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Saturday, August 3, 2013

News : Will Spliting Telangana have a domino effect?

The Srikrishna Commission report of 2011, appointed by UPA to suggest a way out of the Telangana imbroglio, recommended a separate state. But with a caveat. Because, "while creation of Telangana would satisfy a large majority of people from the region," the report said, "it would also throw up several serious problems." The Congress decision, driven by pure political survival instinct, came without studying the larger economic and political costs.

It ignored home ministry assessments warning of a revival of Naxalism in the new state, the billions of rupees coastal Andhra Pradesh would spend on a new state capital when it moves out of Hyderabad, and recent Intelligence Bureau (IB) assessments warning of public outrage opposing division.

But the biggest fear, a home ministry report of July 24 warns, is of "unrest and prolonged agitations" in other states including Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Maharashtra, where people have been demanding new states. Even before CWC took its final call, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called for a 72-hour shutdown in Darjeeling in support of Gorkhaland. In Maharashtra, BJP and Shiv Sena braced themselves to raise the issue of a separate Vidarbha. In Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati upped the ante for carving four states out of Uttar Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh was the first state created on a linguistic basis when the Telugu-speaking areas of erstwhile Hyderabad state were merged with Andhra state in 1956. Experts predict Telangana could spawn secessionist trends. "This thoughtless decision may lead to a demand for a separate Telugu nation, the 17th largest in the world," says political commentator C. Narasimha Rao...

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Friday, August 2, 2013

News : After Telangana its Rayalaseema - Protest Begins

The immediate fallout is a growing demand for a greater Rayalaseema - one of the two regions that Andhra Pradesh will be left with after Telangana becomes a state.

The idea is to create another state by adding two coastal districts of Nellore and Prakasham to Kurnool, Kadapa, Chittoor and Anantapur of Rayalaseema, with Kurnool as its capital.

“Give us a special package to ensure development here or create a greater Rayalaseema,” said TG Venkatesh, a state minister from Kurnool. For, the politicians know that a state with only four big districts and no big cities and resources can hardly be viable.

Earlier, the Congress floated the idea of Rayala-Telangana and Seema-Andhra, dividing the region with eight Lok Sabha seats to each to limit YSR Congress Party chief Jaganmohan Reddy, who hails from Kadapa in Seema-Andhra.

But the idea backfired, with an IPS officer even resigning in protest.

For, Rayalaseema – a region of distinct culture, cuisine and accent — was divided before. Bellary, now part of Karnataka— then Mysore in the 1950s — was part of the Rayalaseema region.

The aggression that led to the large-scale violence this time in Rayalaseema and the resignations by Congress ministers from the region came from insecurity born out of economic backwardness and the absence of natural resources.

In fact, the report by the five-member Justice BN Srikrishna committee, formed to look into the Telangana statehood issue, reported in January 2011 that Rayalaseema is the most backward region in the state.

The other important factor is the fear that coastal Andhraites will grab most government jobs and call all the shots in new Andhra.

“The best scenario will be a united state, peaceful like before and for everyone’s benefit,” says Ravindra Prasad (28), who runs a computer centre in Adoni in Kurnool district.

Ironically, people in Telangana also had such complaints against both the other regions...

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

News : Telangana Decision Today, Congress WC To Decide

Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest policy making body, is likely to take a decision on the formation of a separate state of Telangana today.

According to television reports, the UPA Coordination Committee will first meet at around 4 p.m. This will be followed by a meeting of the CWC at 5.30 p.m.

These meetings come a time when the Congress high command is said to be inclined towards bifurcating Andhra Pradesh notwithstanding the opposition from within the party and its state leadership.

Meanwhile, additional forces, including CRPF, Rapid Action Forces and State Special Police, have been rushed to Andhra Pradesh, to deal with any situation which may arise in the wake of fresh developments over the statehood demand for Telangana.

According to certain media reports, Hyderabad is likely to be a Union Territory for five years and will act as joint capital of the two states to be created out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

The Union Territory will be administered by a Lieutenant Governor. The Governor of Telangana state will be the ex-officio Lieutenant Governor of Hyderabad in these five years.

Media reports further state that a proposal to this effect is going to be put up to the Union Cabinet before August 5.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has so far reiterated his stance for maintaining a united Andhra Pradesh at any cost.

Several ministers and MPs from Andhra Pradesh have been camping in Delhi over the last 2-3 days to discuss the issue with the top leadership.

Congress MPs from Telangana have accused the Centre of following what they call a ‘one-step-forward-two-backward’ approach when it comes to addressing their demand for a separate state.

The Centre’s flip-flop over the issue began in December 2009 when the then Home Minister P. Chidambaram promised the formation of a new state only to go back on it after a few days.

The issue was later pushed before a committee headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna. This panel did not come up with a tangible solution, but instead presented six options...