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Andhra Pradesh Vs Telengana
THERE ARE two types of revolutions; one the real while the other being self claimed. Although both are called as revolutions, the two hardly belong to the same elevation. The Berlin wall collapsed without any political instigation. Russian revolution sprouted from the anguish of a common man not a political force.These were the public outcries against injustice and suppression.
Indian freedom struggle too belongs to the same genre.
But there are few moments, which are claimed to be revolutions by the initiators to gain political mileage. Telengana issue is one such. K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) has attempted every possible gimmick to carve an image "Ultimate warrior of Telengana."
There might have been a need of separate state hence people of the region received him fairly well in the 2005 elections. But when separate state was his agenda, he should have rejected the cabinet positions that were offered to his party men.
Rather than being two separate entities, telangana and Andhra are two interdependent regions. If Andhra accounts for major food production, Telangana region is rich in minerals. Both the regions have Telugu as their main language. This is why telengana is no Jharkhand or Uttarakhand.
Further if Telengana is declared, the disputes over border would be endless.
Breaking the country into such smaller units increases regionalism in Indian politics. Further it is a multicrore task for the government and funds for the formation of so many states cannot be accommodating in the forthcoming budget. Although the claim for separate state is ridiculous, governments must understand the need to maintain uniform and sustained growth through out the state.
The big difference between a separate Telengana and other newly created states like Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Uttrakhand relates to the state capital. In the three earlier cases, the state capital remained with the original state. But Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, will go to Telengana. This horrifies coastal Andra's who claim to have created 90% of Hyderabad's wealth.
A compromise could be to make Hyderabad and the surrounding Rangareddy district a Union territory housing the capitals of both Telengana and residual Andhra Pradesh. This solution worked when Haryana was carved out of Punjab. However, politicians leading the movement are dying to lay their hands on the lucrative land of Hyderabad, and will never give up this golden goose from which they hope to get a thousand golden eggs.
There are lots of bandh happening all over Andhra Pradesh and the telengana laborers refuses to go to work and they do strike in front of assembly and their companies. What's this bandh and strike going to ripe them.. A New State.. What they are gonna do with a new state... The whole India is getting split into smaller parts like this and the Central Government has to face the problem later.
Before we think about all these lets hope that KCR's agitation will come to a peaceful end without violation of human rights and destruction of public properties.
Indian freedom struggle too belongs to the same genre.
But there are few moments, which are claimed to be revolutions by the initiators to gain political mileage. Telengana issue is one such. K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) has attempted every possible gimmick to carve an image "Ultimate warrior of Telengana."
There might have been a need of separate state hence people of the region received him fairly well in the 2005 elections. But when separate state was his agenda, he should have rejected the cabinet positions that were offered to his party men.
Rather than being two separate entities, telangana and Andhra are two interdependent regions. If Andhra accounts for major food production, Telangana region is rich in minerals. Both the regions have Telugu as their main language. This is why telengana is no Jharkhand or Uttarakhand.
Further if Telengana is declared, the disputes over border would be endless.
Breaking the country into such smaller units increases regionalism in Indian politics. Further it is a multicrore task for the government and funds for the formation of so many states cannot be accommodating in the forthcoming budget. Although the claim for separate state is ridiculous, governments must understand the need to maintain uniform and sustained growth through out the state.
The big difference between a separate Telengana and other newly created states like Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Uttrakhand relates to the state capital. In the three earlier cases, the state capital remained with the original state. But Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, will go to Telengana. This horrifies coastal Andra's who claim to have created 90% of Hyderabad's wealth.
A compromise could be to make Hyderabad and the surrounding Rangareddy district a Union territory housing the capitals of both Telengana and residual Andhra Pradesh. This solution worked when Haryana was carved out of Punjab. However, politicians leading the movement are dying to lay their hands on the lucrative land of Hyderabad, and will never give up this golden goose from which they hope to get a thousand golden eggs.
There are lots of bandh happening all over Andhra Pradesh and the telengana laborers refuses to go to work and they do strike in front of assembly and their companies. What's this bandh and strike going to ripe them.. A New State.. What they are gonna do with a new state... The whole India is getting split into smaller parts like this and the Central Government has to face the problem later.
Before we think about all these lets hope that KCR's agitation will come to a peaceful end without violation of human rights and destruction of public properties.
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