The Telangana Police had registered the case in August 2022 accusing them of conspiring to 'take over the power of the democratically elected government at gunpoint'. The issue came to light only on Thursday, June 15.
State repression that breaches public peace Updated: Updated: April 30, 2021 01:32 IST Telangana’s recent ban on 16 organisations by invoking the Telangana Public Security Act is a smokescreen Share Article AAA Telangana’s recent ban on 16 organisations by invoking the Telangana Public Security Act is a smokescreen The Government of Telangana, on March 30, 2021, issued a notification (G.O. Ms.73) banning 16 organisations under the Telangana Public Security Act, 1992 (TPSA), declaring them as ‘unlawful associations’ and ‘new front organisations of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist)’, which was made public three weeks later on April 24, 2021. The belated public announcement was made at a time when citizens organisations and collectives in the State and country were trapped in the coils of the pandemic and largely left by an abdicating state to fend for themselves in life and death.
HRF seeks revocation of ban on Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 orgs By Yunus Y Lasania| Published: 24th April 2021 6:41 pm IST Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has strongly condemned the declaring of 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association (Virasam), by the Telangana government as “unlawful associations” for a period of one year. The HRF hoped that the Telangana government will revoke the notification under which it outlawed those bodies. The banned organisations, with effect from March 30, include the Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), Virasam, Telangana Praja Front, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners, Tudum Debba and Chaitanya Mahila Sangam. “HRF is of the opinion that this is a brazen attempt by the State to criminalise political belief and throttle dissent. It runs afoul of democratic principles,” said the HRF in a strongly worded statement on Saturday.
Telangana declares 16 front organisations of CPI-Maoist unlawful By IANS | 1 Views
Hyderabad, April 23 : The Telangana government has declared unlawful 16 new front organisations of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist. The state government has issued orders declaring these organisations as unlawful for a period of one year with effect from March 30. The front organisations declared unlawful are the Telangana Praja Front (TPD), the Telangana Asanghatitha Karmika Samkhya (TAKS), the Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika (TVV), the Democratic Students Organisation (DSU), the Telangana Vidyarthi Sangham (TVS), the Adivasi Students Union (ASU), the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), the Telangana Raithanga Samithi (TRS), the Tudum Debba (TD), the Praja Kala Mandali (PKM), the Telangana Democratic Front (TDF), the Forum Against Hindu Fascism Offensive (FAHFO), the Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), the Amarula Bandhu Mithrula Sangham (ABMS), the Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS) and the Revolutionary Writers Association (RWA).
Telangana govt bans Revolutionary Writers Association, 15 other orgs By Yunus Y Lasania| Published: 23rd April 2021 7:48 pm IST Varavara Rao Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Friday banned 16 organisations, including the Revolutionary Writers Association, known as Virasam, claiming that these are frontal bodies of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), and are engaged in “tactics” that “wage war against the state”. The order was passed by chief secretary Somesh Kumar, with effect from March 30 this year. According to the government order, the 16 banned organisations that have been declared “unlawful” are the : Telangana Praja Front, Telangana Asanghatitha Karmika Samkhya, Telangana Vidyarthi Vedika, Democratic Students Organisation, Telangana Vidyarthi Sangham, Adivasi Students Union, Committee for Release of Political Prisoners, Telangana Raithanga Samithi, Tudum Debba, Praja Kala Mandali, Telangana Democratic Front, Forum Against Hindu Fascism Offensive, Civil Liberties Committee, Amarula Bandhu Mitrula Sangham, Chaitanya Mahila Sangham and the Revolutionary Writers Association.