'BJP will fight till Telangana is formed'

Hyderabad, Jan 23: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Saturday said the party would continue to fight till a separate Telangana state is created and targetted both the ruling Congress and Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh for their "double standards" on the issue.

Addressing a public meeting organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha asserted that Telangana state would become a reality.

Claiming that the BJP had taken a clear stand on Telangana, she alleged that the Congress and main oppoisition TDP were adopting double standards on the issue. "The Telangana leaders of Congress and TDP are raising slogans of Jai Telangana while their counterparts in Andhra region are demanding a unified Andhra," she said.

Stating that students had taken the Telangana movement in their hands, she remarked that "when students take a movement in their hands even god can't stop it'. She however advised students not to resort to violence.

Swaraj appealed to students and youth not to commit suicide for Telangana. "You should fight and live for Telangana to see its formation, development and prosperity," she said.

"How many more people will have to die for Telangana state to be formed," she asked and alleged that the Congress had repeatedly betrayed the people of the region.

Recalling that Telangana was merged with Andhra in 1956 despite reservations by the first states reorganisation commission, she pointed out that then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had stated that the merger was only a trial and people of Telangana can demand Telangana state whenever they want.

Swaraj urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to fulfill the promise made by Nehru by carving out Telangana state.

The ABVP meeting passed a resolution demanding the central government move a bill in the parliament for formation of Telangana state. It also asked all MPs and state legislators from the region to submit their resignations to mount pressure on the centre.


source :andhraheadlines

KCR is Dedicated to Telangana : Madhu Yashki

Mass resignations in AP likely to choke govt

The present dimensions of Andhra Pradesh politics is likely to change with over 1000 people's representatives deciding to submit their mass resignations on Tuesday after a crucial meeting of the Telangana Joint Action Committee in Hyderabad at 2 pm.

A member of the Joint Action Committee told that the agenda of the meeting for Tuesday has been fixed.

"We feel that the Union government is trying to ensure that the movement goes into the ice box and there is no way that we will let that happen. In a bid to step up pressure, all representatives belonging to the Telangana region will submit their resignations tomorrow itself," the member said.

We are unhappy with the assurances of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and there is no way in which we want to wait any longer. We have built this movement with such difficulty and at the last moment, we don't want the Union government sending it to the cold storage. Increasingly we get the feeling that they are buying time to kill the movement," he added.

Chairperson of the Telangana JAC Prof Kodand Ram says, Abhi hum Dilli nahin jayenge, delhi ko yahan aana hoga. (Now we won't go to New Delhi , New Delhi will have to come here)

The repercussions of such a mass resignation movement will be disastrous for Andhra Pradesh. There are over a 1000 representatives belonging to the Telangana movement and each one appears to be united in its stand. The JAC will not have any trouble in convincing all these members to tender their resignations.

The Telangana region in all has 119 Members of Legislative Assembly, of which 54 belong to the Congress. If these leaders resign, the strength of the party on the floor of the house will drop, which means the government will roll.

Apart from this, there are 17 Lok Sabha members and 10 Rajya Sabha members from the Telangana region. In the mandal level, there are around 480 representatives from this region apart from 10 chairmen of the Zilla Parishads.

In the category of Members of Legislative Council, there are 12 of them from the local bodies, 3 graduates and 3 teacher candidate MLCs.

Apart from this, the Andhra government has something more to worry about in case mass resignations are undertaken. The budget session is slated for February and if these representatives resign, then it will be next to impossible to go ahead with the budget session.

The JAC meeting is not expected to settle for anything less. They say, from the mandal to the Parliament level, there will be resignations galore. A bill has to be tabled in Parliament, and the Congress alone can get it passed, since it has a majority.
source : rediff

Telangana Student JAC Press Meet

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Gossip: Formation of a separate state of Telangana may be just two years away!

NEW DELHI: The Centre may be loathe to admit it at this juncture, but the formation of a separate state of Telangana may be just two years away. The home ministry, which is working on the formation of a committee to thrash out a roadmap, is expected to hold at least two rounds of consultations with the stakeholders.

Although the two sides of Andhra Pradesh are engaged in mobilisation and counter-mobilisation, the Centre is aware that it cannot wriggle out of the promise. The Congress leadership, which debated the issue before home minister P Chidambaram made the statement on December 9, had endorsed the idea of splitting the state. But protests that ensued the announcement forced the government to recalibrate its stand.

There is expectation that tempers will cool down in the coming days. It would provide the government the required elbow room for kicking off the ground work for bifurcating the state.

But there is acknowledgement that status of Hyderabad would prove to be knotty. The Telangana proponents have already said the city is non-negotiable. According to them, Hyderabad is the heart of Telangana, both historically and geographically.

This could prompt the government to moot the idea of according a UT status to Hyderabad on the lines of Chandigarh. But unlike Chandigarh that shares borders with both Haryana and Punjab, Hyderabad lies deep within the proposed Telangana area.

Leaders from Andhra and Rayalseema, who made huge investments in Hyderabad, are certain to resist the idea of ceding Hyderabad to Telangana. Incidentally, much of the protests by Congress leaders over Hyderabad had its genesis in the “assets” issue.

Meanwhile, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao met Mr Chidambaram this afternoon to discuss the statehood issue. “It was a satisfactory meeting,” Mr Rao told reporters after deliberations lasting 30 minutes. Mr Rao also said he would be meeting the prime minister in a day or two.

source: economictimes

Telangana Students Garjana - Live from OU

HighCourt permits Students to take out rally, on 3rd Jan

The Andhra Pradesh government has given nod for Osmania University students to go ahead with the Sunday's "Vidhyarthi Garjana" rally albeit with conditions.

