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Hans India
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
TRS Demands End to Operation Kagar, Calls for Peace in Dandakaranya
Gadwal:"TRS Demands End to Operation Kagar, Calls for Peace in Dandakaranya".The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party Leader Nagardoddi Venkatramudu has strongly condemned the ongoing Operation Kagar conducted by the central government in the Dandakaranya region and has demanded that it be halted leaders have expressed their solidarity with the tribal communities and Maoist sympathizers in the region, who they claim are facing severe repression under the pretext of counter-insurgency operations. As part of this movement, TRS representatives announced their participation in the People's Peace Meeting scheduled to take place in Gadwal tomorrow. The party is urging intellectuals, democratic forces, and civil society organizations to come together and support this cause. Over the past several years, military forces deployed under Operation Kagar have allegedly been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of tribal people in Dandakaranya. Civil rights activists, intellectuals, and peace advocates across the country have consistently appealed to the government to stop what they term as an "undeclared war" on India's indigenous communities. TRS Party Chief K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), during a recent public gathering in Warangal on the 27th of last month, publicly voiced the concerns of the people. He declared that he would write an open letter to the central government demanding an end to Operation Kagar and calling for peace talks with Maoist groups. He emphasized the importance of considering the aspirations of tribals and respecting their struggle to protect natural resources. According to TRS and several civil society organizations, the root cause of this conflict lies in the central government's alleged collaboration with multinational corporations to exploit the region's forests, minerals, and other natural wealth. These groups argue that tribals are being forcibly displaced and labeled as insurgents to facilitate the entry of corporate interests. Human rights organizations have also criticized the government's use of military force, stating that the army, which should be guarding national borders, is instead being used against its own citizens in the forests of central India. They claim that the issue is not one of law and order, but a socio-economic and environmental injustice being perpetrated against tribal communities. In light of these developments, TRS is calling on the central government to take immediate responsibility and stop the ongoing operation. The party believes that building trust with the tribal population, safeguarding their rights, and engaging in meaningful dialogue is the only sustainable path forward. The TRS has appealed to all political parties, social activists, and public organizations to make tomorrow's peace gathering in Gadwal a grand success.
The Hindu
26-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BRS' Silver Jubilee rally today with plans to regroup after political setbacks
HYDERABAD Sunday is a big day for Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), that came into being as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on April 27 in 2001 with the sole objective to fight for statehood to Telangana. As an organisation, the party finds itself at the crossroads with its journey filled with many ups and downs entering the Silver Jubilee year. After leading the statehood movement successfully for 14 years, the party rode to power in 2014 and the wave of success continued for another term before the rural voters hit the party very hard in November 2023 elections, shattering the leadership's dream for a third successive term – what would have been a first for a regional party in the South. The party's political graph plummeted to new lows when it drew blank in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as its candidates forfeited security deposit in a majority of the 17 seats – the worst ever performance for the party in its journey so far. Since then, the party has been trying to regroup itself by targeting the ruling Congress party, mostly highlighting the inability of the ruling party to keep its pre-poll promises. As part of the party's Silver Jubilee celebrations, the BRS leadership has chosen Elkathurthi near Warangal, one of the two places (the other being Karimnagar) when the party had its most successful political rallies so far, for the day-long event to be concluded with a public meeting to be addressed by party founder and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Led by a few teams of party leaders, the party ranks have been making the arrangements for the Silver Jubilee event for the last couple of weeks. According to the party leaders, the event is being organised on a 1,213 acres land with 154 acres spared for the public meeting and the rest for other needs including parking of vehicles. The dais would accommodate 500 party leaders. To extend first-aid and emergency medical needs, the party has planned 12 medical camps at the venue and six ambulances. All basic amenities such as temporary toilets, food, drinking water, butter milk arrangements are being made with volunteers drawn for managing parking and other facilities.
