*blogged by Arithy EE10B005*
Latest Updates on Telangana Movement as on 7th November 2011
- Congress MLA and former minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy observing an indefinite fast in his native Nalgonda district in support of separate Telangana demand was forcibly shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday.
- The Supreme Court will examine a batch of PILs urging it to restrain the Centre from carving out a separate Telangana state and ensure that normal public life was not affected on account of the agitation.
- Protests in support of the separate Telangana and against it continued in Andhra Pradesh today. Statehood supporters held protests like cycle rallies, sit-ins at various places in the region.
- Congress lawmakers and leaders from Telangana region have decided to boycott the ‘AP Formation Day’ celebrations on November 1, the day on which the state was carved out in 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act.
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on board of the special plane commented that resolving Telangana issue will 'take time'.
- The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), is estimated to have lost about Rs 211.44 crore due to the agitation in the Telangana region.
- In spite of mounting pressure from the Telangana activists, political JAC and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), senior Congress leader and Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy is unlikely to resign from the Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet.
- The Telangana Joint Action Committee has called a bandh in Hyderabad. Protesters have now shifted their focus on putting pressure on elected representatives and ministers in the Congress government to resign.
Authors Note on the Issue
Well, let me ask you the same question. What is your view on this ongoing 'Telangana issue'? ...Why should I care about that...This is the kind of attitude in some of the people. Since this is purely a problem of Andhra Pradesh, it is quite possible that people from Tamil Nadu or Karnataka may not even have heard of 'Telangana'! Understanding the problems and having the perspective of the case in neutrality is very essential in resolving things. That is why I started to blog on this topic. Yeah, I'm not from Andhra nor I live in Telangana. Decisions in democracy are taken by the representatives of you and me...We do have a major part in decison making processes. We do have the power to analyse, understand, think, process and judge the issue. Why not exercise it, give others the correct scenario of what's happening and be a part of the team of the 'Common Man's Voice'. I can strongly feel that you wanna have a third person's perspective on 'Telanagana Movement'. Then, what are you waiting for...? Follow my blog and stay updated on the current hot issue of Telangana. It is argued that literacy rate of Telangana is less and the people from the rest of Andhra have an edge over them in job opportunities. They proclaim to have been discriminated and underdeveloped because of the indifferences. The need for a new state in Andhra Pradesh could be a politically influenced drama or the need of the hour to stop anymore discrimination to the people of Telangana.
We should be reminded of the fact that this kind of bifurcation of a state is not new in Indian democracy. Recently, India created three new states- Uttaranchal (from Uttar Pradesh), Chattisgarh (from Madhya Pradesh), and Jharkand (from Bihar). Why can't we have Telangana (from Andhra Pradesh) now? How are the newer states doing? Uttaranchal tough in its terrain by geography has made significant progress in setting up industries. Chattisgarh has opened new universities and better job opprtunities for the locals. It has made a tremendous progress in getting electricity to remote villages. Jharkand with abundance in raw materials including coal has set up its own industries and made better economic growth than ever before. Creation of Telangana has wide avenues of development. Some of the projected benefits are discussed as follows :
- Right now the coal is mined and electricity is produced in Telangana but most of it is supplied to Andhra region, while districts of Medak and Adilabad have four hours of electricity during the day during summer. In the new state, these districts will be fed with electricity.
- The rivers of Krishna and Godavari flow through Telangana, and the dams are in Telangana, but the canals carrying the water go to Andhra. In the new state, there would be new canals bringing water to the arid regions of Telangana bringing in prosperity to the farmers and local population.
- Most of the jobs, in government and education, are filled up by people from the rest of Andhra. In the new state, more jobs opportunities could be created for the locals.
