"I can't eat anymore I'm so anxious" "Eat, the rice is hot, take your time" "My children must be weeping with fear" "Eat slowly, don't worry." "You can stay till the evening" "Are you afraid to be here?" "It is so late my children will think I've been killed" "Police are not allowing anyone to move" "There have been so many attacks all over" "If my husband can take his rickshaw out we eat if not we starve." "I have not lit the stove since yesterday" "Rent for 3 months is due, we have no money for food" "The children are hungry" "We are living on credit for the period of the curfew" "How long can people continue to lend us money?" "We had just finished eating" "Everyone was inside their houses" "When we looked out we saw 50 or 60 men running towards us" "We knew them." "We felt they were coming here to hide" "They went and sat on a mud bank" "They tied scarves on their faces" "When they appeared at our window their faces were covered" "We don't know when they came" "They came from 3 directions" "They surrounded the house" "They started hitting the windows with iron rods" "My 3 sons and I tried to keep the window shut" "I ran this way and entered this room" "The door was open" "They broke open the door, they burnt everything They took a fan." "Watches, a tape recorder, a radio they looted everything" "As I ran this way they chased me" "As soon as the mob entered I saw them attacking people" "I went and hid under the bed" "I just sat under the bed" "I was so terrified I was struck dumb" "I could hear the screams, I didn't make a sound" "When people started running I crept out slowly and saw all the destruction" "Finally the window gave way" "I said "We are finished, we won't survive, lets run"" "The bars on the window held" "My 3 sons ran out" "I collected the little children They threw stones at us" "They ran away" "I ran out crying "My son is lost, I wont get him back"" "I was screaming as I ran." "I found his corpse face down" "Speak child." "I went to call the police" "When I got back my father was lying on the ground dead" "They stabbed him and broke his back with stones" "My father was lying on the ground in front of our eyes" "He has left us, seven daughters" "My father was friends with everyone his enemies killed him" "I was the last one to see him alive" "I asked him to come, he said "Go ahead" I ran and they killed him" "He told them "Don't do this you know me"" ""How dare you say we know you?"" ""You are the strongest we have to finish you first"" "They knifed him 3 times on the head and pushed him to the ground" "His shirt tore they stabbed him on the back" "They flung him onto the rocks His chest was torn open" "When we reached he was lying in a river of blood" "The police didn't let us near him" "He has left 7 daughters behind" "Where will we go?" "Who will let us stay without paying rent?" "We are 7 families you need 200 rupees each Where will we get the money?" "If we had money we would have left the same night" "We would have left the corpse behind" "Where can we find sanctuary?" "Hindus used to live with us like brothers" "For their festivals they used to take mango leaves" "Their children called us mother or sister They would pick fruit from our trees" "We never said a word to them" "We are only seven Muslim families here" "We offer prayers for victims of snakebite" "They got the blessings of our prayers Swellings would go down" "There were many riots earlier" "This one is massive so we also got attacked" "Its happening all over" "They could not go there because of curfew They came here to burn our houses" "This is the misfortune that came upon us" "They didn't get a chance there" ""These are poor people, no roads, no police let's finish them off"" "Surely this city was not always like this" "Tension between Hindus and Muslims has erupted only in the last 60 years" "The Qutub Shahis founded this city in the 16th century" "All communities lived together peacefully" "Persian, Dakhani and Telugu were the official languages of the administration" "For 300 years (1713-1948) of Asaf Jahi rule there was no communal conflict" "The Asaf Jahi rulers of Hyderabad State were faithful allies of the British Government" "Their rule was based on a feudal economic order, bonded labour was routine" "The sixth Nizam Mahboob Ali Pasha was popular with his subjects" "The majority of whom were Hindus" "During the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Pasha's everything began to change" "Hindus began to feel that their rights and culture and were under threat" "By 1946 Hyderabad had become a city seething with unrest" "The freedom struggle was in its final stages in British India" "The Nizam banned all political parties in his state" "Hyderabad was cut off from political activity in the rest of the country" "The Arya Samaj a Hindu social reform movement was working