Greater Rayalaseema Association of Telangana (GRAT), a body that represents people of Ralayaseema living in Hyderabad, asserted that its members are safe in Telangana and do not require political intervention for their protection.
Coming down heavily on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who with the backing of a State Cabinet resolution demanded invocation of Section 8 of the AP Reorganisation Act, founding members of BRAT, including former High Court Judge Justice P. Laxman Reddy and former IG A. Hanumanth Reddy at a press conference here on Sunday said that people from Rayalaseema are living in harmony in Telangana.
“So far there has been not even a single reported instance of disharmony between people of the two regions living in Greater Hyderabad. and we do not want politicians to wreck peace that we enjoy. There is no hostile environment in Telangana that requires invocation of Section 8,” said Justice Reddy.
BRAT has a registered membership of 6,000 people and represents 12 lakh people of Rayalaseema living in GHMC limits.