So why can't Telangana make its progress. What is the problem with this Telangana in particular? Some of the reasons are discussed below :
- The remain reason is because of the fact that Hyderabad, the current capital of Andhra Pradesh being a part of Telangana. In the rest of the three new states, their capitals were newly created. But here, in this case, creation of Telangana might cause Hyderabad to be lost. Hyderabad is a prime economic centre both in IT indusutries as well as in MNCs. The new capital for rest of Andhra would be smaller and could cause a deep decline in the state's economic growth.
- The creation of new capital for the existing state is a challenge by itself. It includes the house of legislatures and representatives, municipal offices, new connectivity through road, rail and air transport.
- The talk about making Hyderabad a Union Territory is also not a good idea. Every other Union Territory of India has been declared so because of its clearly defined history and its inabilty to join the nearby state due to historical background. For example, Pondicherry was declared a UT because it was under the French rule while the rest (Tamil Nadu) was under the Madras Presidency of the British.
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Overview of Telangana Issue
Telangana Movement is organised by a group of activists to support the formation of a separate state of Telangana from the existing Andhra Pradesh. The movement turned into a big public issue in the late 2009 and its still continuing till date. Hunger fasting, roads and rail blocks, shop shut downs have become the powerful tools of these activists who include scores of college students from Telangana region. The political parties that strongly support the idea of Telangana are Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS), Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTPP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), etc. The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) started relay hunger strikes and threatened the resignations of all legislators on 28 January, 2010 demanding that the Centre take adequate steps to consider the division of Andhra Paradesh. On 3 February, 2010 the government announced the five-member Srikrishna Committee on Telangana that would look into the issue. But till date, the issue remains as an unsolved crisis.
Historic Perspective of Telangana Region
Telangana is a region which is a part of the present day Andhra Pradesh in India. The Telangana region comprise of 10 districts: Adilabad, Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, and Warangal. The Musi River, Krishna and Godavari rivers flow through the region from west to east. Andhra Pradesh State has three main cultural regions of which Telengana is a one part and others includes Coastal Andhra region on the east and Rayalaseema region on the south.
Satavahana dynasty (230 BCE to 220 CE) originated from the lands between the Godavari and Krishna Rivers. The region experienced its golden age during the reign of the Kakatiya dynasty, a Telugu dynasty that ruled most parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh from 1083 to 1323 AD. Ganapatideva was known as the greatest of the Kakatiyas, and the first after the Satavahanas to bring the entire Telugu area under one rule. Telangana came under the Muslim rule of the Delhi Sultanate in the 14th century, followed by Bahmanis, Qutb Shahis, and the Mughals. As the Mughal Empire began to disintegrate in the early 18th century, the Muslim Asafjahi dynasty established a separate state known as Hyderabad, the current capital of modern Andhra Pradesh. Later, during the British Rule in India, the Coastal and Rayalaseema regions came under the Madras Presidency. While, the Telangana region was still a prominent princely state.
When India became independent from the British Rule in 1947, the Nizam of Hyderabad wasn't willing to unite his kingdom of estwhile Telangana/Hyderabad regions with the Indian territory. He wanted a separate princely state status for his kingdom. The Government of India annexed Hyderabad State on 17 September 1948, in an operation by the Indian Army called Operation Polo. When India became independent, Telugu-speaking people were distributed in about 22 districts, 9 of them in the former Nizam's dominions of the princely state of Hyderabad, 12 in the Madras Presidency (Andhra region), and one in French-controlled Yanam.
The Political influence on Telangana Movement
In December 1953, the States Reorganization Commission was appointed to study the creation of states on linguistic basis. The States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was not in favour of an immediate merger of Telangana region of with Andhra state, despite their common language. The main reason behind this is that the literacy levels in Telangana regions were less compared to that of its counterparts in Andhra, namely Rayalaseema and Coastal regions which were under the control of British Madras Presidency. It was feared that the joining the regions would give an edge for non-Telangana people in job opportunities. Considering the situation, Andhra state assembly passed a resolution on 25 November 1955 to provide safeguards to Telangana. The agreement provided reassurances to Telangana in terms of power-sharing as well as administrative rules and distribution of expenses of various regions.