to reclaim Hindus who had converted to Islam and Christianity" "Angered by this the Nizam banned the society" "After a massive nonviolent protest the ban had to be withdrawn." "At the same time Bahadur Yar Jung a feudal landlord strengthened a political party the Majlis e Ittehadul Musalmeen" "Their slogan was "We are sovereign"." "While they wanted to make every Muslim an emperor the Congress party was working on merging Hyderabad state into the Indian Union" "A communist led armed struggle in Telangana against landlords added to the political tension" "Communal riots broke out in Gulbarga Kalyani Osmanabad Bidar and Warangal" "Conditions got worse in Hyderabad" "After a big riot in Darusalaam people lost confidence in the Nizam's Government" "India became free but was divided in two parts" "The Princely States had to decide what they were going to do" "Merge with India or accede to Pakistan" "The Nizam's Government was unable to take a decision" "The Prime Minister Sir Mirza Ismail argued for a merger with India" "But the Majlis resisted it and demanded his resignation" "As the new Prime Minister was negotiating with the Indian Government people were being terrorized by the Police and the Razakars, a Majlis militia" "Talks broke down The Indian Government sent the army to annex Hyderabad State" "Many Majlis leaders fled to Pakistan The party was banned." "Innocent Muslims paid the price for Majlis militia attacks on Hindus" "Opening of Curfew" "Go and tell the Government!" "Look at the rice they are supplying us" "It's full of stones and chaff, 2 Rupees a Kilo and full of chaff!" "The Dairy van hasn't come here for 3 days" "Since they imposed curfew we have had no milk" "They supplied milk to other areas but at 4 Rupees a packet." "They are selling half litre packets at 6 Rupees" "The Government Dairy is selling milk at black market rates!" "You have seen the rice it isn't fit for animals to eat" "This city is divided by the Musi river" "Today it is marked by poverty, unemployment, and filth" "At one time the old city was the Nizam's seat of Government." "It's decline started in 1948" "There are no good schools, colleges or hospitals" "The Hindus and Muslims who live here are both poor" "They are mostly labourers" "They are paid a very low daily wage" "Every day thousands of people travel in buses to the new city for work" "They return in the evening" "No one comes here from the new city except to visit the museum or the zoo" "The new city has now become the seat of the Government 45 % of the cities people live in the old city" "But only 25% of the Municipal budget is spent here." "Hindus and Muslims are equal in numbers in the old city" "While Muslims are mostly Sunnis" "Hindus are mainly from the lower castes" "The old city is the hotbed of communal violence" "On 30 March 1978, a poor Muslim woman Rameeza Bee was raped in Vidyanagar police station" "When her husband Ahmed Husain challenged the police he was murdered" "Angry protests swept the state" "Police opened fire 18 people many of them Hindus were killed" "The Government panicked at the scale of the protests" "This protest where Hindus and Muslims participated" "It was the first time that a people's protest was converted into a communal riot" "From 1978 the number of communal riots is on the rise" "This is linked to the political situation in the state." "It could be personal, someone wanting to become Chief Minister or around elections to the Assembly or Parliament" "When the Chief Minister NT Rama Rao of the Telugu Desam Party went to America for treatment talks started about toppling his Government" "On 22 July 1984 stones were thrown at a small Hindu procession" "Violence escalated two days later during the big procession" "After Friday prayers that same week riots broke out" "The ground was being laid to bring down NT Rama Rao's Government." "The Congress and the Majlis demanded" "NT Rama Rao's resignation as the police were unable to bring the riots under control" "On 15th August NT Rama Rao addressed the Independence Day parade" "The next day the Governor, a Congress appointee dismissed him without calling the Assembly." "He appointed N Bhaskar Rao, as Chief Minister" "He had been a minister in the NT Rama Rao Government" "The Congress party and the Majlis were quick to congratulate the new Chief Minister" "NT Rama Rao asked for one day to prove his majority in the House" "Instead the Governor gave Bhaskar Rao one month for the same task" "A huge agitation spread all over the state in support of Rama Rao" "Many parties including the Hindu right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined the protests" "The people of the old city had to pay the price for the Majlis and BJP being on opposite sides of this power struggle" ""Tiger" Narendra is a member of the BJP" "He has been elected as an