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Telangana On Hold - Telangana Needs Andhra Pradesh Approval
The momentum for Telangana appears to be on hold, needing approval from the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly first according to a Congress Party Official.
"The Central Government will take the next step on Telangana only after the state assembly passes a resoluton to that effect. The Congress will support it only after that," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told The Times of India.
This latest move is an indication of the deep divisions in the Congress party over the Telangana issue - a divisionn between the center (in Delhi) and the state (in Hyderabad).
Congress party MLA's at the state level have threatened to resign en mass.
Right now, it appears there are not enough votes for the pro-Telanagana option to pass in the Andhra State Assembly.
And so with these most recent statements from the Congress Party it seems they are trying to slow down the Telanagana process and diffuse a volatile situation in Andhra Pradesh.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to call a meeting of all UPA allies to find a way to assuage sentiments on both sides of the statehood divide. The deliberations will examine the feasibility of all options — including whether to ask political parties in Andhra Pradesh to form a committee to examine the feasibility of a resolution favouring Telangana.
While the government strikes a committee the mood on the street is still electric. Witness the pro-Telangana rally in Hyderabad below
The campaign for a new Telangana state goes back 40 years. Telangana once was its own territory but was merged with the new state of Andhra Pradesh. Most of India's states were created in the years immediately after Independence in 1947
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at 08:19 on December 15th, 2009
I am firm believer of small states and reorganization of states should be done in this largely populated country.Uttarakahnd has developed after its formation to large extent plus creating employment for many in the state who would have not got chance otherwise.
The big city guys are the only one who do not want smaller states.
at 08:36 on December 15th, 2009
congress has always played politics with the formation of small states.If the congressmen opposing the smaller states not stand in election in Telangana if it becomes state.i doubt.They will first people to apply for the MLA ticket and hail Sonia for delivering the state to the people. Telanagana will be formed come what may
at 09:07 on December 19th, 2009
Yes Telanngana struggle is more than 40 year old. I also belong to Telangana and I am very proud to say that. Just 6 months back we went to Elections and people clearly given verdict in Telangana for development of Telangana and not splitting Andhra Pradesh. If we want Telangana first we have to go to the grass root levels in Villages and teach them how we are deprived of our rights ( Our share of Jobs are 49% but they gave us 24%, out of 43 statutes of Tank Bund in Hyderabad 31 belong to Andhra people...like wise list goes on). Instead of doing this our leaders are adopting cheap tricks like fasting. KCR is a regular drunkard with severe lung problem and many more life threating medical problems, Doctors advised him to stop drinking alcohal and advice to join in ICU to counter side effects of stopping consumption of alcohal, for this reason he was in NIMS and he was on saline. KCR is always becoming a hindrance to our statehood. KCR known for his cheating and cheap behaviour again played the vulgur trick now the same boomerangs. Even Andhra leaders are fasting in much more number, they did more violence in one single day then the OU students did in 10 days. Instead we should first educate at grass root levels in Telangana Villages and follow the Gandhi method of peaceful non violence methods. This way in 2014 elections we can influence people to vote for separate state. This will be only way of geeting our Telangana state. KCR is also known as 'DUBAI SHANKER'. He mainly involved in traficking poor labour to Gulf states and earned crores of property before entering politics. He aspired to become minister in TDP which Chandra Babu did not oblige and hence he started instigating people to agitate for separate statehood. Then he became union minister and never bothered to do anything for his constituents or Telangana. Now, since YSR tragic death, this man comes to save Telangana people. My fellow Telanganites know every time we agitated for Telangana people, our leaders mislead us...remember Dr.Marri Chenna Reddy cheated 1969 Telangana struggle and resulted in death of more than 350 innocent students, he subsequently become CM of Andhra Pradesh and very rich. I appeal to my fellow Telanganites, lets unite and without political parties interference educate our people and fight our rights and achieve our separate state. SURAVARAM
at 16:57 on December 23rd, 2009
This has turned out to be a battle of one-upmanship. center issued the statement in favor of telangana then they take it back because some people agitated in andhra. now if hyd is shutdown by telangana ppl what will the government do? when andhra ppl were agitating did the AP government issue section 144 or section 30? now when they knew that telangana will be back burner they issue section 144 in telangana districts. If the father doesn't treat both the sons same ofcourse the son treated bad would fight and leave home.this will go long wayyyyyyyy
at 12:43 on December 24th, 2009
When a political image rises as a wave which disturbs the peace then comes the downfall in form of physical or political. That's what is going to happen for shrewd politicians who use sentimentsto betray people instead of developing peoples livelihood. KCR got ultimate checkmate from high command I expected that. KCR should have become a stunt man instead of politician. He has qualities of stunt man than a politician. Poor people are thinking everything is real.He is not true politician his statements are proviking to telaganites also.I don't know which path he is going. Being a telanganite I don't think anything is going to be changed. Change isneed to be done in administration level. Is there any bandh for nalgonda flouride issue?. All of these politicians are anti social elements to disrupt peaceful life. Nothing is going to happen to them but people are sacrificing their lifes. Hyderabad brand image is spoiled with all these agitations.If agitation is peaceful than it makes sense. Just think about it, persons who depend on daily wages couldn't able to earn because of these bandhs. After getting seperate state also same uneducatedpolitician will rule the state. what's the next agenda north and south telagana. If true politician comes to change the system also as time passes system changes him to corruption path. Anyhow TRS party is going to be the ultimate loser. KCR lost his credibility at high command with all his tricks. Intelligence is obeserving all happenings in state.
at 23:53 on December 27th, 2009
im telangana person being telangana person i know how the people are cheated but it is not ture in asence pls be educated as our people are uneducated from decaded me dosent got our telangana so first we have to educated and make our telangana people to think practically its not an issue of state its an issue of life. we can get everything only when we think practiacally and when we are unite as im working in dellas in united states it is not correct to say andhras are cheaters and exploting as i came five years back and lot of indins are working from decadeds here, as our politicians theory this americans also need to say quite america and ask our people to go back to india and they wil getjobs but its not happening they as they are educated and thinks pracatically. SO MY BROTHER TENLANGANA PEOPLE PLS EDUCATED PROPERLY U WILL GET U R JOBS NO ONE IS THEIR TO STOP US DONT THINK FOOLISHLY WE HAVE GREAT CULTURE SO PLS UNITE WITH ANDHRA WE HAVE LOT OF BENIFITS WITH UNITED ANHDRA THEY ARE OUR BROTHERS LOVE THEM AND DEVLOPE OUR LAND. UR TELANGANS, brother kittu
at 00:40 on January 1st, 2010
Dear All As per the situation no body is stopping to develop telengana. Telangana leaders never asked central what to be developed at telengana. So the government is going on giving funds, the proper utilisation of funds are not done. Instead fighting for sperate telangana, let them fight for the development activities to be done for telangana region. Let them identify teh problems and development to be done in telenagana and submit to central govt so that the allocation of funds will be done, if the funds are properly used then development activites to be done. Instead of giving telangana, let the govt appoint some good leader as Deputy Chief Minister and allocate him some funds for purely development of telangana, because KCR is fighting for telengana let him be Deputy Chief Minister and ask him to develop telelangana. As we know Andhra people are intellegent and hard working, as we need to get grains , vegetables, even flowers from andhra. Till now we could not find any difference between andhra and telengana. Let us be united and work together for Andrha Pradesh development. We have already seen the tragedy of division of station in north. nothing worked out. So instead fighting for telengana, fight for development of telengana and andhra districts like srikakulam also.