In December 1968 Osmania University students organised a rally to protest against discrimination in government jobs against Telangana people.This agitation came to an end in September 1972 with the merger of Telangana Praja Samithi with Congress. Various political parties were formed on a platform of pursuing for separate statehood for Telangana region, including the Telangana Praja Samithi party in 1969. In the 1990s, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised a separate Telangana state if they came to power. A new party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), led by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), was formed in 2001 with the single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana State with Hyderabad as its capital.
In the 2004 Assembly and Parliament elections, the Congress party promised a separate Telangana State and the TRS had an electoral alliance in the Telangana region. Congress came to power in the state and formed a coalition government at the centre with TRS. Later, In September 2006, TRS withdrew support from the Congress-led coalition government because of the failure of fulfilling the promise to create a separate Telangana state. The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), founded by Telugu Matinee cinema actor Chiranjeevi in 2008, supported Telangana statehood. But later, the PRP leader joined Congress withdrew his idea of separate statehood in 2011.
On 29 November 2009, TRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) started a fast-unto-death, demanding that the Congress party introduce a Telangana bill in Parliament. This is considered to be the turning point in the political arena of Telangana Movement. He was soon arrested. Student organizations, employee unions, and various organizations joined the movement. On 9 December 2009, Union Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram announced that the Indian government would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state. On 23 December, the Government of India announced that no action on Telangana would be taken until a consensus was reached by all parties. Rallies, hunger strikes, and suicides continued throughout Telangana to protest against the delay in bifurcating the State. The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) started relay hunger strikes and threatened the resignations of all legislators on 28 January, demanding that the Centre spell out its intentions and create a timetable for change. On 3 February, 2010 the government announced the five-member Srikrishna committee on Telangana that would look into the issue, with a deadline of 31 December 2010.
Srikrishna Committee Report
The Srikrishna committee on Telangana submitted its report in two volumes to the Home Ministry of India on 30 December 2010. In an all-party meeting on 6 January 2011, the Home ministry made the 505-page Srikrishna committee report public. The Report came up with six possible solutions to Telangana Issue. After going into all aspects of the situation as well as keeping in view the local, regional and national perspective, the Committee considered that the following solutions/possible options may offer the best way forward :
1. To maintain a status quo :
Consider the demand of a separate state of Telangana as problem of law and order and it be handled by the state government without the intervention of the Centre.
2. Bifurcate the state into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad being a Union Territory :
Over the years migration has completely changed the demographics of the city and the total number of people from other regions and from outside the state residing in the metropolis is very substantial and estimated to be more than one third of the population of the Greater Hyderabad Metropolitan area.
3. Bifurcate the state into Rayala-Telangana and Coastal Andhra regions with Hyderabad being an integral part of Rayala-Telangana :
The economic analysis of the state which has shown that Rayalaseema is the most backward of the three regions. It is dependent on Telangana for water and irrigation resources and values its access to Hyderabad for employment and education. There is also greater social homogeneity between the two regions.
4. Bifurcate the state into Seemandhra and Telangana with enlarged Hyderabad Metropolis as a separate Union Territory :
Being the main software centre of Andhra Pradesh it also accounts for 15% of the national IT exports. Besides, infrastructure and real estate are the other key growth areas in Hyderabad.The extended Union Territory will comprise 67 Mandals, 1330 Villages, 12430 sq.km area.
5. Bifurcate the state into Telangana and Seemandhra as per existing boundaries with Hyderabad as the capital of Telangana and Seemandhra to have a new capital :
This option implies accepting the full demands of a large majority of Telangana people for a separate state that will assuage their
emotional feelings and sentiments as well as the perceived sense of discrimination and neglect.
emotional feelings and sentiments as well as the perceived sense of discrimination and neglect.