MLA from the old city from 1983" "He has been jailed often on charges of inciting communal violence" "People ask why do communal riots happen?" "Is Narendra, the BJP or some Hindu behind it?" "We ask everyone, there were riots earlier as well" "Why have they increased now?" "It is because the Majlis has grown stronger" "It is because in the old city minorities (Muslims) are in a majority" "In the new city Hindus are in a majority But riots don't occur there." "Where the minorities are in a majority is where riots are taking place." "It is clear that where Muslims live in large numbers they establish their power by harassing and beating people" "This is the moral code they have been following" "Majlis goes to Muslim areas They exploit and instigate them" "By doing this Majlis has created a war like situation in Hyderabad" "Majlis began with one seat in the Legislature now they have 5" "It is because they can't win in the new city They are winning in the old city" "They instigate poor Muslims in the name of Islam Or a threat to the community." "Keeping their self interest in mind they exploit poor Muslims and run their political lives" "They have no life beyond this" "No other activities, no political programs" "Except creating divisions and hatred between Hindus and Muslims" "Majlis comes to an understanding with" "This arrangement suits them either for money or for power to shore them up" "Majlis supports them" "Majlis promises to keep the riots going They get it done" "Long live Salar e Millat!" "Long live Commander of the Community!" "Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is a leader of the Majlis He has been an MLA since 1962" "He is known as the "Lion of the Deccan "" "He has been jailed often on charges of inciting communal violence" "We are not aggressive but we are accused of being communal" "The people who deny us our rights are called secular" "When we fight for our rights we are called communal" "Those who deny us our rights should be called communal" "Our parties relationship with the old Majlis exists in a kind of way" "It's connection remains" "It's like the culture of old Hyderabad" "It hasn't vanished it is still there" "That Majlis party was created for the defence of the Nizam's Government" "In 1958 we revived the party with a new constitution" "We decided to work for the rights of Minorities according to the Constitution of India." "If you look at the history of the Congress they also protected the British Government" "These riots have an economic agenda" "If they were caused by our party why were there no riots from 1957 to 1979?" "Marwari's a powerful trading community do not want Muslims to enter business" "Earlier it was difficult to get passports" "After the emergency the Janata Government made it easier to get passports." "Many people went abroad to work, they returned and set up small businesses" "One community doesn't want to see Muslims do well" "Riots are created and their businesses are destroyed." "In the Jamaat e Islaami we are completely against communal riots" "This is because they are destructive for all communities and for the country" "No one can escape and we can't take up any constructive work" "They breed hatred between communities" "He who believes in one God is never told to attack idol worshippers" "Nor does their religion ask them to carve up Muslims in a slaughterhouse" "I have never seen this" "I feel it is about political motives, and narrow mindedness a desire to promote ones culture that is causing this aggression" "This is the reason for violence," "The national press has also failed in its role of promoting love and brotherhood between Hindus Christians and Muslims" "Our political leaders, our reformers and our religious leaders have all failed" "It is unfortunate that this work has not been done" "Communal groups are now exploiting the situation" "It's the limit when you see how many of them have entered a party like the Congress." "Earlier people used to take out a Moharram procession in their own areas" "According to Islam the Moharram procession is wrong I am against it" "If you believe in one God, Allah, you cannot worship anything else in any form" "Islam says this and I observe this teaching" "But it was an old practice and they used to take it out quietly" "Today our Muslim groups have started new militant processions" "And this has provoked Hindu communal forces" "Some Hindus were communal earlier and partition made things worse" "But these feelings should have died down quickly" "Instead we see Hindu and Muslim communal parties flaunting their strength in processions, and rituals that don't exist in their religions" "This has caused communal feelings to flare up in many Hindus." "A few people would take out a small ceremonial procession carrying a fan to Nampally Dargah" "Since 1981 this has been