Employees and officers of Telangana government on Wednesday launched an agitation protesting special powers to the Governor in the maintenance of law and order as per Section 8 of the AP Reorganisation Act. The non-gazetted officers participated in lunch-hour demonstrations all over the State, particularly Collectorates of Nalgonda and Nizamabad and Zilla Parishad offices of Khammam and Warangal. A demonstration was also held in Sanatnagar here. A meeting of Telangana Gazetted Officers’ Association presided by Mahabubnagar MLA V. Srinivas Goud decided to organise a major meeting of staff against the proposal at Nizam College. The staff will proceed on a ‘Chalo Delhi’ programme to highlight the issue at the national level.
