Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Osmania University students’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) has called for Telangana shutdown Sunday to protest the government’s decision not to postpone Group-I preliminary examination of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC).
The JAC, at the spearhead of the renewed separate Telangana movement, at its meeting here Thursday also called for boycott of classes across the region Sep 4. It appealed to students to boycott the examination and also threatened to disrupt these.
The examination is scheduled to be held Sep 5 and the APPSC has already rejected the JAC demand to postpone it till the Telangana region’s share was decided.
The students’ organisations and pro-Telangana parties have alleged that injustice was being done to Telangana by setting aside the majority of Group I posts to candidates from other regions of the state.
JAC leaders have alleged that since separate Telangana state was to become a reality soon, a conspiracy was hatched to deprive Telangana candidates of the Group I postings.
Following the JAC threat to disrupt the examination, the APPSC board said prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people would be imposed within the one-km radius area around the examination centres.
