express at Kazipet railway station for 15 minutes on the same day. Before the train reached Kazipet, a few students rained stones on the AP Express at Ellapur in Hasanparty mandal.^[27] As many as 114 cases were booked under Section 151 of the CrPc and 1,978 persons were taken into custody.^[28] Pro-Telangana students and lawyers ransacked the MMTS station on Necklace road and the reservation office was set afire. A car showroom was ransacked at Habsiguda and an attempt was made to burn a train at Jamia Osmania station.^[29]^[30] On February 23 pro-Telangana protesters set one bogie of the Kazipet-Manguru passenger on fire near Kesamudram railway station in Karimnagar district.^[31] Three buses of a private engineering college parked near Habsiguda were set ablaze by suspected Telangana activists on February 24.^[32]

Telangana universities, especially Osmania University, have had a heavy police presence since December 2009.^[33] Telangana political JAC chairman Professor Kodandaram alleged that police from Seema-Andhra region were very brutal towards Telangana students.^[34] The refusal of the police to allow students to organize rallies provoked pitched battles between police and students, and arrests of students, which leads to more protests.^[35] Police behaviour was criticized by human rights activists and by the High Court.^[36] On February 21 students hurled stones at the security personnel at Adikmet and Nizam Collage hostel at Basheerbagh area, forcing the police to use tear gas shells to disperse them.^[37] Policemen reported that Osmania University students protesting for Telangana have used petrol bombs to target police personnel on duty at the campus.^[38] Suicides continue to be a form of protests by Telanganites, despite appeals by various leaders, parties, and organizations to stop.^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]

Telangana parliament members belonging to the ruling party protested in Parliament on February 22 for Telangana not being mentioned in the government agenda.^[47] They threatened to immolate themselves on Parliament premises if Telangana state is not created^[48] On February 23, proceedings in Lok Sabha were paralyzed when opposition parties joined Telangana MPs in protests. Twelve Telangana MLAs were suspended on February 23;^[49] On February 24, fifteen members of the ruling party from Telangana joined the protests.^[50] Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition in Parliament (Lok Sabha) and BJP leader, said "it was rare that eleven members from the ruling Congress wanted a discussion and they were being silenced... The Telangana issue can be resolved immediately if the Prime Minister simply announces in the House that a Bill supporting the creation of Telangana would be brought in this session itself. I promise you that our party, BJP and our allies will support such bill."^[51]^[52]^[53] Asaduddin Owaisi, president of MIM party, remarked that his party will not allow or want Hyderabad to be made a Union Territory. He said that if Telangana is created, then Hyderabad has to be a part of it.^[54]

On February 24, Telangana political JAC declared that the non-cooperation movement will continue until Telangana state is achieved. Their plans included rallies over the weekend, a rail blockade on March 1, and Egypt-like mass protests in Hyderabad. They hoped to mobilize five million people from throughout Telangana in the second week of March.^[55]^[56]^[57] The police department is one of the departments which is not participating the non-cooperation movement. Employees of the office of the Medak district police superintendent joined the movement. The state police chief clarified that the protesting employees were office staff, not policemen. There are reports that policemen are contemplating joining the agitation.^[58] On March 1 a train blockade by pro-Telangana protesters, with a theme of "villages on railway tracks", paralyzed train services throughout Telangana. Protestors cooked and played sports; and students held essay competitions on the railway tracks. Travel was difficult because the railways are the primary mode of transportation in India for long-distance travellers.^[59]^[60]^[61]^[62] On March 2, Pro-Telangana activists disrupted a film shooting by burning down the set.^[63]

99 out of 119 legislators from Telangana, including those from ruling party, boycotted Assembly proceedings. Of remaining the legislators, 16 are ministers.^[64]^[65] BJP, CPI, and MIM legislators remained in the house.^[66] Congress legislators from Telangana ended their boycott on 14 March, citing their responsibility to see the state budget passed.^[67] On March 3 Parliament proceedings were disrupted whole day due to protests by Telangana MPs with the support of BJP members.^[68] Next day, Congress MPs from Telangana who were requested by party incharges to wait^[69] appeared in the Lok Sabha with black bands around their mouths to indicate that there was a gag order by their party leadership. Their refusal to remove those black bands caused the speaker to adjourn the house.^[70] On March 3 Telangana employees said they will not call off their agitation unless there is a firm assurance from the Centre on formation of separate Telangana state.^[71] The next day, the state government gave a written assurance to employees to press the Centre for deletion of clause 14 (f) from the Presidential Order, removing free zone status to Hyderabad, and set up judicial commission to ensure strict enforcement of GO 610. The state gave assurances that employees will be permitted a delegation to the Prime Minister to request the division of the state.^[72]^[73] Employees union said they will resume the non-cooperation movement after students exams are over in April.^[74] It is reported that Congress party's central leadership told Telangana MPs that it will take a decision on Telangana after assembly elections in several states in May.^[75]

Million March 2011

On February 24, Telangana political JAC organised Egypt-like mass protests in Hyderabad beginning March 10. Projections for number of people to be mobilized varied from one to five million.^[55]^[56]^[57]^[76] Some parents’ associations and teachers appealed to the JAC to postpone the protest as the gathering of a “million” people might cause inconvenience to the students appearing for the ongoing Class X, XII and CBSE exams. Three days before the proposed march, the JAC chairman said that the march would not be on the scale on which it was originally planned, which included “laying siege” to Hyderabad, and the march would start in the afternoon instead of morning, in view of final exams to students in the morning. Police issued prohibitory orders to prevent gatherings, as no permission had been granted for the march.^[77]^[78] The police set up check-posts at the district borders of Hyderabad and directed private bus operators to not provide vehicles for the agitators to reach Hyderabad.^[79] Osmania University JAC president and others were arrested four days before the march.^[80] Police took a large number of activists into preventive custody and put up barricades in all nine Telangana districts and on the outskirts of Hyderabad to prevent activists joining the protest. TJAC chairman M. Kodandaram alleged that police arrested 100,000 people including 11,000 in Hyderabad; he asked, "People can protest in Egypt and Tunisia but not in Hyderabad?" He said the march needed no permission as it would be peaceful.^[81]^[82]^[83] South Central Railway (SCR) cancelled four express trains and 43 passenger trains connecting various districts of Telangana with Hyderabad. Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) train service was suspended on three out of four routes in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and the outskirts.^[84]^[85] On the day of the march, over 12,000 personnel from police and central paramilitary forces were deployed in the city. They erected 350 check posts on the outskirts of Hyderabad to prevent Telangana activists from entering. Traffic was diverted by police and no one was allowed to areas close to Tank Bund, the secretariat, Raj Bhavan, and the assembly. Students clashed with police when they were locked inside the Osmania University to prevent them from taking out a rally to Tank Bund. Police fired teargas shells to control the students.^[86] Several pro-Telangana leaders, including 50 MLAs belonging to the BJP, CPI, Muslim League, TRS, TDP, and Jamat-e-Islami parties and JAC convenor Kodandaram, were arrested as soon as they started their rally. The police arrested people coming to Tank Bund area until 1 pm. After 1 pm the activists started reaching Tank Bund in groups from different directions and outnumbered the police. The protestors uprooted barricades put up on both ends of the road, and by 3 pm thousands of protestors were gathered. Telangana agitators pretended to perform ‘marriages’ in the Arya Samaj building to slip into the Lower Tank Bund.^[87] BJP leader and Doctor J Bapu Reddy, along with four of his followers, travelled in an ambulance from Nizamabad to Hyderabad through the checkpoints to attend the march by informing the police that a "seriously ill patient" was being taken to hospital in Hyderabad.^[88] Protestors raised slogans of 'Jai Telangana', sang pro-Telangana songs, and played games. Protestors included activists of various political parties, students, government employees, lawyers, doctors, teachers, journalists, writers and cultural artists.^[89]

