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Ph.D. Research Scholar, Dept. Of Political Science, Osmania University, . Employees Union conducted hundreds of meetings and seminars from its formation all over Telangana. TEU involved Telangana employees and non- employees in the movement. It also pressurized the government to implement 610 G.O. It also helped all the other Telangana people’s organizations and political parties. As there was no other way for the Government, it appointed Girglani commission to implement G.O. 610. The government employees did not give proper information to this committee; TEU alone gathered information and handed over to Girglani commission. employees’ organization, employment, memorandum sector, even after number of promises by central-state governments, G.O.s etc. Because of the above and to counter the One of the main reasons for the rise of injustice, violations being done to the Telangana movement is the continuing people of Telangana in employment injustice being done to the Telangana sector, various Telangana organizations region in employment sector. During the and committees have been formed. The formation of united Andhra, the people of Telangana employees’ organization Telangana region were assured of submitted memorandum to central-state promised jobs in employment sector. governments on number of occasions However, justice has not been done requesting for justice to Telangana people according to the promises done to the but all in vain. Therefore, if unless and Telangana region. Those promises were until separate Telangana state is formed, violated during those times itself. In the justice will not be done to Telangana result, today employment organizations people, these organizations joined the are playing an important role in the movement. The details of these movement for separate Telangana started organizations are as follows: in the year 1969. By seeing the intense force of movement, the central-state 1 government brought out G.O. 36, eight The important position that occupies in point and five point schemes so that Telangana movement’s history is TNU. justice is done to the Telangana people in TNU was formed in 1946 during employment sector. However, within few Hyderabad state (Nizam rule) with the days itself, six point scheme was name Mulazim Union. Sri Abdul Gaffar implemented instead of eight and five Hussain was the first president of this point schemes. In the six point schemes, union. The seventh Nizam, Mir Osman the regional reservations were widely Ali Khan approved this union through his violated. Justice has not been done to the Farmaan. Hyderabad state was under people of Telangana in employment military rule for 4 years after it merged International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected] into Indian union. During military rule, This way TNU has been playing a TNGOs union protested against the historical role against the injustice done employment to non-locals, which was in employment sector to the people of against the Mulki rule. TNU strongly Telangana region. A. Krishna Reddy as believes that after the formation of president leaded the TNU from 2002- Andhra state discrimination was done in 2005, D. Sudhakar followed him. At employment sector to the people of present, K. Swami Goud is leading TNU. Telangana region. To oppose this discrimination, Mulazim union was changed to Telangana Non-Guzetted Telangana employees Union was formed Officers union in 1967. TNGOs union on 25 July 2001, by the gazetted and non- played a historical role under the gazetted employees with the aim of leadership of Sri K.P. Amos, bringing to the peoples knowledge, the Swaminathan during the 1969 Separate injustice being done continuously to the Telangana movement. Telangana region in employment sector and to make the government and people Supreme Court in its historical judgment know about the discrimination and the in 1972 declared that Mulki rules are violation of presidential orders. under the purview of constitution itself. Telangana Employees Union was formed On this judgment of Supreme Court, with the efforts of C. Vithal, Sri Sridhar Andhras started Jai Andhra movement. Rao Deshpande, Padmachari, Gopal Because of this movement, the state- Reddy, Praveen Kumar Goud, Ramulu, central governments brought out six- Abdul Azeez, Satish, B. Janardhan and point scheme by replacing Mulki rules. others. C. Vithal was elected as president. To implement these six-point schemes, Before the formation of this union, there Presidential orders were passed through was a feeling among the Telangana the 32nd constitutional amendment. employees in employment sector as if Even the Presidential orders were employment opportunity does not exist violated and thousands of jobs were given for them. to non-locals. TNU protested even against this. TNU submitted Telangana Employees Union conducted memorandum to NTR government on 5 hundreds of meetings and seminars from December 1985 under the presidentship