Deccan Chronicle

TPCC looks for alternate venue for Rahul meeting

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Telangana Congress leaders are not in the mood to confront the state government over permission for a meeting at the Osmania University Arts College where AICC President Rahul Gandhi’s interactio­n with students is due to be held. They have decided if they do not get permission to hold the meeting at Osmania University, they would look for an alternativ­e venue.

After the TPCC announceme­nt on Rahul Gandhi’s interactio­n with students at Osmania University it has become a bone of contention between TRS and Congress. Osmania students belonging to TPCC have submitted a letter to the vice-chancellor of Osmania University requesting permission to hold a meeting at the Arts College where the AICC president would interact with them.

The TRS student wing has objected to this and said that they would not allow Gandhi into the University to hold a meeting. The state government has also reportedly decided not to give permission to the Congress to hold the meeting. Congress leaders are not keen to enter into any controvers­y with the state government. They do not want to upset or in any way hamper Gandhi’s twoday visit to Hyderabad.

A senior Congress leader said if they forcibly went to the Osmania University, the police would arrest them and this would upset the Congress leader’s visit to Hyderabad. So they have decided to look for an alternativ­e venue.

Congress sources said so far there has been no communicat­ion

A senior Congress leader said if they forcibly went to the Osmania University, the police would arrest them and this would upset the Congress leader’s visit to Hyderabad.

from the vice chancellor of Osmania University on the request of students to hold the meeting at the Arts College of Osmania University.

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