turned into a very large public procession" "Please welcome Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi" "We are watching the strange ups and downs of political fortunes" "Today someone is honoured by the Government The next day he is arrested by the police." "This is not a laughing matter" "Today thousands of flames are burning and they are bearing witness" "He who bends his neck towards Allah today Allah makes the world yield before him tomorrow" "Allah o Akbar!" "God is Great!" "At the same time some people from the Pankah procession attacked some shops close by 6 people were stabbed Curfew was imposed again" "The Hindu Dasehra procession is an old tradition" "So is the Muslim Moharram procession It is 400 years old" "You cannot describe the new processions in the same way" "The Pankah procession is not organized by our party" "The Hindu Ganesh procession is not religious If it is why wasn't it taken out earlier?" "Why is it being taken out now?" "It is only to exhibit political strength" "And we see that every time there is violence" "We started the Ganesh festival in 1980" "We wanted to unite Hindus, to feel courageous, to feel secure" "They should be able to stand on their own feet confidently" "It was necessary to be united" "We called it the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Festival Committee" "We worked hard for 6 months" "We had to convince people who install Ganesh idols in their homes" "To join us in celebrating it publicly with community idols." "We had hundreds of meetings all over the city to mobilize people" "Finally people were convinced and we had the first Ganesh festival in 1980" "Religious Ganesh processions in the city have been taken out for the last 80 years" "They used to be taken out from different areas on different days" "It was the pride of the old city" "And its cultural festivities lasted for 10 days" "It had no relationship to politics" "The Ganesh procession in this form has been in existence from 1980" "In 1981 we saw that Muslims tried to create obstacles to stop us holding the festival" "In 1982 it was the same In 1983 they were determined to stop us" "Last year they created difficulties" "Many people were stabbed" "We were celebrating the festival and daily people kept on dying" "People continued to celebrate We took out the procession in that tension" "The procession on 9th September 1984 was also taken out in a tense atmosphere" "On 11th September preparations were being made for a majority vote in the Assembly" "But there were no guarantees that it would take place" "NT Rama Rao rallied his supporters with the slogan "March to Hyderabad"" "No one can stop this procession At this time or for years to come" "The man who can stop it has not been born Not on this earth!" "Nor the Universe!" "Hindu unity will last forever!" "It is neccesary to take this forward" "Please respect my appeal Keep calm" "You have to move ahead, protect this unity till you reach" "Not just here even in our areas there is no one who can stop us" "Thank you for giving me this chance to speak" "Hindu Hindu!" "Brothers forever!" "I appeal to you with folded hands" "I am with you Don't be afraid" "Keep moving, take the procession ahead" "Let us take the procession to its final destination" "There is nothing to worry about Nothing to fear" "I appeal to you with folded hands" "Keep moving no one will dare to stop our Hindu unity" "Let us keep moving it ahead with all the pomp and glory it deserves" "Keep moving ahead to complete our mission" "Move on" "I know about it I am coming from there" "I know whats happening" "Move quickly take our brothers ahead peacefully" "Why are people running?" "Why are they afraid?" "What did we do?" "Who have we attacked?" "Brothers!" "Keep moving ahead peacefully" "What kind of things are you people saying?" "During the Ganesh procession of 9th September the riots reached the new city" "Loss of property was widespread and 16 people were stabbed" "For the first time curfew was imposed on the entire city" "I am living here for 34 years and I am seeing this incident for the first time" "The Ganesh procession passed our shops at 2.30 It started then" "Our shop is full of oil and rubber goods" "The fire spread all over" "They hit and chased the men away and lit a match" "They were hitting the police too" "They didn't let any of us say anything" "They said "Move aside" and they did this" "They opened the shutter with a crowbar broke everything and left" "They came back in half an hour" "A partner of the hotel owner was here They hit him" "He needed 7 stiches on his head" "We got to know at 430." "We came here" "So many shops were burnt and there was only one fire engine" "They asked for money, we gave them 40 Rupees" "It was a group of 30 or 40 strong men" "We had arranged for water they poured it down" "There