Telangana activists attacked pro-Telangana Congress MPs Madhu Yaskhi Goud and K. Keshava Rao by throwing slippers & water bottles citing their failure to resign in support of the separate statehood agitation.^[90] While the police estimated 20,000 people^[91] participated in the march, the JAC estimate was 100,000.^[92] The BBC reported a turnout of 50,000.^[93] At around 3:15 a student of Osmania university attempted suicide by consuming poison on Tank bund road, saying "Jai Telangana". His suicide letter said, "In spite of voting for them (public representatives), they could not succeed in achieving separate statehood for Telangana and my suicide is a reminder for them that people are willing to die for Telangana.".^[94] Doctors confirmed that his situation is improving.^[95] Later protesters demanded that the police release all the leaders they arrested and bring them to Tank bund.^[96] Several patients in critical condition were locked out of the emergency ward of the Gandhi hospital for over two hours from 2.30 pm, following a flash strike by the doctors demanding the release of their colleagues who had been arrested by the police.^[97] Around 4 pm, after KCR and Kondaram arrived at Tank bund, all the participents in the rally vowed to fight for formation of Telangana state by saying a pledge.^[98] Telangana activists damaged 16 statues representing Telugu culture language on Tank Bund. They threw some of the remnants into the lake.^[99]^[100]^[101] The agitators used iron rods and ropes from the barricades put up by the police to uproot the statues.^[102] The agitators did not touch the statues of Nizam VI Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan.^[103] These statues were installed by state government in 1986.^[104] The protests were reportedly designed to deepen linguistic and political divides between pro- and anti-Telangana groups.^[105] The police say the attack was pre-planned. Three TRS activists who in the early hours of March 10 burnt the statue of ‘Telangana Talli' in Medak district were arrested.^[106] The TRS MLA and son of Mr Chandrasekhar Rao, Mr K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), had said earlier that they would damage the statues on Tank Bund as most of them were of people from the Andhra region.^[107] KTR in a speech in October 2010 gave an ultimatum to the government to install a statue of Komaram Bheem, Telangana freedom fighter, on the Tank Bund or else the existing statues would not be allowed to remain.^[108] Telangana proponents have complained that the Seema-Andhra ruling class installed mostly statues of Seema-Andhra personalities while ignoring prominent Telangana personalities.^[109]^[110] Agitators set a police vehicle on fire and attacked a vehicle and crew of a television channel when they were recording the destruction of the statues.^[111]^[112] Nearly 30 video cameras and six photo cameras^[113] belonging to six different TV channels were snatched, damaged, or thrown in the water. Many media persons were manhandled and some of them were injured.^[114] The protestors looted^[105] and set on fire an ATM of Andhra Bank, a government office, and damaged the windows of a hotel.^[92]

The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, had instructed the police to refrain from firing. He was of the view that even if one agitator died following police action, it would have a cascading effect and whip up emotions further.^[115] Some Telangana leaders in the rally tried to stop the destruction of the statues and attacks on the media.^[96] It was also alleged that none of the leaders including Mr Chandrasekhar Rao, Gaddar or the BJP leader, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, who were present at Tank Bund tried to stop the mob.^[116] Around 6 pm, the protestors began to leave the venue and by 6:30 the whole area became calm.^[117] Top leaders of all political parties in the state including KCR condemned the vandalism. The Socialist Joint Action Committee of Coastal Andhra^[who?] defended the damaging of statues saying it was a rightful indignation of the people of Telangana against the imposition of the statues of Andhra leaders on them. "At least now the government should install the statues of Telangana figures at the Tank Bund", it said.^[114] Kodandaram, who visited Tank Bund in the evening after he was released by police, claimed that the march was a huge success.^[92] He demanded the immediate release of all Telangana activists and leaders. He said the government put in its best to silence the people's voice, but failed. He regretted the damage to the statues and the attacks on the media and said that such vandalism was against Telangana culture. He suspected plain cloths policemen could be involved in the vandalism.^[118] 48 people were arrested for the vandalism of the statues. A Telangana leader said the incident show the hatred towards leaders of Andhra and he fears more such incidents if the central government further delays the process to carve out separate Telangana state.^[119] The police came to the conclusion that the TRS, IFTU, CPI-ML New Democracy, Osmania University students, and the TRSV were behind the violence.^[120] Telugu scholars, poets, political leaders, and local residents mourned and offered homage to the statues destroyed in what was termed Talibanic way. Kamalakara Swamy of Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samiti said, “These statues of saints like Annamacharya are like temples for us. How is the 500-year-old Srikrishna Devaraya statue concerned with the Telengana movement!”(Statue is 25 year old.^[121] Srikrishna Devaraya lived 500 years back)^[122]^[123] The Maharashtra Telugu Manch (MTM) president said, "The destruction of statues on the Tank bund has hurt sentiments of all the Telugus. It is definitely sending wrong signals about the Telangana movement".^[124] President of Telangana Jagruti (the cultural wing of TRS) and daughter of K Chandrasekhar Rao, Kavita, in a telangana 'sef-respect' rally said If the government re-installs the demolished statues without installing the statues of Telangana personalities it alone will be responsible for its consequences. She threatened that our activists will demolish the statues again if they were reinstalled before the creation of Telangana state.^[121]^[125] Kodandram said he does not think the destruction was an act against the contributions of those figures. He said that the protestors were angry with the police for creating obstructions to the march and they directed their anger at the statues, which represented the hegemony of Seema-Andhra rulers. He denied any conspiracy to destroy the statues.^[126] Osmania University students warned non-Telangana staff of the university to not pass on the identities of agitators to the police and warned them they could become targets if they did not join the agitation.^[95]

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 ==Non-cooperation movement==
