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From the Archives (March 27, 1969): Nijalingappa not for Telangana

Published - March 27, 2019 12:15 am IST

The Congress President, Mr. S. Nijalingappa, has expressed himself emphatically against a separate Telengana State and the proposal for regional autonomy. He was, however, in favour of Telengana receiving “very high attention and preferential treatment” for its economic development. Mr. Nijalingappa, who was talking to Pressmen to-day [March 26] at Begumpet airport, on his way to Bangalore from New Delhi, appealed to the people to call off the agitation, now that the Centre and the State Government were taking up the matter of strict implementation of Telengana safeguards.

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