were no police No one came" "When they came they just moved around waving their batons" "If the police were here do you think all this would have burned down?" "Even if one policeman had fired none of this would have happened" "They were also helpless, they didn't have orders to fire" "They could have used their batons and dealt with them." "Here." "A man was stabbed in two or 3 places" "He died half an hour later" "The ambulance came 3 hours later" "A police inspector told us" ""The mob is attacking us and we can't do anything We have no orders to fire "" "The police were just watching the show" "I phoned the police and the fire department" "The police didn't do a thing." "At 330 they started chasing everyone" "At 230 when the mobs were doing all this the police were just looking on" "The Assembly met on 11th September 1984" "The Governor chose Congress party member Baga Reddy as speaker" "He resigned 3 days later" "The Governor chose Majlis member Salahuddin Owaisi as the new speaker" "In his view the majority vote to determine the Chief Minister was low on the agenda" "I wasn't getting work here so I went to Secunderabad" "I got a job as an electrician for 450 rupees a month" "Curfew was imposed here so I couldn't go to work for 6 days" "They fired me" "They said "Your old city is always under curfew"" ""You can't work here"" "We are facing so many difficulties Food, everything is difficult" "We are suffering with 15 days of curfew" "Just now they lifted curfew for 2 hours" "Trouble started and they shut the market" "It is very difficult to buy food" "We are 9 people in the family and I am the only person earning" "For 15 days all work has stopped" "Curfew is worse than being in prison" "A man can go out and work and bring some food back to feed his children" "If he can't go out what will he feed his children?" "Earlier there were many Muslim families living here" "After the 1979 riots many people moved away" "We are afraid" "There are 10 to 15 Muslim families living here" "At the most there will be about 15 young men" "All the rest are old" "We leave at 9 in the morning and return at 10 or 11 at night" "We haven't fought with anyone" "We are scared because we are surrounded by Parthis and Gowlis" "Hindus are in a majority here" "We are just a handful if they decide to attack or loot us we have nothing" "Only Allah can save us" "Only our hearts know the kind of helplessness and insecurity we live with" "The other day they lifted curfew I went to borrow 10 Rupees so we could get by 4 policemen caught me and beat me up" "We are hearing that it is all politically motivated" "But we don't know what is the truth" "Nor have we had an opportunity to understand it" "Everyone is struggling to survive where is the time to understand all this?" "We are terrified I escaped just now." "The sweat on my body has not yet dried" "We don't want to leave Where can we go tell me?" "We have been born here" "We want to feel secure that we can move around fearlessly" "Go to work." "Earn a living" "We don't want these fights" "No one can say what will happen next" "I have not seen such a violent riot since we have been living here" "I can't say what lies ahead" "On 12th September at 3.45 the trouble started in this area" "A Hindu was dragged off his cycle killed and burnt" "The trouble started from there" "I had finished duty at the Legislative Assembly" "I was coming home" "I reached home" "I saw a mob of 200 men in the lane" "They were carrying iron rods and axes" "My wife was alone at home" "I got scared and went to the closest police station to inform them" "They were throwing big stones as they came" "We shut the doors" "They broke open the doors and rushed in" "They broke the religious photos They took what they found" "They put a knife against my throat and took my chain" "I returned to find them breaking the door down with crowbars" "They stole my wife's gold beads" "They took 2 steel folding chairs a rented cycle and ran away" "I recognized some of the men" "I got them arrested with the help of the Central reserve police force." "We had a radio, a fan, a leather machine and chairs, they took everything." "There was a brass pot" "A fan, chairs" "It has been 4 months since my wedding everything was here" "There was a silver anklet, we used to hang it on a nail here at night" "We didn't pay attention" "Everyone comes to loot young and old Children accompany adults" "We told the Circle Inspector that the men had been arrested and let off" "He said "Give me their names again and I will arrest them"." "It has been 3 days and they have not been caught" "Some men are threatening me now They say "Let's see how you can live here"" ""How will you do your duty?" "We will chop you up into pieces"" "I have small children I can't come here at short notice from so far away" "The majority of families