 The [[Telangana]] political JAC declared the launch of a non-cooperation movement though out Telangana, including the state capital at Hyderabad, starting on February 17. The plan was to request government employees not to work; people not to pay taxes or utility bills; people not to buy tickets while using public transport; to organize rallies; to block traffic on highways; and other measures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Telangana-political-JAC-to-launch-non-cooperation-movement/Article1-659196.aspx |title=Telangana political JAC to launch "non-cooperation movement" |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=2011-02-06 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2011feb11/noncooperation_movement_telangana_feb_17.html |title=Non-cooperation movement in Telangana from Feb 17 |publisher=Twocircles.net |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/14/stories/2011021459500100.htm |title=Telangana employees say they will not be deterred by ESMA |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Miners-mull-Spanish-mode-of-agitation-for-Telangana/articleshow/7491569.cms |title=Miners mull Spanish mode of agitation for Telangana |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Around 200,000 government employees in Telangana participated by boycotting work and holding rallies or playing sports at the workplace while TRS MLAs traveled ticket-less in local trains.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ticket-less-travel-rallies-and-sit-in-Non-Cooperation-movement-for-Telangana/articleshow/7515837.cms |title=Ticket-less travel, rallies and sit-in: Non-Cooperation movement for Telangana |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Govt-staff-join-non-cooperation/751491 |title=Govt staff join non-cooperation |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=TNN | Feb 18, 2011, 12.06AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Revenue-collection-hit-on-Day-1/articleshow/7518276.cms |title=Revenue collection hit on Day 1 of Non-cooperation movement |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
-<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Miners-mull-Spanish-mode-of-agitation-for-Telangana/articleshow/7491569.cms |title=Miners mull Spanish mode of agitation for Telangana |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Around 300,000 government employees in Telangana<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/320114/Police-officers-staff-joins-Telangana-protests.html ]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> are participating by boycotting work and holding rallies or playing sports at the workplace.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ticket-less-travel-rallies-and-sit-in-Non-Cooperation-movement-for-Telangana/articleshow/7515837.cms |title=Ticket-less travel, rallies and sit-in: Non-Cooperation movement for Telangana |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Govt-staff-join-non-cooperation/751491 |title=Govt staff join non-cooperation |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=TNN | Feb 18, 2011, 12.06AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Revenue-collection-hit-on-Day-1/articleshow/7518276.cms |title=Revenue collection hit on Day 1 of Non-cooperation movement |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Legislative Assembly proceedings were disrupted by Telangana legislators on the first day of the  budget session, as the [[Governor of India|Governor's]] address to the assembly did not include the Telangana issue.<ref>{{cite news|author=TNN | Feb 18, 2011, 01.45AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Governor-gets-taste-of-T-fury-in-assembly/articleshow/7518690.cms |title=Governor gets taste of T fury in assembly |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> 22 MLAs and six MLCs from Congress boycotted the first day of the Assembly session.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-Congress-legislators-likely-to-play-truant/articleshow/7511676.cms |title=Telangana Congress legislators likely to play truant |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana proponents have criticized the alleged anti-Telangana behaviour of Governor [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?707906 |title=AP Gov Dubbed As 'Anti-Telangana', Recall Sought |publisher=News.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> TRS MLAs had heated arguments and gheraoed [[Lok Satta Party|Lok Satta]] MLA [[Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta)|Jayaprakash Narayan]] who had condemned the attack on the governor. One of them, K Vidyasagar Rao assaulted him first, followed by blows by the driver of another TRS MLA E Rajender who justified the attack.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/JP-deserved-attack-says-TRS-MLA/articleshow/7518703.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=JP deserved attack, says TRS MLA}}</ref> TRS later denied they attacked him but questioned his respect for Telangana sentiments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/topic/trs-denies-attacking-lok-satta-party-chief/248962.html |title=TRS denies attacking Lok Satta Party chief |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 18 five MLAs were suspended for unruly behavior and for manhandling the governor. Deputy Speaker N Manohar termed this as shameful for democracy.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/trs-tdp-legislators-suspended-for-hooliganism/articleshow/7524983.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=TRS & TDP legislators suspended for hooliganism}}</ref> In the first two days of the non-cooperation movement, the government lost {{Indian Rupees}}15 billion in revenue.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 19, 2011 DC Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/rs-1500-cr-loss-state-tjac-stir-013 |title=Rs 1,500-cr loss for state in TJAC stir |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date=2011-02-19 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 19, Telangana protesters burnt down five buses and set fire to police tents in and around the [[Osmania University]] campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_fresh-violence-erupts-at-osmania-university-campus_1510042 |title=Fresh violence erupts at Osmania University campus - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-19 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/19/stories/2011021964140500.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=4 buses burnt, tension in OU | date=2011-02-19}}</ref> On February 21 a march of Telangana students and lawyers to Assembly turned violent when they were blocked by security forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Rampaging-students-run-riot/articleshow/7543724.cms |title=Rampaging students run riot |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Telangana-protests-rock-Andhra-House--Osmania/752976/ |title=Telangana protests rock Andhra House, Osmania |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  The police commissioner warned television channels against telecasting violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/telangana-issue-police-warn-channels-against-telecasting-violence-news-national-lcvuEibbahd.html |title=Telangana issue: Police warn channels against telecasting violence |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana cable operators blocked out TV news channels owned by Seema-Andhra industrialists because of their alleged 'anti-Telangana' stand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TNN0d-channtimCable-operators-black-out-Andhra-news-channels/articleshow/7542975.cms |title=Cable operators black out Andhra news channels |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The Telangana JAC called for the shutdown of all services, except emergency services, in Telangana for 48 hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TRS-aims-to-bring-Telangana-region-to-a-halt/articleshow/7542968.cms |title=Telangana political JAC aims to bring Telangana region to a halt for 48 hours |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Contrary to the JAC's call for a peaceful non-cooperation movement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Telangana-political-JAC-to-launch-non-cooperation-movement/Article1-659196.aspx |title=Telangana political JAC to launch "non-cooperation movement" |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2011-02-06 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> TRS leaders and activists attacked APTransco billing counters in [[Karimnagar]] town and pulled down tent of CPI(M) activists who were protesting on civic issues at the municipal office in [[Warangal]].