Justice Nagarjuna Reddy, acting on the Joint Action Committee of Osmania University Students' petition, directed the Hyderabad city police commissioner to grant permission for the rally on the university campus. But he said only students should attend the rally, and it should be held between 4 pm and 6 pm. The court also specifically ordered that political leaders should stay away from it and no outsiders should speak on the occasion.

The JAC, which called the rally to press the demand for Telangana formation, believes that up to five lakh students will participate in the meeting. But with the court imposing restrictions, only four to five thousand students will be able to attend the meet, some students say.

The high court order came just when tension reached the boiling point on the campus as hundreds of policemen and personnel of Rapid Action Force and CRPF were deployed in and around the campus to stop the people from gathering.

Additional director general of police, law and order Abdul Khayyum Khan made it clear that the permission for rally would not be granted as the gathering of a large number of people can create serious law-and-order problems.

Chief Minister K Rosaiah also expressed his helplessness, saying political interference would not be good in a sensitive matter which was being dealt with by police in a professional manner.

Telangana JAC Ulitmatum to High Command

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Telangana can never be developed in United Andhra..

This strong stance from Nehru to Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi to Sonia Gandhi has costed Telangana people 53 years of Development time.

There is no way Telangana can be developed in United Andhra..

The fund allocation to Telangana region is paltry and on paper.

The pending irrigation projects in this region have touched to a whopping 88,000 Crores and the other two regions account only for 16000 Crores of pending irrigation projects.

90% of the suicides of Farmers from AP are from Telangana region.

CostaSeema garnered the lions share for the loan waiver announced by UPA government, the fund was stashed by the already wealthy people of the those regions.

CostaSeema worry that they are loosing a golden goose as they loose a chance to stash away free money allotted to this region.

"Deceived Again"-- Telangana Agitation Continues

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TDP Playing Double Game

ఇంకా ఎన్ని రోజులు అ చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు చెప్పులు నాకుతూ బతుకుతారు తెలుగుదేశం ప్రజా ప్రతినిదులరా
ఇప్పుడు తెలంగాణా ప్రాసెస్ ఆగి పోవడానికి మీ నాయకుడు చంద్రబాబు కారణం కదా
అక్కడ సమైక్య ఆంధ్ర ఉద్యమం చేపిస్తాడు. మల్లి ఇక్కడ తెలంగాణా ఉద్యమం చేయమంటాడు .
ఇక్కడ కెసిఆర్,ప్రజా సంఘాలు,విద్యార్థులు అందరు ఉద్యమం చేస్తుంటే మేరు ఢిల్లీ లో ఓబులాపురం గురించి మాట్లాడుతారు.
మీ నాయకుడు నాగం ఇక్కడ ఓబులాపురం మిద ముక్యమంత్రి ని కలుస్తాడు. ఉద్యమం కు మద్దతు ఇవ్వండి అంటే మీరు మమ్మల్ని అడిగి చేస్తున్నారా అంటాడు.
అదే మే పయవుల కేశవ్,దివాకర్ రెడ్డి కలిసి సమైక్య ఉద్యమం చేస్తారు.
మిమ్మల్ని ఇక్కడ కలిసి రండి అంటే మేము కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ తో కలిసి చేయం అంటారు .
అక్కడ మీ నన్నపనేని,రాజగోపాల్ ను ముద్దుపెట్టలేదా, మైసురారెడ్డి ,వివేకానంద రెడ్డి కలిసి దీక్ష చేయలేదా, దేవినేని ఉమా చిరంజీవి కలవలేదా

అక్కడ అందరు కలవవోచ్చు కానీ ఇక్కడ మీకు, మీ నాయకునికి వేరేవాళ్ళతో కలవం అంటారు.
అక్కడ వొక నీతి ఇక్కడ వొక నీతి.
ఇప్పుడు కనుక మీరు మీ రాజీనామాలు వెనక్కి తీసుకోవాలి అనుకుంటున్నారు అని న్యూస్ వస్తుంది .
అదేకనక నిజం ఐతే TDP అంటే తెలంగాణ ద్రోహుల పార్టీ గా మిగిలిపోతుంది
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Gossip : HighCommand Warns Lagadapati

Lagadapati was the torch bearer for the moment of Samaikya Andhra and he gained maximum mileage with it. Lagadapati left behind even Jagan who is the most charismatic leader in AP in this issue and was even projected to be the future CM of AP. Every one thought that Lagadapati had the support of some leaders in the core committe for his agitation. Once the core committe decided on its stand to delay telangana, the high command ordered Lagadapati to stop his agitation immediately so that it had 24 hours to come out with a statement. With this the high command dint want to give the entire credit to Lagadapati and also avoided a situation where in people would think that the high command had come down to Lagadapati's blackmailing.

It is heard from some reliable sources that the main reason for all the agitations in Samaikya Andhra is not because the centre had announced for Telengana but only because KCR got the credit and in this case the centre dint want to take any chance of giving credit to Lagadapati.

It is also heared from reliabe sources that the high command gave a strict orders to seemandhra leadres not to celabrate in their region as the statement will be in favour of seemandhra. our foolish congress leaders dont even know this.

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How Seperate Telangana can benefit Andhra too

Importance of a SoftCorner towards fellow andhraites

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telagnana issue in BBC news

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Chidambaram Declaration speech on Separate Telangana