6. Keeping the State united by simultaneously providing certain definite Constitutional/Statutory measures for socio-economic development and political empowerment of Telangana region :
Unity is in the best interest of all the three regions of the state as internal partitions would not be conducive to providing sustainable solutions to the issues at hand. In this option, it is proposed to keep the state united and provide constitutional/statutory measures to address the core socio-economic concerns about development of Telangana region. This can be done through the establishment of a statutory and empowered Telangana Regional Council with adequate transfer of funds, functions and functionaries in keeping with the spirit of Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956.
Authors Conclusion
Well, after this elaborate discussion, here comes the most important question. Is it worth creating a new state of Telangana? For such a query, the answers are purely controversial and unreliable in calculations. It seems like only time can answer such a question....
- Arithy.
EE10B005
Telengana is probably the new buzz word among the people of Andhra Pradesh. The proactive movement initiated for the new state has affected far too many in different ways.
ReplyDeleteSome recent events in picture, one very striking one is the transport shut down. I mean this is probably the step that affects the people the most. Some of my friends who had recently gone to NIT Warangal to attend a fest had great trouble looking for buses. They said they travelled on lorries and stuff to get to the college. And their return was delayed due to unavailability of trains.
Another serious activity going on is the bandhs of schools and colleges. My professor whom i recently spoke to tells me that students are being greatly affected by the lack of classes. Important common exams like the JEE which are conducted nation-wide would not take into consideration that there is a political drama going on in a particular state. So quite evidently, these students are at a disadvantage!
Despite the fact that there is such heavy uprising going on, I feel the centre would not grant the separate state. Around eight other smaller states are also readily in the list. So if the centre accepts Telengana, it would have to deal with the other ones too and this would lead to a huge political instability. This is just a view from my side. However, anything can happen in course of time.
@Subendhu, yeah, I do accept that the hardships faced by the common people are very severe. Whether a new state is born or not, why should students be affected? The Centre yesterday has also thought of Presidential rule in Andhra Pradesh as things are getting worse...
ReplyDeletethere is one thing we need to consider .new states have been created now they are developing at a faster rate. But creation of new states do not guarantee the even distribution of wealth in the old state or in the new state. Variations are natural but we need to design your policies for even distribution of wealth and opportunities.i mean division is not the permanent rational solution.
ReplyDeleteIf new state telangana is formed it may induce politics for strong agitations in many other parts of country for separate states for example vidhrbha region in maharastra. looking at national perspective i think the nation requires a policy to the distribution of wealth all over the country.
ReplyDeleteIt is very important to understand that the Telangana movement started not just because uneven wealth distribution. Its also due to various other factors viz., better educational and job opportunities for non-Telangana people, historic differences between the regions, etc.
ReplyDeleteIn such a case, Telangana issue is a very peculiar problem that Indian politics is currently facing. Even though all the people of Andhra Pradesh speak the same language of Telugu, the state faces a serious crisis of so-called discrimination of Telangana people. Henceforth, the State Recognition Commission that was set up in 1953 to divide states based on liguistics seems to have failed after half the century...
The bifurcation of the state need not be the only solution. The various avenues of plausible negotiations will have to be thought of for a long lasting and a successful result...
I appreciate your work!!
ReplyDeleteI think Telangana is getting delayed because of Upper Castes only, whether Andhra or TG lower castes are the sufferers, i feel that time has come for all upper sections in TG should be thrown out, rather Andhra lower sections should be allowed to stay in TG, even the caste wise share of TG should be declared before, otherwise history will repeat again! Even KCR, KTR, Kodandaram. Lagadapati are upper castes who are playing with people, If TG is to be formed i think a Dalit TG needs to be formed, the dreams of great Ambedkar of a Dalit-India should be acheived. The bad thing is Gandhi who has never done anything to Dalits was made Father of nation... very bad
It seems you guys worked really hard on this subject and gathered lots of info on it.Nice work.
ReplyDeleteWhen andhra fought for seperate state .They justified it. When Telangana was fighting for seperate state, they are trying to stop it. Remember Telangana was a separate state before. All they want is previous status
Blind people still not accepting telangana movement. and they claiming KCR raised movement with false information. but they forgetting the telangana movement always alive before KCR started political movement.