here are Muslims We are only 15 families" "We are only 15 Hindu families" "We are poor and every house has small children Very few men" "All our houses have no doors, we are just sitting up all night in terror" "It is so frightening, showing knives and then looting" "We are awake all night" "We are so terrified The children are so anxious" "The first incident took place in 1978 during the Rameeza Bee riots" "They had burnt a row of houses" "They poured petrol on our houses and were about to burn it when the police arrived and they ran away" "We had to flee from our house carrying our small children" "We were terrified that something would happen to them" "We are somehow managing to eat and sleep here" "We are taking shelter here We have not gone home for days" "If this house wasn't here we would have been finished" "My husband can't use his hands and feet" "They are trying to attack him." "They say he has thrown stones on their houses" "Our back door is very flimsy It will collapse with one kick" "We collected stones to support it." "They are saying we are throwing stones at them" "They said "If you complain we will burn your house"" "Last time they poured petrol on our houses but the police van arrived in time" "Two of us hid in the toilet and we were saved" "Who knows who is fighting with whom?" "We are poor, what can we do" "They always burn and loot the houses of the poor" "My husband died 12 years ago I am working so hard to raise my children" "Muslims are not allowing us to live in peace How will we survive?" "Where can a widow like me run?" "Who will the police arrest?" "We don't have any support" "The people we have taken to the police station are being released" "We catch them red handed, investigations are completed and yet they are let go" "Curfew had been lifted for 2 hours" "There was no food in the house" "We felt we could go to work and get some money so we sent him out" "I had left the house at 6 in the morning" "My son cleaned a few toilets and I did a few" "We got separated" "I went and asked in 2 houses and they said "Your son has come and left"" "There were 2 more houses but I didn't have the courage to go in" "I wasn't brave enough to ask" "I heard the siren and went home" "I asked the children "Has Surender come home?"" "I asked his father, he said "He hasn't returned"" "I made some food for lunch He didn't come" "We got the news at 1.30" "They cut him from here to here" "We face danger from all 4 directions" "Our elders have been working here for 60 years" "Nothing happened all this time In the last 2 months they are doing this to us" "Last curfew they stabbed a man He survived, only his shirt tore." "This time they have killed our child" "How will we go to work?" "Some people work for Government some are self employed" "Government workers can sit at home What will we eat?" "They lifted curfew at 4, my son went out to buy oil" "I opened my shop" "As my son was coming back they attacked him." "Men came from 2 directions There were 2 gangs" "They hit me and my husband" "I was working in the shop" "They pushed me around and hit me" "They threw bricks and stones at the shop" "My husband was injured" "Everyone was scared, they all stayed inside no one came out" "I fainted" "We had no idea where they had taken them To hospital or somewhere else" "We waited for them to return." "We wept all night till we were exhausted" "The police arrived at 7 in the morning" "They said all those who are injured would be taken to hospital" "I went to Osmania Hospital" "They said "The old man is dead your son Narasimhudu is alive"" "The old man was dead but at least Narasimhudu is alive" ""Your son is alright" they said" "I said "If he is safe it is enough"" "They had hit my son with a sword" "My son said lets go to the Police Station maybe the old man died earlier out of fear" "They snatched my gold earrings and my bangles outside" "2 or 3 of them were outside and we were all inside" "I was inside the shop If I was there they would have killed me too" "I sat there completely silent" "My older son and daughter-in law ran inside and kept quiet" "I ran inside keeping my mouth shut No one came to help us" "My older son, my daughter-in-law, my tenants, men women, no one came" "Everyone was terrified for their lives" "Then I sent a man with her" "I can't see very well" "I searched everywhere I couldn't find him" "Then they showed us the corpses" "Then the neighbor said "Lets go together"" "He recognized him" "I told him "You go Yellappa, she won't be able to recognize him"" "They gave me an injection and put my arm into a plaster cast" "My stomach was churning with fear" "Yellappa took her there and said "Here he is." "Look this is his face"" "As MLA's we are telling the Police and the Municipal Corporation" "Muslims are migrating into the old city" "There is a 100 acre parcel