Fight between TASC and FTASC in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California: Not only at the National level and state level, but also at the regional level the Telugu people and Telugu Associations in the United States are fighting each other.
Two Los Angeles based Telugu Associations, Telugu Association of Southern California (TASC) and Federation of Telugu Associations of Southern California (FTASC) are now in a major dispute and fighting openly.
In an email, TASC said, "per Secretary of State of California, FTASC is not the owner of TASC. Therefore, FTASC collecting TASC membership is illegal. Therefore the TASC leadership is now requesting the Telugu community of Southern California that if anybody collects money under the name of TASC please forward the reciepts to ec@manatasc.net to deal FTASC's illegal activities."
As per the California's Government Website records, FTASC was filed on Nov 23, 1983 with Business Entity Number C1232822. TASC was filed on Feb 12th, 2014 with Business Entity Number C3645022.
In United States, including the H1B Temporary Workers there are less than 10 lakh Telugu people spread across 50 states. For these 10 lakh Telugus, there are 4 national level Telugu Associations called TANA, ATA, NATA and NATS. At the state level many states have one or two Telugu Associations. In California, there are many associations since the state is large. Silicon Andhra and BATA are major Telugu Associations in Bay Area. TASC and FTASC are from Southern California.
News Posted: 10 April, 2014
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