New Delhi: Amid the row over the proposed visit of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to Osmania University to conduct a physical interaction with the students, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha on Wednesday slammed the former Congress chief saying that he was visiting the state only for politics. Gandhi is due to visit Telangana on May 6 and 7 and was expected to address the students at Osmania university, among other scheduled programmes.
“Congress leader Rahul Gandhi never talked in favour of Telangana. I do not know why he is coming to Warangal and Osmania University now,” news agency ANI quoted Kavitha as saying.
“During the paddy crop issue, we urged him (Rahul Gandhi) to raise the issue in Parliament and to support the farmers of Telangana but he did not. But now he is planning something in Warangal, coming here to do politics only,” she further said.
Meanwhile, after the Telangana High Court asked the vice-chancellor of Osmania University to take a decision on the matter, he said that he will not allow Rahul Gandhi to conduct a physical interaction with the students in the university premises.
“Our decision not to allow Rahul Gandhi into University premises will be the same. He will not be allowed to conduct any face-to-face interaction with students. The decision taken earlier will be the same,” VC Ravinder Yadav said.
It is to be noted that in the petition filed by some students seeking a direction to the VC to accord permission for Rahul Gandhi’s event, Telangana High Court asked the VC to consider the plea of students and take a decision.
Rahul Gandhi To Meet NSUI Members
Earlier on Monday, Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy said that Gandhi will meet the members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) in the Chanchalguda jail who were detained for protesting outside the administration building of Osmania University.
Notably, the NSUI members had staged a protest outside the university seeking permission for Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the campus on May 7 after which the police detained them and registered a case for ‘obstructing the public servant in conducting their duty’.
On Sunday, Circle Inspector Ramesh Naik said that a total of 18 agitating people were taken into custody.
“Eighteen people who were protesting in the administration’s building have been taken into custody. When we tried to stop the agitators, they pushed our staff including lady constables. Agitators pelted stones to break the glasses on the window and went inside the building. A case has been registered under obstructing the public servant in conducting their duty,” Naik said.