its formation all over Telangana. TEU of B.Swaminathan, on this NTR involved Telangana employees and non- government appointed Jayabharath employees in the movement. It also Reddy commission. Jayabharath Reddy pressurized the government to Commission stated that from 1975 (from implement 610 G.O. It also helped all the implementation of Presidential orders) to other Telangana people’s organizations 1985, 58,962 non- telangana employees and political parties. As there was no were appointed in 5th and 6th zones of other way for the Government, it Telangana against the presidential appointed Girglani commission to orders. implement G.O. 610. The government employees did not give proper Based on the report of Jayabharat Reddy information to this committee; TEU commission, the then NTR government alone gathered information and handed issued G.O. 610 to correct the injustice over to Girglani commission. Finally, done to the people of Telangana region. International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected]

Girglani commission submitted its report held round table conferences, of 750 pages after 3 years of study, with demonstrations on 15th Novemebr 2006. clear recommendations making the TEU held seminar with the tilte, allegations of TEU true, in September ‘Implementation of 610 GO under Y.S. 2004. rule’. The speakers in the seminar were C.Vithal, prof. Kodandram, Harish rao The government put aside the report of who spoke about the game played by Y.S. Girglani commission within 5 months of government on the name of G.O. 610 its submission. TEU along with other implementation. This way the TEU built organizations held meetings, seminars, pressure on the government. At last, and demonstrations demanding to because of people’s anger government circulate this report. Political parties also scrapped the G.O.s 72, 399, 415 that were helped in the efforts of TEU. Under against the G.O. 610. unavoidable circumstances, the government presented the Griglani TEU is releasing Telangana diary from report in state assembly and gave the year 2004 onwards. The information permission to discuss in February 2005. related to employment sector and other The forum representatives prepared a sectors of Telangana region was made summary of the Girglani report and known through this diary. In the same distributed to the 107 Assembly members way it also published the information belonging to Telangana. The Forum about the benefits, the government is leaders distributed the report to the gaining from various sectors of people in the meetings through Telangana region. Telangana Employees pamphlets and articles. This union along Union brought representatives of various with Telangana Intellectuals Forum political parties on one stage, on the day distributed 10,000 pamphlets all over of releasing function of diary. This way Telangana. TEU strived to unite the representatives of political parties. The diary released in During 2004 general elections, Congress 2005 beacme a debating issue in state party promised to implement G.O. 610, assembly. In the same manner during the within six months, if it is elected to releasing function of diary in 2008, power. However, after winning the Devender Goud annpounced that Telugu elections, it did not implement G.O.610. Desam party will taske historical decision In march 2006, G.O. 610 was discussed in regarding Telangana. Later changes also the Assembly during Assembly session. In took place in TDP. Like this TEU in an this context, when all the opposition organized way brought stress on political parties protested to implement G.O. 610, parties to bring changes among government agreed and the cabinet themselves by conducting Telangana decided to implement Girglani Diary release function. commission recommendations. Even after this, the government did not implement While TEU on one side worked for G.O.610. At last, government brought out Telangana movement and on the othe G.O.s 72, 399, 415 to almost disintegrate side strived for the establishment of G.O.610. This way government created various Telangana peoples’ organizations. hurdles without implementing G.O.610. In the Telangana debate the candidates During that time, this union along with who participated in elctions, TEU other organizations and political parties campaigned for those candidates to win International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected] the elections. Like this TEU seriously all the means; this was never reported as worked during 2004 general elections, important news on any day in any 2006 Karimnagar by-elections, and 2008 newspaper. In these circumstances, by-elections. TEU is building pressure on Telangana intellectuals wrote various government to form Telangana Public articles about the injustice and loss in Service Commission. In the same various sectors. The articles written by manner, TEU is campaigning to achieve Telangana intellectuals was taken out in 42% jobs in Secretariat and directorates, the book form titled ‘May 31’ edited