<ref>{{cite web|author=February 25, 2011 DC Warangal/Karimangar |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/trs-goes-rampage-581 |title=TRS goes on a rampage |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 22 and 23, the Telangana strike shut down the entire Telangana region. Educational institutions, private and public offices, commercial establishments, industrial areas, private and public transport, and outpatient services in hospitals were closed as unions, organizations, and individuals actively participated in the strike by having rallies, hunger strikes, community meals on roads, and other protests. The strike was mostly peaceful barring a few incidents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/23/stories/2011022359510100.htm |title=Life comes to standstill in Telangana ; All services shut; bandh called by TJAC largely peaceful |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fullhyderabad.com/hyderabad-news/telangana-bandh-day-2-transport-modes-shut-normal-life-paralysed-3668 |title=Telangana Bandh Paralyses Life |publisher=Fullhyderabad.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The state government continued to lose Rs 8 billion per day in revenue due to the non-cooperation movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-telangana-fury-is-costing-ap-rs-800-cr-a-day/20110224.htm |title=Telangana fury is costing AP Rs 800 cr a day ; 2.8 lakh employees are on a strike ; Situation is the same in hospitals, schools, colleges... ; 'The state will witness a financial emergency if...';Pressure to be built up on Congress, TDP MLAs |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+Legislative Assembly proceedings were disrupted by Telangana legislators on the first day of the  budget session, as the [[Governor of India|Governor's]] address to the assembly did not include the Telangana issue.<ref>{{cite news|author=TNN | Feb 18, 2011, 01.45AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Governor-gets-taste-of-T-fury-in-assembly/articleshow/7518690.cms |title=Governor gets taste of T fury in assembly |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> 22 MLAs and six MLCs from Congress boycotted the first day of the Assembly session.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-Congress-legislators-likely-to-play-truant/articleshow/7511676.cms |title=Telangana Congress legislators likely to play truant |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana proponents have criticized the alleged anti-Telangana behaviour of Governor [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?707906 |title=AP Gov Dubbed As 'Anti-Telangana', Recall Sought |publisher=News.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> TRS MLAs had heated arguments and gheraoed [[Lok Satta Party|Lok Satta]] MLA [[Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta)|Jayaprakash Narayan]] who had condemned the attack on the governor. One of them, K Vidyasagar Rao assaulted him first, followed by blows by the driver of another TRS MLA E Rajender who justified the attack.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/JP-deserved-attack-says-TRS-MLA/articleshow/7518703.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=JP deserved attack, says TRS MLA}}</ref> TRS later denied they attacked him but questioned his respect for Telangana sentiments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/topic/trs-denies-attacking-lok-satta-party-chief/248962.html |title=TRS denies attacking Lok Satta Party chief |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 18 five MLAs were suspended for unruly behavior and for manhandling the governor. Deputy Speaker N Manohar termed this as shameful for democracy.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/trs-tdp-legislators-suspended-for-hooliganism/articleshow/7524983.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=TRS & TDP legislators suspended for hooliganism}}</ref>
-On February 22, at Ellapur railway station in Hasanparty mandal, trains were stranded for an hour after  pro-Telangana agitators removed hook locks from the rail tracks. Pro-Telangana activists halted the Delhi-bound AP Express at Kazipet railway station for 15 minutes on the same day. Before the train reached Kazipet, a few students rained stones on the AP Express at Ellapur in Hasanparty mandal.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 23, 2011 DC WARANGAL |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/sporadic-incidents-mar-bandh-035 |title=Sporadic incidents mar bandh |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> As many as 114 cases were booked under Section 151 of the [[Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (India)|CrPc]] and 1,978 persons were taken into custody.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 23, 2011 DC Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/cops-students-have-pitched-battles-ou-099 |title=Cops, students have pitched battles in OU |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Pro-Telangana students and lawyers ransacked the MMTS station on Necklace road and the reservation office was set afire. A car showroom was ransacked at Habsiguda and an attempt was made to burn a train at Jamia Osmania station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-feels-telangana-heat/250324.html |title=Hyderabad feels Telangana heat &#124; Osmania &#124; &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/telanga-students-ransack-mmts-station/250181.html |title=Telanga students ransack MMTS station &#124; MMTS &#124; Necklace road &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 23 pro-Telangana protesters set one bogie of the Kazipet-Manguru passenger on fire near Kesamudram railway station in Karimnagar district.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 24, 2011 DC WARANGAL |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/t-agitators-burn-train-coach-kesamudram-311 |title=T agitators burn train coach at Kesamudram |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Three buses of a private engineering college parked near Habsiguda were set ablaze by suspected Telangana activists on February 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/3-private-college-buses-burnt-at-habsiguda/251096.html |title=3 private college buses burnt at Habsiguda &#124; Habsiguda &#124; private college &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana universities, especially Osmania University, have had a heavy police presence since December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/08/stories/2009120855971100.htm |title=Agitators, police clash at Osmania university |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2009-12-08 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  Telangana political JAC chairman [[M. Kodandaram|Professor Kodandaram]] alleged that police from Seema-Andhra region were very brutal towards Telangana students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_telangana-issue-police-baton-charge-osmania-university-students_1348292 |title=Telangana issue: Police baton-charge Osmania University students |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-02-15 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The refusal of the police to allow students to organize rallies provoked pitched battles between police and students, and arrests of students, which leads to more protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_tension-in-ou-after-cane-charge-on-pro-telangana-students_1511915 |title=Tension in OU after cane-charge on pro-Telangana students |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Police behaviour was criticized by human rights activists and by the High Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bombaynews.net/story/603051 |title=Court pulls up police for Osmania University incidents |publisher=Bombaynews.net |date=2010-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 21 students hurled stones at the security personnel at Adikmet and Nizam Collage hostel at Basheerbagh area, forcing the police to use tear gas shells to disperse them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_telangana-student-rally-turns-violent_1510978 |title=Telangana student rally turns violent - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Policemen reported that Osmania University students protesting for Telangana have used petrol bombs to target police personnel on duty at the campus.<ref>http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/security-men-face-uphill-task-choke-on-tear-gas/250797.html</ref> Suicides continue to be a form of protests by Telanganites, despite appeals by various leaders, parties, and  organizations to stop.