Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) is a

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

activist group. It is an organisation which is fighting for the realisation of statehood for

Telangana region Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35, ...

. It was formed on 24 December. It is an umbrella organisation comprising various wings such as students, employees etc. The Chairman of TJAC is

M. Kodandaram Muddasani Kodandaram Reddy (b. 5 September 1955) (popularly known as Prof. Kodandaram) is an Indian Activist, Professor (Retd., Political Science) and a Politician. He founded the political party Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) in March 2018. He w ...

. It organisation protests like the ''Sakkala Janula Samme'', ''Million March'', ''Telangana March'' etc.

History

TJAC was formed in 2009 to bring all the organisations and political parties under one roof. The Congress party and TDP were its members initially but withdrew later.

Activities

TJAC has taken up various forms of protests like hunger strikes, road blocks, etc., for the formation of Telangana state. They celebrate carving out of

State out of the state of

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References

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