 He wanted the "Puri Muttor" to populate the lands of Telangana.In 1969 Jayashankar formed a strong team with about ten members, in consultation with Prof. Rawada Satyannaraya, to contribute as intellectuals during the fight for Telangana and not be Silent Spectators any more.To name a few of them are Prof. Anand Rao Thota, Prof. Parmaji and Prof. Sreedhara Swamy.