THE STATE OF TELENGANA SEEMS TO BE MATERIALISING

After six decades of struggle Telengana State seems to be materializing into a reality. In spite of protests by the United Andhra loyalists, Telengana has turned out to be the 29^th State in Indian Union. K.Chandrasekhar Rao, the man who fought from the front with hundreds of thousands of Telengana dreamers for their quest for a State of their own, the people of Telengana saw to it that their demands seem to have materialized. Now it is time for euphoria for the citizens of Telengana, where as it is sense of loss for United Andhra loyalists with the passage of Reorganization of Andhra bill passed by voice vote despite pandemonium and chaos in the Lok Sabha ruling the roost since the day of presentation of the bill till it got passed on Tuesday. Now it needs to go through the Rajya Sabha where too it should get the majority approval. United Andhra loyalists were determined to block the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha at all costs, and to their shock and chagrin the Central govt had a tough time in the creation of the new State to be carved out from United Andhra.

A bandh was called by Jagan Mohan Reddy, staunch supporter of United Andhra and incidentally he is the son of Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

The hurry with which govt of India proceeded along bifurcating Andhra and creating Seemandhra and Telengana was with an eye on general elections scheduled to be held four months from now. The UPA 2’s calculations went wrong with Seemandhra leaders and their followers grouped under one umbrella and have turned against Central govt. Andhra Pradesh during the tenure of Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy bagged maximum number of seats thus enabling the UPA 2 in cobbling together an alliance and assuming power and this time apart from Telengana, the UPA 2 can’t even bag half the number of seats at a moment UPA 2 is sailing rough waters and facing a certain defeat.

In the Assembly elections held three months back, four States went to Bharatiya Janata Party to the embarrassment and shock of Congress which is leading the UPA 2. It is almost certain that BJP led NDA is poised to capture more seats than UPA 2. To the UPA 2 it was a forewarning of how things are going to take shape in the days to come.

Reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh is to go thru and it is almost sure, the bill might scrape thru Rajya Sabha with support of main opposition alliance extending a helping hand to the govt.

The repercussions of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Seemandhra and Telengana are sure to result in demanding creation of new States such as Gorkha Land, North East parts like Bodoland and parts of Uttar Pradesh thus pushing the centre to the brink of a dilemma.