of land that they are occupying illegally" "Construction has started with no permissions An imbalance is developing here" "The old city has become dangerous for Hindus now" "Many Hindus have sold their houses in despair and have moved out." "They will sell a house worth 3 or 400000 Rupees for 25000" "Because it is difficult to live in those insecure areas" "They create these conditions so that they can buy properties cheap and Hindus are leaving" "If this continues the violent atmosphere will not reduce." "No Government is thinking about this" "Political leaders come and make big promises about what they want to do for the old city" "They always issue these statements after a communal riot" "They don't do anything after that No one is making any plans either" "The police role in this is very bad" "After all that has happened the police aren't able to catch the real culprits" "Before these riots we told them that we have information" "Outsiders are coming into the city, but no action was taken." "You must have read in the paper" "The Police Commissioner orders them to fire and they don't fire" "One more thing, they should ban text books and political speeches that create hatred and suspicion among communities" "If Muslims are supposed to have thrown stones at a Hindu procession this doesn't appeal to common sense" "If ten million people are passing your house can you throw stones at them?" "The RSS a Hindu right wing paramilitary group should be banned" "Because you know what the RSS is for" "If you are talking about defending the country and there is a war with China or Pakistan you will not fight with batons and knives" "You will fight with tanks or jets and advanced weapons." "So what are the batons and knives for?" "This is All India Radio" "Bhaskar Rao the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh will face a vote of confidence in the Assembly tomorrow" "The Assembly met today but was unable to conduct any business" "It was adjourned because of repeated disruptions by members of the house" "With difficulty the house sat for 5 minutes" "Today the Speaker began to read out a point of order" "But a member of NT Rama Rao's Telugu Desam party raised a question" "The Majlis member wanted to first discuss the law and order situation in the City" "The Speaker kept appealing to the members to keep calm but the members were shouting at each other loudly" "In one corner some smoke was seen which was promptly put out" "Bhaskar Rao appealed to the speaker and the Governor to release the Telugu Desam MLA's who are being held hostage in Ramakrishna Film Studios" "NT Rama Rao has asked that his MLAs be given a different seating area in the Assembly" "Today officials evaluated the law and order situation in the city" "The police report indicates that the city is still tense" "Curfew was lifted for 3 hours today" "Because of a fight between 2 groups curfew was imposed after an hour in 18 police stations" "It was over by 8:40" "There were 15 police constables who did not fire" "Then these people beat the Police Constable" "The mob went into all the lanes and did this" "They didn't go systematically house by house but attacked from all 4 sides" "There was a police constable in the group he was arrested last night" "He was in civil dress" "This morning when we were packing our things we found his identity card" "Muslims should not be here in Hyderabad because the Government is not giving any security" "Three four days back I have given you an interview" "I have mentioned that we are having a good and peaceful atmosphere here" "But suddenly without any reason, we were not having any weapons they have brought sharp weapons and deadly arms" "Big stones, they have broken our door" "They poured some kerosene and burnt our bed" "They entered my house" "They have seriously injured my son-in-law" "Now he is very serious in hospital" "They were married a year and a half ago, they have an 8 month old baby" "I don't have a son My son in law was like my son" "I have lost everything" "These beggars." "Whenever they asked for money I have given I have given donations for Ganesh festival also" "I want to see some 2 or 3 persons who have attacked here" "They are Suri Pahelvan, Ramesh and this beggar Yadaih and Ishwaraih" "These beggars were always begging before me for money" "And according to my economic position whatever was possible I have given them" "I have helped them several times" "I NT Rama Rao do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance, to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India" "I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties, as the Chief Minister for the State of Andhra Pradesh, and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution, and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will" "In 30 days when the Bhaskar Rao Government could not prove its majority" "The Governor had to call NT Rama Rao back" "From 22 July 1984 to 22 September Hyderabad was in the grip of communal riots" "Curfew was imposed many times 41 people lost their lives 23 people were critically injured. 