The Joint Action Committee of Telangana Employees (TEJAC) on Wednesday unanimously resolved to build pressure on elected representatives to resign from their posts and work for the success of the 'Sakala Janula Samme' beginning from September 13. Nearly 450 office-bearers, affiliated to 130 associations, who met at a function hall in the city on Wednesday, decided to intensify the agitation by restricting the movement of MPs and MLAs in the region and insisting for their resignations before the start of the strike. The meeting was also attended by political JAC affiliates and intellectuals.

The JAC employees resolved to continue their fight against the Seemandhra government, Seemandhra leaders and elected representatives trying to scuttle the movement. "We are fighting for our rights. Since MPs and MLAs have failed to discharge their duties, government employees are forced to take a direct plunge into the agitation and intensify it. We are ready to resist any attempt by Seemandhra forces to dilute the 'Sakala Janula Samme'. If MPs and MLAs do not get their resignations accepted, then the strike would be aimed at them till they quit their posts," said V Srinivas Goud, president of Telangana Gazzetted Officers Association.

In unison with the TEJAC, the Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee (OUSJAC) has also called for a week-long agitation starting Thursday. The students are planning to take out a rally inside the OU campus demanding resignation of TDP and Congress legislators. The students have also called for a boycott of classes on September 13. The students are expected to march to government offices to offer their support to employees who are planning to go on strike. "We will hold a Telangana Atma Gaurava Sabha, a meeting of students from across the Telangana region on September 17," said P Kailash Neta, spokesperson, TSJAC. The students said that they have offered their support to legislators who have resigned for the 'T' cause already.