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Lensman-attempts-suicide/articleshow/7536272.cms |title=Lensman attempts suicide |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/trs-denies-attacking-lok-satta-party-chief/581194.html |title=TRS denies attacking Lok Satta Party chief |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/16/stories/2011021656740900.htm |title=Youth attempts suicide for Telangana |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-16 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_student-commits-suicide-for-telangana-osmania-univ-tense_1416864 |title=Student commits suicide for Telangana, Osmania Univ tense |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/01/stories/2010080162250400.htm |title=Do not resort to suicide, students told |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2010-08-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=PTI |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article111983.ece |title=Assembly asks Telangana activists not to resort to suicides |publisher=Beta.thehindu.com |date=2010-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKY8Fq2USnI&feature=related |title=Telangana agitation Student attempts self-immolation (video). Viewer discretion needed |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2010-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNw4-Ubgzz8&feature=related |title=A student Self Immolation Attempt - Times now news clipping |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2010-02-20 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana parliament members belonging to the ruling party protested in Parliament on February 22 for Telangana not being mentioned in the government agenda.<ref>{{cite news|author=J. Balaji |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1478342.ece |title=Telangana Congress MPs disrupt President's address |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> They threatened to immolate themselves on Parliament premises if Telangana state is not created<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/congress-telangana-mps-threaten-to-immolate-themselves/articleshow/7559075.cms |title=Congress Telangana MPs threaten to immolate themselves |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 23, proceedings in [[Lok Sabha]] were paralyzed when opposition parties joined Telangana MPs in protests. Twelve Telangana MLAs were suspended on February 23;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/12-Telangana-legislators-suspended-from-AP-assembly/Article1-665773.aspx |title=12 Telangana legislators suspended from AP assembly |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  On February 24,  fifteen members of the ruling party from Telangana joined the protests.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/26/stories/2011022657500100.htm |title=State left red-faced by Congress MLAs in Assembly |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-26 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> [[Sushma Swaraj]], leader of the opposition in Parliament (Lok Sabha) and [[BJP]] leader, said "it was rare that eleven members from the ruling Congress wanted a discussion and they were being silenced... The Telangana issue can be resolved immediately if the Prime Minister simply announces in the House that a Bill supporting the creation of Telangana would be brought in this session itself. I promise you that our party, BJP and [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|our allies]] will support such bill."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/02/23/00011209/telangana-protests-disrupt-lok-sabha-lead-suspension-mlas-assembly |title=Telangana: Protests disrupt Lok Sabha |publisher=Netindian.in |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuGWPV4gzI%20Sushma%20Swaraj's%20speech%20in%20Lok%20Sabha%20suppoting%20Telangana |title=Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj's speech in Lok Sabha supporting Telangana |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/newdebate/15/7/23022011/11To12am.pdf |title=Parliament(Lok Sabha) proceedings for Feb 23, 2011 at 11:30am(page 901) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
-[[Asaduddin Owaisi]],  president of [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|MIM]] party, remarked that his party will not allow or want Hyderabad to be made a [[Union Territory]]. He said that if Telangana is created, then Hyderabad has to be a part of it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/newdebate/15/7/23022011/6To7pm.pdf |title=MIM's Owaisi says no to Hyderabad as Union territory in Lok Sabha debate on February 23, 2011 at 18:49 archives at http://loksabha.nic.in (in page 1626) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 24, Telangana political JAC declared that the non-cooperation movement will continue until Telangana state is achieved. Their plans included rallies over the weekend, a rail blockade on March 1, and [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egypt-like mass protests]] in Hyderabad. They hoped to mobilize five million people from throughout Telangana in the second week of March.<ref name="ibnlive.in.com">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-egyptlike-protests-in-hyderabad/144347-3.html |title=Telangana: Egypt-like protests in Hyderabad? |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref name="T-JAC, TRS plan 'Chalo Hyderabad'">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/T-JAC-TRS-plan-Chalo-Hyderabad/articleshow/7566256.cms |title=T-JAC, TRS plan 'Chalo Hyderabad' |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref name="gulfnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/telangana-activists-plan-hyderabad-siege-1.767773 |title=Telangana activists plan Hyderabad siege |publisher=Gulfnews.com |date=2011-02-26 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The police department is one of the departments which is not participating the non-cooperation movement. On February 24, employees of the office of the [[Medak district]] police superintendent joined the movement. The state police chief clarified that the protesting employees were office staff, not policemen. There are reports that policemen are contemplating joining the agitation.<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/320114/Police-officers-staff-joins-Telangana-protests.html Police officer's staff joins Telangana protests]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> On March 1 a train blockade by pro-Telangana protesters, with a theme of "villages on railway tracks", paralyzed train services throughout Telangana. Protestors cooked and played sports; and students held essay competitions on the railway tracks. Travel was difficult because the railways are the primary mode of transportation in India for long-distance travellers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/131198/india/telangana-rail-roko-agitation-paralyses-train-services.html |title=Telangana 'rail roko' agitation paralyses train services |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=PTI |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1500229.ece |title=Telangana protests throw train services off track |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Our Bureau |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1501129.ece?homepage=true |title=Telangana stir throws rail traffic out of gear in AP |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/telangana-rail-roko-hits-aam-aadmi-hard/252525.html |title=Telangana 'rail roko' hits aam aadmi hard |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-03-02 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On March 2, Pro-Telangana activists disrupted a film shooting by burning down the set.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article1503286.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Telangana activists disrupt film shooting | date=2011-03-02}}</ref> 99 out of 119 legislators from Telangana, including those from ruling party, boycotted Assembly proceedings. Of remaining the legislators, 16 are ministers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/pro-telangana-mlas-to-boycott-ap-assembly-budget-session-news-national-ldcwaciifed.html |title=Pro-Telangana MLAs to boycott AP Assembly budget session |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-03-02 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-MLAs-to-boycott-assembly/articleshow/7614412.cms |title=Telangana MLAs to boycott assembly |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> BJP, CPI, and MIM legislators remained in the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713678 |title=Pro-Telangana MLAs to Boycott AP Budget Session |publisher=news.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Congress legislators from Telangana ended their boycott on 14 March, citing their responsibility to see the state budget passed.