by corporations, universities, aided Allam Narayan, Kandukuri Ramesh in educational institutions. TEU played an 2001. A long debate took place by important role in maintaining the Telangana intellectuals for the movement alive even though the achievement of Telangana state, through problems were being not solved the book May 31. completely. The government did not solve Telangana journalists meeting was held the problems raised by the TEU. in Basheerbagh press club with 500 Therefore, ‘Quit Telangana’ movement journalists on May 31 2004. To organize was started in 2006. As part of this, a this seminar, the people involved were dharna was held at Indira Park with Allam Narayan, Pittala Srisailam, Kanti 10,000 employees and other Telangana Kiran Reddy, Ramana and others. The people’s organizations. Even at districts speakers of this meeting clarified about level, those kinds of demonstrations were the aim of involving people in achieving held before the collectorates. The people Telangana state. For this ‘Telangana participated in these demonstration are Journalists Forum’ was formed by the Harish, venkatswami, Amos, Nayani Telangana journalists for fighing unitedly Narsimha Reddy, Dattatreya, Vidya under the leadership of Allam Narayana. Sagar Rao. TEU worked tirelessly from TJF is a news organization. Whoever its formation for the achievement of interested in achievement of Telangana separate Telangana state. state can join this organization. TJF held diiferent meetings, seminars in Telangana journalists are playing an different parts of Telangana region to important role from 1969 separate involve journalists in Telangana Telangana movement for achieving movement. District meetings were held in Telangana state. In various districts such as karimnagar, state, all the newpapers are either under adilabad, , Khammam, Medak, the management of Andhra or under the Ranga Reddy, Uppal, Qutubullahpur, anti- Telangana forces. In the same way, Hyderabad, Nalgonda etc. and formed the people of Telangana did not get district committees. TJF works with all proper employment facilities in Media. the other different Telangana The language and dialect of Telangana organizations for the achievement of region has been much sidelined in both Telangana state. cinema and Newspapers. Once again, the separate Telangana movement went into the hands of political leaders after 1996. The teachers formed Telangana Teachers From the day of the formation of united Forum in the year 2003 with the sole aim Andhra, Telangana region faced loses in of separate Telangana and to bring International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected] awareness among people. In this context, 2. Opposing mass deputization two seminars were organized by 3. Struggling against inter-district Telangana teachers at St. Peter’s high transfers in Telangana school (Hyderabad). From then onwards, Telangana teachers held discussions to 4. Bringing to notice the defects in achieve Telangana state. A seminar was implementation of G.O.610 as and held on 20th September 2006 at St. when to the Assembly organization, Peter’s high school by various teachers monitoring sub-organization, and organizations with the help of Telangana officials. teachers such as Koti Reddy, Palle Ravi 5. House committee submitted Kumar, Pasha Yadagiri, Kappura memorandum to government General Prasada Rao, Hanumandlu, Allam Secretary for transferring Telangana Narayana, K. (Deputy E.O.), from 5,6, zone as in the 5(1) of G.O. P. Venkatayya (Retd. Deputy E.O.). 610 Telangana Teachers Forum was formed at this seminar itself, with G. Sridhar 6. TTF played an important role to stop Reddy as Convenor, and Telangana mass deputations Teachers Forum committee was formed 7. A round table conference was held at on the same day. State level meeting was Basheerbagh press club on the topic of held at Hyderabad under this committee Implementation in insulting way of and later Zonal committees were formed G.O. 610. TTF while protesting in Hyderabad district. against the transfers of teachers and jobs of Telangana which is against the spirit of G.O. 610, met speaker and Telangana Teachers Forum meeting was explained him the injustice done to held on 11 November 2006 at Ambedkar Telangana teachers and employment Bhavan (Hyderabad) with the topic as on the name of 610 G.O. and “Teachers role for the formation of submitted memorandum to revise Telangana State”. Another seminar was Mulki rules. held on 11 December 2006 at Kaloji Bhavan (Hyderabad) with the On the 2nd anniversary of formation of representatives of Telangana district TTF, it held 6 days indefinite hunger teachers. In this seminar, a convening strike at Indira Park (Hyderabad) on the committee was formed while describing failure of 6 objectives demanding to the injustice done to Telangana in all transfer Telanganas from 5,6 zones fields of Andhra Pradesh. After this according to 5(1) of 610 G.O. and to district committee, meetings were held revive Mulki rules with 12 demands. TTF and district convening committees were successfully held indefinite hunger strike formed. with the cooperation of all teachers’ organizations, Telangana Employment After the formation of TTF, it intensified organizations, Telangana organizations the struggle against the injustice done to and party leaders. TTF met state chief Telangana region in the employment ministers with the help of TNGO sector. Few among them are: - president D. Sudhakar, STU state 1. Struggling for the implementation of general secretary A. Laxman, TTF G.O. 610 members met CM and explained him that International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected]

