Distribution of Land, Establishment of People's Rule–15th August 1947 to 13th September 1948

The Party and the Andhra Mahasabha were busy during the first four months of 1947, regrouping the scattered Party and AMS organisation, under the heavy blows of the Nizam's repression. The Party was also under ban and attack in the Andhra area. Yet, Guntur, Krishna and Godavari had been the protective base for the Telangana fighters.

On August 15, 1947, power was transferred from British imperialism to the bourgeois-landlord Congress. The Nizam declared that he would not join the Indian Union but would remain independent (Azad Hyderabad). The Indian National Congress was forced to launch a satyagraha struggle in the Hyderabad State to bring pressure on the Nizam Nawab to accede to the Indian Union.

This gave us a very good opportunity and new possibilities of developing the Telangana people's struggles. We joined hands with the State Congress in its struggle for the merger of the state with the Indian Union. Since our Party and the Andhra Mahasabha were the major political force is with great political and mass influence and organisation, especially because of the struggles of 1944–1946, we had a decisive voice in this movement.

The people, all sections, in the Andhra areas, gave massive support to this state people's movement. We could collect Rs 20,000 in two or three days, in just the one town of Vijayawada, for providing arms for fighting the Razakars and the Nizam.

Joint meetings and demonstrations were held with the national and red flags fluttering together. Whatever programme the Congress chalked out, we made it a huge mass affair, drawing thousands of people to participate in them.