It appears that the likes of KCR have brainwashed the people of Telangana so much that they are no longer care for history. Only for geography!
wat ever it may be,let me say the historical formation of andhra! Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema are administered as part of Madras Presidency after independence.at that time Telangana was part of Hyderabad state, which was an independent native Indian state.Hyderabad state included Telangana, 4 Kannada districts in Gulberga division & 4 Marathi districts in Aurangabad division.
ReplyDeletepotti sriramulu who made a fasting upto death for a separate state for telugu speaking people was succeded sacrificing his death leading to formation of coastral andhra and rayalaseema as andhra .Telugu speaking people demanded for their long cherished Visalandhra formation, but people of Hyderabad state were unanimous in their demand for splitting their actual state into three parts. The States Reorganization Commission headed by Syed Fazal Ali heard the views of different people and organizations. Based on the Commission’s conclusions, the Congress Party High Command preferred Visalandhra and enlarged the state by including nine Telugu speaking districts of Hyderabad state to eleven districts of Andhra state to form Andhra Pradesh with 20 districts. In the process, the Hyderabad state was split among Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra State. Aurangabad division merged with Maharashtra and Gulbarga division merged with Karnataka. The rest of the two divisions of the state – Gulshanabad or Medak and Nizamabad merged with Andhra State..
and no one knows how the decision of uniting telangana with andhra was done at that time.some people say that it was done for the political benefits of existing congress at that time..the merger was done even it was unfair to telangana! and the merger was done on an agreement that telangana will be given priority in jobs and other opurtunities after the merger.and the agreement was kept aside as the major part of the people representatives of assembly were from seema andhra .
This made the people of telangana to raise their voice for separate state which they think to be fair enough which was unfair for seema andhra!!
n my opinion the telangana issue is nothing but a political mess. it is very hard to see that a state being divided into different parts which was the first formed Indian state based on the its linguistic and a freedom fighter gave his life for that thing. it is very obvious if any state divide into smaller regions , the local parties which itself cannot claim the power over newly formed sate. Another reason is some local leaders who themselves cannot make into higher level of politics will argue for a new state which enables them to have more power in these newly formed territory.I agrees on the last term of srikrishna report that state should be kept united and some percentage of reservation should be provided in all fields..Every one should understand that the idea of regionalism and breaking up the country, and the civil violence arising from this are not desirable for a developing country like india which exist based on the principle unity in diversity.
ReplyDeleteI feel that, the way the people are fighting for telangana is really insane. The politicians use this as an opportunity to support people and improve their own image among them to gain votes. They cannot force the central government to provide a separate state by strikes, suicides, shutting down transportation, etc. If the central government is gonna yield for their atrocities and give a separate state then thats it, all other states will start fighting and eruptions will be there all over the country.
ReplyDeleteTelangana issue is something very embarrassing to me. i dont know why people are demanding for seperate states.At the end of the day everyone is indian here and dividing a state in two is just like paralysing both of them. earlier states were formed because the execution is easier by dividing areas and ruling but now its just for political reasons mob is being mislead. we have seen what has happened in earlier 2000 state divisions.. madhya pradesh , uttar pradesh and bihar all three states are still suffering from that one insane decision.
ReplyDeletethey had to re establish a state which has got half the power than earlier and equal the fame .
what is the demand for ??? a dalit state!!! this is the idea where where i smell the stinking of the rotten thinking.upper caste , lower caste thinking persisted in the earlier times.now its a free INDIA.. its 'AZAD INDIA'.. everyone has equality here , and being treated equally if someone says he is not being treated well then he is mentally ill.
who creates the division?? everybody is a part of state and everybody is equal here.what is the point of demanding division of an already settled state for the thing you actually have it... it is just something which you have to feel.