Mulki rules should be re-revised, year 2006. Akula Ramesh, Navina Chari, Telanganas should be transferred from Kumaraswamy, Chaitanya, Rajesh 5,6 zones as per 5(1) of 610 G.O., Gundeti, Hakeem, Kavita and others opportunity should be given to clean played an important role in the formation transfers and also submitted of TITF. memorandum with 12 demands. TTF held demonstrations at DEO, DSC, 1. To struggle for separate while involving the wives, husbands of 27 Telangana state. officials working at Secretariat, against the spirit of G.O.610. After that met and 2. To achieve local reservations in explained, the house committee chairman Wipro, Satyam, Hi-tech city etc. Uttam Kumar Reddy and made scrap 112 To achieve above aims and objectives and G.O. through employment secretary. TTF to include IT employees in Telangana submitted memorandum to SCERT movement TITF held many seminars. IT officials to include Telangana language, forum also held cultural programmes as history, and culture in school textbooks. part of Telangana rebuilding. Apart from This way, TTF struggled for the injustice Telangana movement, career guidance done to Telangana teachers. While training camps are also held for IT explaining to the masses the injustices professionals for jobs. In these camps, done to Telangana region in Andhra along with career guidance any one state, TTF struggled for separate Intellectual, writer, and singer also tell Telangana state with the other the candidates about the need and Telangana people’s organizations. importance of Telangana state through organizing a lecture. This forum campaigned for Telangana candidates in The important IT companies of the world the by-elections of 2008. IT forum is a are situated in Hyderabad itself. The member of Telangana Aikya government allotted thousand of crores Karyacharana committee. This way IT worth of Telangana lands to these forum played its role in the struggle for companies. The main reason for this was separate Telangana state. to provide employment to the locals by establishing IT companies in backward areas. However, the employment was not By the year 2008, in some districts of provided to Telangana people even for Telangana region a stage had come where namesake in these IT companies, the there were no government P.G. & Degree spirit of Telangana IT employees did not colleges. On the other side if any of such loose in Telangana movement. Therefore, college exists, there were no basic the need to rebuild their hope and to facilities. The few colleges that existed in involve them in the movement was felt by Telangana region, the non-locals only Prof. Kodandram, Prof. Veneem Pasham were given opportunity of employment. Yadagiri and others that were announced Under these circumstances, the lecturers in the Telangana IT seminar at Arts of this region felt that unless and until College. Taking notice of this the Telangana region is made in to a announcement, Telangana IT employees separate state, the people of this region formed TITF in the same seminar in the will not get education-employment International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected] opportunities. This thought among Dr. Katti Venkatswami as general Telangana lecturers was discussed at secretary, Krishna Raddy, Venkatayya, intermediate spot valuation in June 2007. Satish Reddy, Shankar as joint This debate was raised by Yasin, secretaries. Apart from state level Narsimha Reddy (Tandur), Murali committees, District committees, Manohar (Chevella), Venkat Reddy, Divisional level committees were also Krishna Reddy, Krishna Kumar, formed. Lecturers from government, Venkatayya, Shankar, Srinivas Chary, private, aided, vocational, part-time and Yadayya and others. These people held contract, residential colleges can become tea party. Various themes relating to members of Telangana Lecturers Forum. Education-employment sectors were discussed in this tea party. Decision was taken to hold a seminar with the 1. To protest against the Andhra rule lecturers of government, private and responsible for the backwardness of aided colleges. Telangana and to peacefully strive for the achievement of separate A meeting was held at Basheerbagh press Telangana state. club on 8 July 2007 with the Telangana region college lecturers form government, 2. To strive for the promotion of private and aided. Dr. Katti