Hyderabad: The Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OUJAC) came in support of the “Marwari go back” campaign and announced a Telangana bandh on August 22.
The OUJAC chairman, Kothapalli Tirupathi Reddy, announced the bandh and urged the Telangana people to participate in the bandh successfully. He said that the Marwari businessmen are destroying the lives of the traders of Telangana by adopting deceptive business strategies.
“The Telangana police are seeing the activities of the Marwari. The protest will take the form of agitation if the State government fails to put an end to the atrocities of the Marwari businessmen,” said Kothapalli Tirupathi Reddy.
Marwaris looting Telangana: OUJAC chairman
The OUJAC said the Telangana state was achieved after fighting the Andhra people’s atrocities in the united A.P., now Marwaris are “looting” the state. “The Rajasthani and Gujarati Marwaris have migrated here and are damaging the caste professions of Telangana,” said Tirupathi Reddy.
The Telangana bandh is supported by the Vaisya Vikas Vedika and other trade associations. Recently, at a round table organised in Hyderabad on the issue passed several resolutions were passed, including demands that businesses and industries established by people from other states should provide 89 per cent of jobs to locals.
Telangana Kranti Dal president Sangamreddy Prithviraj urged Telangana residents to refuse assistance to Gujarati and Rajasthani traders and boycott their goods. “We are against the exploitation of our resources at the cost of petty traders. The government must ensure that outsiders cannot start businesses in towns and places with less than 5 lakh. They don’t even employ locals,” he said.
The issue started after a man belonging to a marginalised community was attacked by a Marwari jeweller at Monda Market over a parking issue. The issue took the turn of a protest and the launch of the ‘Marwari go back’ campaign.
On Monday, a bandh was observed in the Amangal mandal of Ranga Reddy district by local traders.