Telangana issue is a very contentious one, there is no straigtforward solution to it. Politicians are bent on making most of it, by disrupting harmony. While the plight of economic situation is understandable, this does not necessarily mean that carving out a state is the only solution. The cumulative interest of all sections of the society need to considered. We are living in World`s most democratic country, our voices cannot go unheard.
ReplyDeleteCreation of new state might solve a little, but it will throw up myriad other unsuspecting problems and might seriously hamper the normal functioning of the neighbouring states. Instead of sticking to division of state the leaders need to have an holistic outlook. From giving call to unnecessary bandhs, to organising rail and road blocks, the so called elected have created an atmosphere of tension in the society. Resorting to vandalism will only serve to increase the misery of common man who is already facing the brunt of inflation. At times i am forced to ponder Are these elected representatives worthy of being elected? How can they justify their actions by disrupting the house proceedings, manhandling public personnel and verbal abuse others. We also get to see many instances wherein a neutal politician is coerced to involve in these ill planned agitations.
Students have been used as front runners for these agitations. Colleges, schools were forcefully shut down fearing backlash from political outfits. Establishments like hotels and tourism were most affected, Public infrastructre took a beating. Government had to deploy large platoons of police force to control the escalting law and order problem.
The politicians should instead ask for autonomous economic reforms different from the rest of the state. By doing so the grievances can be properly redressed.
Considering the point of view of people of Telangana this issue is a clear example of how the State Recognition Commission (SRC) has failed.
ReplyDeleteThe Andhra origin MP's have admitted of being misused the funds of center utilizing it as 70% towards Andhra and 30percent towards Telangana development.
In United AP regime, the Politician's from Andhra who rule Telangana will only allow jobs taken by people of Andhra, lands grabbed by their relatives, all water is directed to Andhra and to add insult to hurt- they insult the Telangana Language & its culture. So the demand of a separate state is not about Political gains.
I do think that not enough irrigation projects were built for the benefit of Telangana farmers. All they want is previous status of their own state.
But even if they get Telangana, what next?
In my view making small states is not beneficial. First thing is development and giving employment to poor people. From what I read in newspapers, the planned 16 lift irrigation project in Telangana requires 7800MW whereas entire AP's power output is only 14800MW. Going by that data, to provide water to many farmlands in Telangana it requires at least 60% of AP's power capacity just for Lift irrigation project alone. The natural landscape of Telangana makes it expensive to build lift irrigation projects in Telangana. How is the new state going to bring in so much power to the state? Unless you have massive investments in generating power , how will the new state solve all the problem? New jobs and education is another thing.
Also, why only Telangana? Every state has their own problems and most of the states can claim that we want a separate state!
By giving away Telangana is like encouraging other party rulers to go on a fast and get a new state.
I appreciate the manner in which you have narrated the issue!!
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the various problems faced by the 'telangana' part of AP, formation of a new state seems to be the best option. With this, special care can be taken towards the under-developed districts. But the main hurdle is the possession of Hyderabad.
Its my opinion that if the politicians really want something good to happen for the people of telangana , they should let go of Hyderabad. Asking to be seperated and asking for this city is too big a demand and this only shows that personal and ploitical greed is playing a huge role in this so-called "fight for justice"
The very episode appears to be reconciling today regarding the partitioning of Telangana from one of the most integral states of Indian sub-continent. The idea of partitioning is not new, it has come and got resolved by 1952 after unforgettable struggle of respected Late Potti Sriramulu. Then the reason was very logical as the state of then Madras was a heterogeneous group of multilingual population, say Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. So the partitioning was completely logical and was from the deepest hearts of the people. BUT today the scenario is completely different and no leader is true to his job and uncorrupted. The idea of Telangana took its inception from a selfish political brain which thought the devastating idea of 'Divide and Rule'. Say if Telanagana becomes a independent state, people were mesmerized that the natives would be given the first priority for any kind of employment, but is it nativity a prerequisite for employment or the capability? Also after how many decades do the total non-local population would be completely replaced by the locals? Added naxalism, terrorism and maoism
ReplyDeleteA state is not just a person, it involves millions of innocent people, who would ultimately suffer, besides the world famous twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
I never read about any markable developments bookmarking in the newly emerged states of Chattisgarh or Jharkhand etc. Last but not the least is that any province would be integral and composite when it is composed of a variety of resources like agricultural, industrial, geographical, spiritual factors, which are perfectly set now in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Development reconciles it's very meaning when good becomes better and better becomes best, but not the way round at which the conflict is presently aimed!
