Telangana political joint action committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday said the people of the Telangana wanted separate State to live with self-respect and dignity, but not to get oppressed as they had been during the united Andhra regime.

Kodandaram told media in Siddipet that the Telangana government was muzzling the voice of the people who want to express their woes. He said the TRS leaders were not allowing anybody to speak openly.

The state government has been trying to shift the dharna chowk only to curb the right of questioning.

He questioned the TRS government to tell as to what was the benefit of achieving Telangana even in separate state the Andhra contractors were fulfilling their pockets.

It was atrocious on the part of the state government to handcuff the farmers, who asked for the minimum support price for their produce, he bemoaned.

Calling upon the peoples’ organizations to wage movements united for the solution of problems, Kodandaram said that the movement would be intensified with united movements.