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1537080.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Telangana Cong MLAs end boycott of AP House | date=2011-03-14}}</ref> On March 3 Parliament proceedings were disrupted whole day due to protests by Telangana MPs with the support of BJP members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/04/stories/2011030455490900.htm |title=Telangana issue disrupts Parliament proceedings |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana Congress MPs who met with their senior leaders to discuss the Telangana issue were asked to wait.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713807 |title=Pranab, Moily Meet Telangana Congress MPs |publisher=News.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The next day, Congress MPs from Telangana appeared in the Lok Sabha with black bands around their mouths to indicate that there was a gag order by their party leadership. Their refusal to remove those black bands caused the speaker to adjourn the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/congress-telangana-mps-sport-black-bands-lok-sabha |title=Congress' Telangana MPs sport black bands in Lok Sabha |publisher=Siasat.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On March 3 Telangana employees said they will not call off their agitation unless there is a firm assurance from the Centre on formation of separate Telangana state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/telangana-staff-in-no-mood-to-call-off-agitation/253241.html |title=Telangana staff in no mood to call off agitation &#124; Telangana &#124; &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The next day, the state government gave a written assurance to employees to press the Centre for deletion of clause 14 (f) from the Presidential Order, removing free zone status to Hyderabad, and set up judicial commission to ensure strict enforcement of GO 610. The state gave assurances that employees will be permitted a delegation to the Prime Minister to request the division of the state.<ref>{{cite web|author=March 5, 2011 DC Correspondent Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/t-men-cooperate-681 |title=T men to cooperate |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-03-05 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=March 5, 2011 DC Correspondent Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/ap-t-staff-sign-accord-694 |title=AP, T-staff sign accord |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-03-05 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Employees union said they will resume the non-cooperation movement after students exams are over in April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/telangana-employees-to-launch-indefinite-strike-in-april/599837.html |title=Telangana employees to launch indefinite strike in April |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> It is reported that Congress party's central leadership told Telangana MPs that it will take a decision on Telangana after assembly elections in several states in May.<ref>{{cite web|author=March 7, 2011 DC NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/kcr-centre-misleading-mps-t-221 |title=KCR: Centre misleading MPs from T |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date=2011-03-07 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+In the first two days of the non-cooperation movement, the government lost {{Indian Rupees}}15 billion in revenue.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 19, 2011 DC Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/rs-1500-cr-loss-state-tjac-stir-013 |title=Rs 1,500-cr loss for state in TJAC stir |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date=2011-02-19 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 19, Telangana protesters burnt down five buses and set fire to police tents in and around the [[Osmania University]] campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_fresh-violence-erupts-at-osmania-university-campus_1510042 |title=Fresh violence erupts at Osmania University campus - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-19 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/19/stories/2011021964140500.htm | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=4 buses burnt, tension in OU | date=2011-02-19}}</ref> On February 21 a march of Telangana students and lawyers to Assembly turned violent when they were blocked by security forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Rampaging-students-run-riot/articleshow/7543724.cms |title=Rampaging students run riot |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Telangana-protests-rock-Andhra-House--Osmania/752976/ |title=Telangana protests rock Andhra House, Osmania |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  The police commissioner warned television channels against telecasting violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/telangana-issue-police-warn-channels-against-telecasting-violence-news-national-lcvuEibbahd.html |title=Telangana issue: Police warn channels against telecasting violence |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Telangana cable operators blocked out TV news channels owned by Seema-Andhra industrialists because of their alleged 'anti-Telangana' stand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TNN0d-channtimCable-operators-black-out-Andhra-news-channels/articleshow/7542975.cms |title=Cable operators black out Andhra news channels |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The Telangana JAC called for the shutdown of all services, except emergency services, in Telangana for 48 hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TRS-aims-to-bring-Telangana-region-to-a-halt/articleshow/7542968.cms |title=Telangana political JAC aims to bring Telangana region to a halt for 48 hours |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Contrary to the JAC's call for a peaceful non-cooperation movement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Telangana-political-JAC-to-launch-non-cooperation-movement/Article1-659196.aspx |title=Telangana political JAC to launch "non-cooperation movement" |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2011-02-06 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> TRS leaders and activists attacked APTransco billing counters in [[Karimnagar]] town and pulled down tent of CPI(M) activists who were protesting on civic issues at the municipal office in [[Warangal]].<ref>{{cite web|author=February 25, 2011 DC Warangal/Karimangar |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/trs-goes-rampage-581 |title=TRS goes on a rampage |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 22 and 23, the Telangana strike shut down the entire Telangana region. Educational institutions, private and public offices, commercial establishments, industrial areas, private and public transport, and outpatient services in hospitals were closed as unions, organizations, and individuals actively participated in the strike by having rallies, hunger strikes, community meals on roads, and other protests. The strike was mostly peaceful barring a few incidents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/23/stories/2011022359510100.htm |title=Life comes to standstill in Telangana ; All services shut; bandh called by TJAC largely peaceful |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fullhyderabad.com/hyderabad-news/telangana-bandh-day-2-transport-modes-shut-normal-life-paralysed-3668 |title=Telangana Bandh Paralyses Life |publisher=Fullhyderabad.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The state government continued to lose Rs 8 billion per day in revenue due to the non-cooperation movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-telangana-fury-is-costing-ap-rs-800-cr-a-day/20110224.htm |title=Telangana fury is costing AP Rs 800 cr a day ; 2.8 lakh employees are on a strike ; Situation is the same in hospitals, schools, colleges... ; 'The state will witness a financial emergency if...';Pressure to be built up on Congress, TDP MLAs |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+On February 22, at Ellapur railway station in Hasanparty mandal, trains were stranded for an hour after  pro-Telangana agitators removed hook locks from the rail tracks. Pro-Telangana activists halted the Delhi-bound AP Express at Kazipet railway station for 15 minutes on the same day. Before the train reached Kazipet, a few students rained stones on the AP Express at Ellapur in Hasanparty mandal.