250 shops and houses were burnt" "It is strange but after every communal riot more and more people are arrested" "A large number of police stations are placed under curfew for long periods" "But the perpetrators of the violence get off scot-free" "Thousands of people who live on a daily wage unable to go to work during the curfew were pushed into debt and destitution." "Whenever festivals or elections approach communal riots, the threat of violence, and curfew cast a shadow of fear over the hearts of people living in the old city" "You know that our party Majlis e Ittehadul Musalmeen started its struggle again in 1958" "In 1947 India was divided into 2 nations" "In 1948 when our Government breathed its last you know what befell us" "A tide of devastation was approaching us There was no one who could lead us." "Our rippling fields had withered" "Our houses were razed to the ground" "Our infants were torn from their mother's arms" "Refugees from the rural areas looted of their belongings were fleeing towards Hyderabad" "In the city the Asaf Jahi kingdom and the throne were looted" "The Paigah and Jagirdari system (feudal form of revenue collection by nobility) was abolished" "With one stroke of the pen our representation in Government jobs was terminated." "This was a state of terrible destruction" "There was no other option except to become rickshaw drivers" "Many respectable people could not ride rickshaws or beg on the streets" "To protect their honour and feed their families they would mask their faces and ride at night" "In this state of devastation when elections were held we supported the communists," "then the socialists and the Congress party" "We did this expecting some balm for our wounds" "Instead of balm salt was rubbed into our wounds" "We started feeling that there was no place left for us in Hindustan" "We had become strangers in a country which we had ruled for thousands of years" "We felt that everything was finished for us here" "We became helpless and downhearted" "In 1957 the Majlis started its struggle again" "And we said only one thing" "If we want to reclaim our lost status we will have to move to one political centre" "People opposed us" "They said "Today our problems are of employment and security"" "We said "Today the problem is to protect Islam"" "Majlis has started Urdu Junior Colleges and the Urdu Academy for you." "The Urdu Academy was inaugurated by Vengal Rao the Congress Chief Minister" "Majlis has set up the Minority Commission for you" "So that all the injustice that you face can be investigated and dealt with" "Today we have to remain united" "There are many forces which would like to divide you" "No community can survive without its political centre" "Every community needs one" "Their party had come to power" "The Assembly was to meet on 11th September" "On 9th September the Ganesh procession was taking place" "Millions of people were participating in it" "The Congress, the Majlis and Bhaskar Rao's party got together and hatched a scheme" "They all wanted to use it for their own ends" "They started an agitation in the New City" "Didn't they turn the entire city into ashes?" "Those ashes are still in front of our eyes" "The responsibility for 9th September doesn't lie with the participants in the procession" "Some people may have got excited but who started it all?" "Bhaskar Rao was playing a part but who was the puppeteer?" "Was it not the Congress party?" "If our votes get divided we will end up sending Owaisi to parliament" "If we vote for the Congress by mistake that vote will go the Majlis" "So friends we should be very alert" "Make sure that your vote goes to the cycle symbol" "Even if we have differences with the Janata party, BJP or the communists remember we have to elect one candidate" "Vote as a Hindu!" "If one room in your house is on fire can you sleep in another room?" "If there is a corpse in one room can you sing in another?" "If corpses are rotting in one room can you pray in another?" "If your answer is yes then I have nothing to say to you" "In this world there is nothing greater than a human life" "Not God, not knowledge, not elections and not the Constitution" "Any decree written in their name can be torn and buried deep in the earth" "Remember, one child's murder, one woman's wounded spirit, one man's body riddled with bullets" "Is not the downfall of a regime" "It is the downfall of the entire country" "One more word" "Never forgive a murderer" "Though he may be your friend" "A custodian of religion" "Or a guardian of democracy" "Never forgive a murderer"