The political crisis in Andhra Pradesh worsened on Saturday when 20 ministers of the state cabinet from non-Telangana regions decided to resign to protest the formation of the separate state of Telangana.
The ministers, who belong to the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, held a meeting today. After the meeting, Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy said that they have decided to resign, keeping in view the wishes of the people of their constituencies.
The decision was conveyed to Chief Minister K Rosaiah by Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao and his colleagues in the state cabinet, Gade Venkat Reddy and Shilpa Mohan Reddy.
Though the three ministers were tight-lipped about what transpired between them and the chief minister, it is learnt that Rosaiah asked them to reconsider their decision.
The 34-member cabinet has split into Telangana and non-Telangana camps. The two camps are learnt to have had heated exchanges at an emergency meeting of the cabinet held by Rosaiah two days back.
Meanwhile, the number of legislators who have resigned over the proposal to split Andhra Pradesh into two has climbed to 135. Bandhs and protest were held for the second consecutive day, which paralysed life in the non-Telangana areas.
Rosaiah, on his part, said that he had not received “any written or oral communication” from the central leadership to table the resolution in the state Assembly for statehood to Telangana. This, observers said, indicates that the resolution may not be moved in the current session.
The political turmoil in the state was not just confined to the ruling Congress party. Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which sits in the opposition benches in the Assembly, too faced the repercussions. The Telangana members of TDP today threatened to quit the party if its leader, N Chandrababu Naidu, did not support the resolution for a separate Telangana state.
The joint action committee of legislators, which is intensifying the ongoing agitation for a united Andhra Pradesh, has also threatened to disrupt the 20-Twenty cricket match between India and Sri Lanka scheduled to be held at Visakhapatnam on December 18. Consequently, the Board for Control of Cricket in India has put the sale of tickets on hold.
On the other hand, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) said it is confident that the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre will stick to its decision on Telangana. K T Rama Rao, TRS legislator and son of the party president K Chandrasekhar Rao, said that the party was not worried about the developments in the state after the Centre's decision to split Andhra Pradesh.
The national media may please notice the duplicity and unprecedented political debauchery being witnessed in AP.
Mind you,all the political parties went to the polls and garnered Telangana vote,by promising to support Telangana statehood.
The Andhra rulers have suddenly done a volte face, once it dawned on them that Telangana, instead of being just a plank to reap votes,could be a reality.
One could only thank fate that a person with morality and values, Sonia Gandhi, is at the helm of affairs of the nation. Thank God for that!
The states in the Indian Union are formed on lingual basis to facilitate the state administration through the language of the people. Naming of the AP State as Andhra Pradesh does not seem to have done justice to Telugu the state's language. I think the AP State should not be divided on regional grounds as this will lead to a dominos effect setting a precedent toward separation of all states and result into what history has seen in old times resulting in a chaotic weak region vulnerable to invasion by external forces. The correct name of the AP state should be restored which probably would be TELUGU PRADESH or TELUGU NAD. The unity of the state in all its grandeur should be encouraged and maintained instead of taking an emotional decision to pamper the sentiments of one. Remember IN UNITY IS STRENGTH
ANDHRA PRADESH MUST AND SHOULD BE UNITED.IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO JOINS MOVEMENT,WHO LEAVES IT,EVERY ONE SHOULD AND MUST JOIN THE MOVEMENT,IF ANY ONE STAY AWAY PEOPLE WILL TEACH FATAL LESSONS TO THAT PERSON,MLAs,MPs...WHO EVER THEY MAY BE PEOPLE WANT ANDHRA PRADESH MUST BE INTACT,PEOPLE DONT WANT WHO DOES WHAT BUT ANDHRA PRADESH SHOULD REMAIN INTACT,MOVEMENT WAS INITIATED BY PEOPLE,LEADERS,GOVERNMENTS RUN ON PEOPLES WILL,PEOPLE ARE SUPERIOR,CONGRESS TOOK BLIND DECISION AND IT WILL FACE ITS CONSEQUENCES,GOVERNMENTS WILL FALL,PARTIES WILL CLOSE THEIR OFFICES PERMANENTLY AND LOSE THEIR RECOGNITION,DEPOSITS...PEOPLE WILL NOT STOP TILL ANDHRA REMAINS INTACT FOREVER MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN WRITTEN FORM AS THEY LOST TRUST ON THEIR LEADERS,PARTIES..ITS A NEW ERA OF POLITICS DICTATED BY PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR SELFISH POLITICIANS IN MODERN TIMES.
Posted by: kiran
December 13 , 2009, 23:09 IST
Yes Mr Vijay, you are right. Andhra Pradesh should remain united. Who are those political leaders who want to divide the state for their selfishness? All the people in Andhra who want the state to be united should not allow the state to get divided. It is not only the state that will be lost but it is also you, me and all the people who live for a united Andhra who will be lost.
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