education in Telangana districts. Venkataswamy, Laxmikanth, Yasin, 3. To struggle against the corporate Narsimha Reddy, Krishna Reddy, education system Krishna Kumar, Murali Manohar and others organized this meeting. The 4. To struggle for the restoration of speakers for this meeting were Prof. government and private educational Jayashankar, Prof. Kodandram, institutions Deshapati Srinivas, C.Vithal, Sridhar 5. To strive for the achievement of Swamy and others. Even though six lecturers rights working in private decades of Telangana movement passed, institutions. still the hopelessness among the students of Inter, Degree and PG students was Within the short period of formation of unable to remove. Therefore to restore Telangana Lecturers Forum, various their confidence, the speakers opined that programmes of Telangana movement to achieve separate Telangana state, were held. Few among them are: there is a need to make the students and a. Telangana awareness meetings were teachers stand in the first row, for which held by TLF to include students and the government, private and aided lecturers in the movement. Even teachers should unite and work together. though there was no base of political At the same meeting, Telangana parties like TRS and NTP in the Lecturers Forum was formed with the places like Tandoor of Ranga Reddy help of lecturers of government, private District, Telangana movement was and aided colleges on 8 July 2007. carried forward by Telangana A state level committee was formed with Lecturers Forum and Telangana 63 members, with Murali Manohar as Intellectual Forum by doing different President, Chandrasekhar, Shabbir Ali, kinds of programmes. Krishna Kumar as vice-presidents and International Journal of Academic Research ISSN: 2348-7666; Vol.4, Issue-11(2), November, 2017 Impact Factor: 6.023; Email: [email protected] b. On 17 September as (Hyderabad Andhra. Considering the proposal of Prof. State) Liberation day and 1 November Kondaram, Telangana meeting was as traitors’ day, TLF conducts various organized on 15 June 2008 at Sundarayya demonstrating programmes Vignana Kendram. The people combiningy with student- lecturers participated in the meeting were Prof. every year. Haragopal, Vithal, Prof. Kodandram, Srinivas Goud (TNGO), Kalvakunta c. Various programmes such as Ramarao, Kadiyam Srihari (TDP), demonstrations, Rasta roko, bandh, Nagesh, Dileep (TRS), Bandaru strikes, Padyatra, round table Dattatreya (BJP), Jhansi, Kamalakar conferences etc are held with various (Congress MLC) and others. In the Telangana organizations for the presence of these people, Telangana achievement of separate Telangana Private Employees Association was state. formed. This way TLF plays an important role in TPSEA state level committee was formed bringing students and lecturers in with Satyam Madhu as president, D. Telangana movement. Anjan Kiran as Vice-president, Giridhar Ram as Spokes person, Srinivas Goud as Treasurer, akula Ramesh as general secretary, Kalwa Kunta Rama Rao as Because of Globalization, privatization Chariman, guest president Vithal, and Liberalization, the employment Sridhar Rao Deshpande and D. oppurtunities in government sector has Chittaranjan Das as legal advisors. come down drastically. However, the employment opportunities in private sector have increased gradually. 1. 80% of jobs should be allotted to the Unfortunately, almost all the private people of Telangana region in private companies are in the hands of Andhra sector that come under the Greater bureaucrats. The people of Telangana Hyderabad limits. To strive for region did not get opportunities in these allotment of 100% jobs in the private companies. Telangana intellectuals felt sectors at the district levels. the need to bring into light the unavailability of employment in the 2. Among the rules of reservation, to private companies even at the lowest strive for the achievement of level. In this context, Telangana reservations to SC, St, BC and Intellectuals Forum grabbed the minorities in the Telangana private opportunity and organized a Meeting sectors. extending moral support for the MLAs 3. To strive for the allotment of and MPs who resigned from TRS. In this minimum wages i.e. Rs. 6000/ should meeting, which was held at Sundarayya be provided to the employees of Vignana Kendram, Prof. Kodandram private sectors that come under the explained in detail the injustice done in limits of Greater Hyderabad. private sectors to Telangana people. He proposed to form an association to fight 4. To strive for achievement of presence against the injustice done to unemployed to the people of Telangana in case of people of Telangana region in united promotions. 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5. To strive for security of jobs in private With the above aims and objectives, sectors. TPSEA works with other organizations. 6. To work unitedly with other organizations till the achievement of separate Telangana state.

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