Ultimately the national administrative authorities should play the effective role of a father and tackle this naughty kid crying stubborn to play with a knife!!!
and most of the educated youth and people are against the idea of spilting andhra..scenerio is run because of bunch of monkey politicians of our state and central.
Deve Gouda, the Nava Telangana party founder, is on a tour of the entire Telangana region. The purpose is to spread awareness in Telangana people about the injustice being done to Telangana by the Government and the Administration. Some core highlights include lack of water and adequate resources for irrigation in Telangana, the overall neglect of this region in various aspects of development.
ReplyDeleteThe underlying agenda is the demand for a new state. “We have lost faith in the government and the administration” says the party spokesperson.
There are many questions that arise.
1. IS the entire Telangana region feeling this neglect?
2. How far are the allegations true?
3. Are smaller states really a good solution?
4. If yes, is it viable to have a smaller state simply based on a linguistic divide? What should really be the parameters for a divide if a divide should happen at all?
5. Why is this issue cropping up 50+ years after independence. Haven’t people felt this divide so far?
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ReplyDeleteIt would be good if the people of Andhra Pradesh did not distinguish themselves into telengana, andhra,etc. After all they speak the same language and share many things in common. The people of telengana must work hard and compete with the remaining people of AP if they feel that they are in a disadvantageous position.
ReplyDeleteThey must consider the disadvantages of having a new state which can affect the unity of the people. Some policies by the government must be taken that can decrease the feeling of supression by the telengana people and this issue has to be settled peacefully.
The people of Telangana have fought for creation of a new state for themselves for nearly 60 years now. This legitimate fight for creation of a new state with Hyderabad as its capital, within the legal confines of Indian Constitution, has had a voice since the time of Indian Independence.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, another region next to Telangana, called Andhra, was keen on fighting for a separate state for its people away from Tamil people. Fearing that most of the newly created jobs and opportunities would be taken up by Tamils since Tamils were more educated and had access to opportunities, and also citing the reasons that Andhras would not be well represented in Tamil dominated Madras Presidency, Andhra people started a protest. Potti Sriramulu of Andhra region went on a hunger strike in Madras for 58 days and died fighting for creation of a separate state out of Madras Presidency called Andhra State with Madras as its capital.
But, what I feel is that demanding of state away from each other will create regional diversification and will not be good for nation as a whole because India’s principles lie in unity in diversity. This move will surely spark some feeling of regionality amongst all Indians……. So, I really am not in favour of this separation
From the facts and figures listed above it seems that Telengana region accounts for around 41% of the total area with 40% of the state's population living there.Now to the state's revenue , the contribution of the Telengana region is 63%, while the corresponding share of the Andhra region is only 14%.While the government spends more revenue on development within the the Andhra region as compared to the Telengana region.
ReplyDeleteAs there is a clear bias towards the Andhra region these protests are not without basis.But one of the major hindrances to the creation of a new state, is the question of Hyderabad.Hyderabad is the state capital,a major IT hub and accounts for 37.5% of the state revenue.Also the Andhra region is quite drought prone and the headwaters of the godavari being in the Telengana ,they(andhra)would clearly be affected.In such a scenario,an ensuing split in the state is clearly going to adversely affect the Andhra region.
A probable solution is the sixth option given in the SKC report.As this would prevent further Balkanisation of India , while meeting the legitimate needs of and aspirations of the Telengana region.