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 23, 2011 DC WARANGAL |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/sporadic-incidents-mar-bandh-035 |title=Sporadic incidents mar bandh |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> As many as 114 cases were booked under Section 151 of the [[Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (India)|CrPc]] and 1,978 persons were taken into custody.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 23, 2011 DC Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/cops-students-have-pitched-battles-ou-099 |title=Cops, students have pitched battles in OU |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Pro-Telangana students and lawyers ransacked the MMTS station on Necklace road and the reservation office was set afire. A car showroom was ransacked at Habsiguda and an attempt was made to burn a train at Jamia Osmania station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/hyderabad-feels-telangana-heat/250324.html |title=Hyderabad feels Telangana heat &#124; Osmania &#124; &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/telanga-students-ransack-mmts-station/250181.html |title=Telanga students ransack MMTS station &#124; MMTS &#124; Necklace road &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 23 pro-Telangana protesters set one bogie of the Kazipet-Manguru passenger on fire near Kesamudram railway station in Karimnagar district.<ref>{{cite web|author=February 24, 2011 DC WARANGAL |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/karimnagar/t-agitators-burn-train-coach-kesamudram-311 |title=T agitators burn train coach at Kesamudram |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Three buses of a private engineering college parked near Habsiguda were set ablaze by suspected Telangana activists on February 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/3-private-college-buses-burnt-at-habsiguda/251096.html |title=3 private college buses burnt at Habsiguda &#124; Habsiguda &#124; private college &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+Telangana universities, especially Osmania University, have had a heavy police presence since December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/08/stories/2009120855971100.htm |title=Agitators, police clash at Osmania university |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2009-12-08 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  Telangana political JAC chairman [[M. Kodandaram|Professor Kodandaram]] alleged that police from Seema-Andhra region were very brutal towards Telangana students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_telangana-issue-police-baton-charge-osmania-university-students_1348292 |title=Telangana issue: Police baton-charge Osmania University students |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-02-15 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The refusal of the police to allow students to organize rallies provoked pitched battles between police and students, and arrests of students, which leads to more protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_tension-in-ou-after-cane-charge-on-pro-telangana-students_1511915 |title=Tension in OU after cane-charge on pro-Telangana students |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Police behaviour was criticized by human rights activists and by the High Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bombaynews.net/story/603051 |title=Court pulls up police for Osmania University incidents |publisher=Bombaynews.net |date=2010-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 21 students hurled stones at the security personnel at Adikmet and Nizam Collage hostel at Basheerbagh area, forcing the police to use tear gas shells to disperse them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_telangana-student-rally-turns-violent_1510978 |title=Telangana student rally turns violent - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Policemen reported that Osmania University students protesting for Telangana have used petrol bombs to target police personnel on duty at the campus.<ref>http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/security-men-face-uphill-task-choke-on-tear-gas/250797.html</ref> Suicides continue to be a form of protests by Telanganites, despite appeals by various leaders, parties, and  organizations to stop.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Lensman-attempts-suicide/articleshow/7536272.cms |title=Lensman attempts suicide |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-21 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/trs-denies-attacking-lok-satta-party-chief/581194.html |title=TRS denies attacking Lok Satta Party chief |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/16/stories/2011021656740900.htm |title=Youth attempts suicide for Telangana |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-16 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_student-commits-suicide-for-telangana-osmania-univ-tense_1416864 |title=Student commits suicide for Telangana, Osmania Univ tense |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/01/stories/2010080162250400.htm |title=Do not resort to suicide, students told |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2010-08-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=PTI |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article111983.ece |title=Assembly asks Telangana activists not to resort to suicides |publisher=Beta.thehindu.com |date=2010-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKY8Fq2USnI&feature=related |title=Telangana agitation Student attempts self-immolation (video). Viewer discretion needed |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2010-02-24 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNw4-Ubgzz8&feature=related |title=A student Self Immolation Attempt - Times now news clipping |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2010-02-20 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+Telangana parliament members belonging to the ruling party protested in Parliament on February 22 for Telangana not being mentioned in the government agenda.<ref>{{cite news|author=J. Balaji |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1478342.ece |title=Telangana Congress MPs disrupt President's address |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> They threatened to immolate themselves on Parliament premises if Telangana state is not created<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/congress-telangana-mps-threaten-to-immolate-themselves/articleshow/7559075.cms |title=Congress Telangana MPs threaten to immolate themselves |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On February 23, proceedings in [[Lok Sabha]] were paralyzed when opposition parties joined Telangana MPs in protests. Twelve Telangana MLAs were suspended on February 23;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/12-Telangana-legislators-suspended-from-AP-assembly/Article1-665773.aspx |title=12 Telangana legislators suspended from AP assembly |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>  On February 24,  fifteen members of the ruling party from Telangana joined the protests.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/26/stories/2011022657500100.htm |title=State left red-faced by Congress MLAs in Assembly |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-02-26 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> [[Sushma Swaraj]], leader of the opposition in Parliament (Lok Sabha) and [[BJP]] leader, said "it was rare that eleven members from the ruling Congress wanted a discussion and they were being silenced... The Telangana issue can be resolved immediately if the Prime Minister simply announces in the House that a Bill supporting the creation of Telangana would be brought in this session itself. I promise you that our party, BJP and [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|our allies]] will support such bill."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/02/23/00011209/telangana-protests-disrupt-lok-sabha-lead-suspension-mlas-assembly |title=Telangana: Protests disrupt Lok Sabha |publisher=Netindian.in |date=2011-02-23 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuGWPV4gzI%20Sushma%20Swaraj's%20speech%20in%20Lok%20Sabha%20suppoting%20Telangana |title=Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj's speech in Lok Sabha supporting Telangana |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/newdebate/15/7/23022011/11To12am.pdf |title=Parliament(Lok Sabha) proceedings for Feb 23, 2011 at 11:30am(page 901) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> [[Asaduddin Owaisi]],  president of [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|MIM]] party, remarked that his party will not allow or want Hyderabad to be made a [[Union Territory]]. He said that if Telangana is created, then Hyderabad has to be a part of it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/newdebate/15/7/23022011/6To7pm.pdf |title=MIM's Owaisi says no to Hyderabad as Union territory in Lok Sabha debate on February 23, 2011 at 18:49 archives at http://loksabha.nic.in (in page 1626) |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
