Muslims will play a big part in Telangana state

Contrary to belief, the Muslim community has come out in support of the movement for the formation of a separate Telangana state. Muslims in the Telangana region feel that all these years they have been treated as outsiders in their own place and believe that once the state is formed, a lot of their problems will be solved.

The community claim that as they are the main sufferers in a united state, the time has come to speak up and be heard collectively. Leading the movement in Hyderabad is Lateef Mohammad Khan, chief of the Muslim Forum For Telangana, who says that they are fed up of being branded as ISI agents and rowdy-sheeters.

In an interview to rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Khan speaks extensively about the role Muslims want to play and how their lives would change once Telangana is formed.

We thought Muslims were opposed to the formation of Telangana. What happened? Why has that stand changed?
We have not changed our stand. Our stand was always for a separate Telangana. It was just a propaganda being floated by late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy that the Muslims were opposing Telangana's formation.

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Thaneeru Harish Rao

Thaneeru Harish Rao (born 3 June 1972) is an Indian politician belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He represents Siddipet Assembly constituency.
Now he is Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, Marketing & Legislative Affairs.

Early life

Harish Rao was born in Siddipet, Medak District to Satyanarayana Rao and Laxmi Bai. He is the nephew of TRS party chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao. He did his Bachelor of Arts in Siddipet. On June 2nd 2014 he became the minister for first ever Telangana Government.

Political career

Harish Rao was elected from the Siddipet Assembly constituency in 2004 at the age of 32, after the seat was vacated by K. Chandrashekhar Rao who had won both the Siddipet Assembly and Karimnagar Parliamentary seat in the 2004 General Elections. Harish Rao who just then completed his studies had directly forayed into politics by involving in Telangana agitation.

After the TRS legislators resigned from their Assembly seats in 2008, protesting the delay in the

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Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao

Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (Telugu : కల్వకుంట్ల తారక రామారావు ) (born 24 July 1976) is an Indian politician and present Member of Legislative Assembly for Siricilla Assembly Constituency, representing the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.He won state Assembly Elections 2009, 2014 for TRS party in Siricilla Constituency.Currently he is serving as the Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State.

Early life

K. T. Rama Rao was born in Siddipet and he is the son of K. Chandrashekhar Rao founder of Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He has completed his schooling from St. George's Grammar school, Hyderabad. He has a Bachelors Degree in Microbiology from Nizam college. KTR has two post-graduate degrees, one is M.Sc in Biotechnology from University of Pune and the other is MBA in Marketing & E-commerce from Baruch College-City University of New York.Later he worked as Regional Sales Director at INTTRA from 2001 to 2006.He has a younger sister K. Kavitha who is a political activist and honourable member of parliament from Nizambad constituency.

Political Career

Ever since he moved to India, KTR started taking interest in party affairs and played an active role. He joined the TRS party full-time in the year 2006. After joining the party he has actively participated in numerous programs to ensure that the Telangana issue was represented well at the national level.He actively participated in the Telangana movement from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 election, he was elected to the Telangana State assembly from Sircilla constituency inTelangana. He has been inducted

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