Karimnagar, Dec. 24 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, demanded that the Telangana Government release funds to all Gram Panchayats across the state within the next one month. Failing this, he warned that a parade would be organised in Hyderabad along with sarpanches, deputy sarpanches and ward members from across the state.

He demanded that MPTC, ZPTC and municipal elections be conducted only after the release of Panchayat funds. He issued an ultimatum that if the Congress government delays the release of funds citing the election code, large-scale agitations would be launched to force the government to bow down. He also announced that villages in the Karimnagar Parliamentary constituency that elected BJP-su...