+On February 24, Telangana political JAC declared that the non-cooperation movement will continue until Telangana state is achieved. Their plans included rallies over the weekend, a rail blockade on March 1, and [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egypt-like mass protests]] in Hyderabad. They hoped to mobilize five million people from throughout Telangana in the second week of March.<ref name="ibnlive.in.com">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telangana-egyptlike-protests-in-hyderabad/144347-3.html |title=Telangana: Egypt-like protests in Hyderabad? |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref name="T-JAC, TRS plan 'Chalo Hyderabad'">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/T-JAC-TRS-plan-Chalo-Hyderabad/articleshow/7566256.cms |title=T-JAC, TRS plan 'Chalo Hyderabad' |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-25 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref name="gulfnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/telangana-activists-plan-hyderabad-siege-1.767773 |title=Telangana activists plan Hyderabad siege |publisher=Gulfnews.com |date=2011-02-26 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The police department is one of the departments which is not participating the non-cooperation movement. Employees of the office of the [[Medak district]] police superintendent joined the movement. The state police chief clarified that the protesting employees were office staff, not policemen. There are reports that policemen are contemplating joining the agitation.<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/320114/Police-officers-staff-joins-Telangana-protests.html Police officer's staff joins Telangana protests]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> On March 1 a train blockade by pro-Telangana protesters, with a theme of "villages on railway tracks", paralyzed train services throughout Telangana. Protestors cooked and played sports; and students held essay competitions on the railway tracks. Travel was difficult because the railways are the primary mode of transportation in India for long-distance travellers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/131198/india/telangana-rail-roko-agitation-paralyses-train-services.html |title=Telangana 'rail roko' agitation paralyses train services |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=PTI |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1500229.ece |title=Telangana protests throw train services off track |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2011-03-01 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Our Bureau |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1501129.ece?homepage=true |title=Telangana stir throws rail traffic out of gear in AP |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/telangana-rail-roko-hits-aam-aadmi-hard/252525.html |title=Telangana 'rail roko' hits aam aadmi hard |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-03-02 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On March 2, Pro-Telangana activists disrupted a film shooting by burning down the set.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article1503286.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Telangana activists disrupt film shooting | date=2011-03-02}}</ref>
+out of 119 legislators from Telangana, including those from ruling party, boycotted Assembly proceedings. Of remaining the legislators, 16 are ministers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/pro-telangana-mlas-to-boycott-ap-assembly-budget-session-news-national-ldcwaciifed.html |title=Pro-Telangana MLAs to boycott AP Assembly budget session |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-03-02 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-MLAs-to-boycott-assembly/articleshow/7614412.cms |title=Telangana MLAs to boycott assembly |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> BJP, CPI, and MIM legislators remained in the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713678 |title=Pro-Telangana MLAs to Boycott AP Budget Session |publisher=news.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Congress legislators from Telangana ended their boycott on 14 March, citing their responsibility to see the state budget passed.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article1537080.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Telangana Cong MLAs end boycott of AP House | date=2011-03-14}}</ref> On March 3 Parliament proceedings were disrupted whole day due to protests by Telangana MPs with the support of BJP members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/04/stories/2011030455490900.htm |title=Telangana issue disrupts Parliament proceedings |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Next day, Congress MPs from Telangana who were requested by party incharges to wait<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713807 |title=Pranab, Moily Meet Telangana Congress MPs |publisher=News.outlookindia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> appeared in the Lok Sabha with black bands around their mouths to indicate that there was a gag order by their party leadership. Their refusal to remove those black bands caused the speaker to adjourn the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/congress-telangana-mps-sport-black-bands-lok-sabha |title=Congress' Telangana MPs sport black bands in Lok Sabha |publisher=Siasat.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> On March 3 Telangana employees said they will not call off their agitation unless there is a firm assurance from the Centre on formation of separate Telangana state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/telangana-staff-in-no-mood-to-call-off-agitation/253241.html |title=Telangana staff in no mood to call off agitation &#124; Telangana &#124; &#124; The New Indian Express |publisher=Expressbuzz.com |date=2011-03-04 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The next day, the state government gave a written assurance to employees to press the Centre for deletion of clause 14 (f) from the Presidential Order, removing free zone status to Hyderabad, and set up judicial commission to ensure strict enforcement of GO 610. The state gave assurances that employees will be permitted a delegation to the Prime Minister to request the division of the state.<ref>{{cite web|author=March 5, 2011 DC Correspondent Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/t-men-cooperate-681 |title=T men to cooperate |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-03-05 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=March 5, 2011 DC Correspondent Hyderabad |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/ap-t-staff-sign-accord-694 |title=AP, T-staff sign accord |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2011-03-05 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> Employees union said they will resume the non-cooperation movement after students exams are over in April.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/telangana-employees-to-launch-indefinite-strike-in-april/599837.html |title=Telangana employees to launch indefinite strike in April |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> It is reported that Congress party's central leadership told Telangana MPs that it will take a decision on Telangana after assembly elections in several states in May.<ref>{{cite web|author=March 7, 2011 DC NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/kcr-centre-misleading-mps-t-221 |title=KCR: Centre misleading MPs from T |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date=2011-03-07 |accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref>
 ==Million March 2011==

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