T scribes to play active role in rebuilding Telangana

Hyderabad: A feeling of accomplishment and a need for continuous pursuance of truth, independent from political influence, was the mood which prevailed at the Telangana Journalists Union State-level meeting held at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram on Sunday.

Rapolu ananda Bhaskar, Rajya Sabha MP, Sangamreddy Satyanarayana, Veteran Journalist and Former Minister, Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP Leader, Vimala, Founder of Arunodaya Samskruthika Samakhya, Bellaiah Naik, Journalist, V Srinivas Goud, TGOs President, Kappara Prasad Rao, President, TJU, Srinivas Kasani, General Secretary, TJU, Shailesh Reddy, Journalist, Govardhan, New Democracy leader and many Journalists of Telangana region attended the event. Rapolu said that words are the weapons for journalists and thinking is the gun-powder. He said that the way snakes occupy ant-hills, there is a fair chance that people influenced by corporate may hijack and occupy key positions in Telangana journalists union, which should be avoided.

Sangamreddy Satyanarayana, who was felicitated at the event, sang the poems he wrote in the 1950s against Andhra occupation and political corruption. He said that he was very happy to be at the meeting after witnessing struggle for Telangana throughout his life. He said that the struggle was not over and that the people of Telangana should now strive for developing Telangana region.

Kappara Prasad, in his emotional outburst, revealed that even though Andhra media persons didn’t oppose him when he flaunted the Union, very senior journalists in Telangana tried their best in opposing the organisation. He said that 77 cars were stalled by a Telangana Journalist who claims to champion the cause of Telangana, from reaching the venue of the meeting.

Srinivas Kasani said that Telangana Journalists Union should strive not only for rebuilding Telangana, but for achieving a new Telangana, free from feudalism. Srinivas Goud said that the most sorrowful moments in Telangana movement were experienced by journalists, as they had to go through the letters written by students who committed suicides for the cause.

A resolution with demands for land allotment, healthcare insurance for journalists’ parents, IDs for all journalists, Govt ads for self-employed small-media organisations, job security and provision of conveyance for women Journalists was passed. The journalists demanded for immediate tabling of T-bill in parliament and resolved to stand against the common capital status for Hyderabad.