2NDLDALL TELANGANA 3 LAST

Among the MLAs who resigned are 39 from TDP, 25
Congress, ten TRS and two Praja Rajyam.
While IT minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy resigned, 12
others hailed from Telangana region were prevailed upon by
Chief Minister K Rosaiah not to do so.
Withdrawing the bandh for tomorrow in view of
Christmas, the newly-constituted Telangana Joint Action
Committee (JAC) appealed to the Centre and Congress President
Sonia Gandhi to take immediate steps for formation of
Telangana.
The Telangana JAC, an umbrella organisation of
parties like TRS, TDP, Congress and Praja Rajyam, held its
first meeting today and appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to honour UPA's "commitment" of creating Telangana.
"We shall continue the struggle to realise our
legitimate demand," the TRS Chief said.
The shutdown in the 10 districts of Telangana was total
but it was marked by violence when state and private buses
were burnt and government offices were set on fire by angry
protesters who also blocked rail and vehicular traffic.
In Hyderabad, students attacked TDP MLAs Nagam
Janardhana Reddy and E Dayakar Rao who went in their cars to
express their solidarity with the pro-Telangana students after
giving their resignation.
But the students were not not in a mood to entertain
them and instead turned on Reddy beating him up badly. Reddy
collapsed and fell unconscious and was taken to hospital on a
motor cycle.
IG Anuradha Rao appealed to "outsiders" not not to
enter the University where students were agitated and may not
not be in a position to distinguish between "good and bad"
elements. PTI