After all these protests and fights among two groups in one state, I dont feel that the separation is the better solution. Of course, Telangana people have their reasons to separate and form the govt which gives more priorities to them. But, dont forget that these states are goin to be under one Union govt. Its not like separation of Korea and India. Its even more worse than that. After these rivals, Its not possible to bring back the moment of understanding between them ater the break-up. A problem like TamilNadu-Karnataka issue over Cauvery water may arise in some other form between them. And the problem shldnt be allowed to grow to the level of Ellam Tamils-Srilanka conflict. I feel that more financial and educational bills in favour of Telangana people are to be passed, political problems shld be solved more politically and the regions shld remain as one state...
ReplyDeleteProponents of a separate Telangana state feel that the agreements, plans, and assurances from the legislature and Lok Sabha over the last fifty years have not been honoured, and as a consequence Telangana has remained neglected, exploited, and backward. They allege that separation of the state is the best solution. The politicians of Telangana (Congress and TRS mainly) see the issue as their only route to power. BJP also sees a chance to become a king maker if not a king, in a separate Telangana.
ReplyDeleteWe can see that in various strikes and bandhs, it is mainly the students who take part in it. They are aroused by the political people by doing strikes and destroying public property, closing all schools and colleges. All these violent methods do not resolve any problem. Every person who is protesting should ask themselves various questions rather than just shouting in a group or breaking a windshield of one or two buses or calling a day off in a school or college… “How is a separate state really going to help?? What is next after getting a new state and Hyderabad as capital?? Now once telangana is given as a separate state what about rayalaseema??”
People should understand that divide and rule is not the only solution for all the problems. This movement turns out more to be as a political issue rather than a social issue. If we try to generalise it, it turns out that it is a fight for Hyderabad rather than a separate state because once Telangana is given as a separate state with Hyderabad as a capital Coastal Andhra people will start another protest and this will be a never ending fight.
People should think that ‘what effect would this movement result on future generation?’
Laws regarding this issue have been clearly laid down in Article 2 and Article 3 of the Indian Constitution. Article 2 reads as, “Admission or establishment of new States.—Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit”.
ReplyDeleteWhen the writers of Constitution were drafting Article 3, our nation was not fully integrated or well organized as some Princely States were not included and States Reorganization Commission was working on forming linguistic states. Keeping in view the need for formation of new states, an enabling provision giving power to the Parliament was incorporated in Article 3. For this purpose the Constitution provided a simple and easy process for ‘reorganizing’ a new state. Article 3 says that Parliament can enact a law to reorganize the existing states by separating new state out of territories of the existing states, or by uniting two or more states or parts of states, or by uniting any territory to a part of any state, or by altering their boundaries, or by separating territory from, or increasing or diminishing the area of, or by changing the name of, a state. If the Parliament acts as per these provisions of the Constitution, it will automatically effect a change in the Schedules, without necessitating a separate Constitutional Amendment. The Bill approved by the Parliament would change those schedules to suit the new state. Hence Constitutional Amendment is also not required.[5]
In the case of Telangana, the Union Cabinet has to take a political decision and advice President to recommend to the Parliament to pass such a legislation carving out Telangana from existing boundaries of Andhra Pradesh. While political initiative is expected to happen from the people prevailing over the ruling party at the Center, the Constitutional process should begin from the Union Cabinet. Our Constitution says that if process of carving out a state affects the boundaries of existing state, (in case of Telangana, it will definitely affect the boundaries of Andhra Pradesh as ten districts have to be removed), the President is bound to refer the Bill to be introduced in Parliament, to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. While such reference is mandatory, the President need not decide as per the opinion expressed by such state legislative Assembly. This means, even if there is an opposition to the ‘referred bill’ or such reference is not responded within prescribed time, or when such a bill is approved, the President can go ahead with formation of a new state. However, it is a political requirement for building a strong opinion in favour of a new state to prevail over the Union to fulfil the aspirations of the people.
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