Channel provokes students against Naidu

A private television channel on Sunday instigated Telangana students against Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu by giving a scrolling, saying Naidu had taken a decision in favour of Samaikyandhra (united Andhra Pradesh). The scrolling appeared at a time when the Telangana students were celebrating the massive “Vidyarthi Garjana” (roar of students) at the Osmania University campus. Within minutes, the information was passed on to the leaders of Joint Action Committee of students, who came down heavily on the TDP president for ditching the Telangana. They threatened to demolish the TDP in Hyderabad and rest of Telangana for taking such a stand. On knowing the information, Telangana TDP leaders like Nagam Janardhan Reddy and others rushed to Naidu’s residence and sought to know whether it was the correct news. Later, Nagam clarified that there was no truth in the reports and that the TDP was still committed to the cause of Telangana. A JAC leader, who was sympathetical to the TDP, also made the announcement from the OU stage, saying that the channel gave the wrong news. The channel, too, withdrew the scrolling later, before it exploded all over the Telangana!