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The party, it is learnt, has decided to abandon the move for a Second States Reorganisation Commission which was first mooted by the Congress Working Committee in 2001 and later figured in the party manifesto for the 2004 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. A Cabinet sub-committee headed by Pranab Mukherjee, tasked to look into this issue, failed to arrive at a political consensus and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) walked out of the UPA in 2006.
The changed Congress stance on Telangana will be spelt out by Gandhi who is scheduled to address public meetings in that region during her visit to the state. “We have already clarified we were never opposed to the creation of a separate state of Telangana. We are committed to it. This is broadly what the Congress president will explain to the people there,” a senior Congress leader told The Indian Express.
While Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy has been opposed to bifurcation of the state, Congress leaders from Telangana have made several representations to the party high command, pleading for Congress endorsement of a separate Telangana. The Telangana region accounts for 15 of 42 Lok Sabha seats and 107 of the 294 Assembly seats in the state.
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You people does not have any constructive suggestion other than using abusing langauge. The regions after bifurcation have progressed because the represtatives are more closer to electrorate. There is no need of big states like UP, maharastra, AP
Congress has cheated the people of telangana because they promised the state for the support of TRS but then due to the pressure from YSR they have given up such attempts. Now Telangana people would not vote in favourof congress and so they wish to ignite on the topic again. Congress will feel the heat of it after the election.
i really oppose to the seperate state of Telengana. I remember how Hyderbad was transfomred because of the creation of Andhra. The people wh came to Hyd were very enterorising and ambitions. They helped transform Hyderabad.
This is ELECTION time and this Lady is holding A PIECE OF SUGAR CANDY to THE PEOPLE OF TELENGANA to give her party votes. What has happened to the IDEA all these years? Can you atleast believe this CONGRESS PARTY which has fooled INDIA for 60 years?
It is not proper that we keep on dividing States like these. The BJP opened a Pandarox Box by creating new States like Uttarkhand, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh etc. and now there is a clamour from every State for more bifurcation. It is sad that vote bank politics has taken us to a point of no return.
Only when election approaches Congress thinks about Telengana. All for Votes. Till now Congress Party was using the Minority people as a vote bank and now they want to use the Telengana people as a vote bank. Congress will be wiped out from Telengana and A.P. this time.
Even if Congress rules for next 50 years, they do nothing. They are the main criminals. They Just do anything to get Votes. Once they get Majority, they sleep for next 5 years till next Election come. This time I am sure, people of India throw this UPA Govt out of Power
Well said ,Mr.Ramesh,what a pity a foreigner has to dcecide what people in India want.A greater misfortune the media too glorifies this person,projecting her as the hope of the nation.
She is a Indian citizen no matter how much bigot like you think. Its attitude and bigotry of people like you who drag my country down.
If the Andhrites believe this phoney alliance called UPA anymore on the Telegana issue then they will be the first ones to prove that all people can be fooled all the times.The TRS leader chandrasekhar was so full of hope after they brought him into UPA with all kinds of assurances during the last elections. Now after being silent and even opposing the bifurcation of the state for the last five years slowly and shamelessly they are taking a U turn. Are the voters of AP so naive?It appears so ,looking at the hope that YSR is nursing of returning to power after five years of disaster/.
Our country will keep on getting divided like this to further the interest of self serving politicians of all the parties.
Rajeev, Telangana was a separate state and was merged against teh wishes and against the views expressed by the Fazal Ali Commission on the states Reorganization. The fact that despite Telangana bailing out andhra from the penury of poverty it has gotten raw dealin return in the last 50 after merger. The andhras have usurped and plundered the welath of Telangana and has reduced Telangana people to the level of beggars. It is only correct to divide the state to rule and govern the lives in their own ways. To start with only the language is similar but the cultures were very different, Telangana had far superior and honest culture. They were never wily and always ready to help. Recall that Nizam has sent in tonnes of gold to the Govt. of India when it fought with Pakistan in 1948-49. Now you why the Telangana people feel so strongly about their state and I hope I ahve educated the people who did not have good understanding of the issue. Please understand this is a pent up demand and will bury the Congress in Telangana and YSR Reddy this time around.
What a pitty! People of India have to wait for orders from an Italian waitress who is ruling the Indian National Congress where no capable Indian! It is time to change the name of Indian National Congress to Italian Congress!