India was again burning into fumes. This time it’s not Mumbai, not Gujarat, not Ayodhya, not
Kashmir and not Punjab; it is Andhra. It’s the struggle for freedom, identity and/or self-
respect; which I seriously doubt.
How it all started?
Post-Independence, Telangana region of Hyderabad was merged with AP. Those were the days of integration on linguistic basis. Language was considered the basis of culture and so integration followed. The first Telangana movement intensified in 1969. There was a distinct difference between Andhra and Telangana regions. Since Andhra was part of the Madras Presidency pre-independence, education and development were better than Telangana which saw little or no development. Discontent with 1956 Gentleman’s agreement lead to protests and over 350 Telangana protesters were killed in police firing.
KCR’s calculated moves…
K Chandrasekhar Rao, then a member of the TDP, KCR had hoped for a minister’s post but
was made deputy speaker after the 1999 elections. He quit in 2001 to champion the cause of
the Telangana state and formed Telangana Rashtra Samiti. A risky strategy, his fast-untodeath,
did pay off. Since Gandhi, power in India has belonged to the stomach, especially one that
refuses food! The doubt will always remain in my mind regarding KCR’s calculated moves
like quitting TDP when not getting promised minister’s post and the recent fast-unto-death
timing which came just when Andhra Pradesh was in limbo after YSR’s sudden death. Why
does he want a separate state? Is he fighting for Telegu might or fighting to divide Telegu people
from rest of India? Who cares for the people? Does he? The new state Jharkhand came into
being and several claims were made promising maximum development. Jharkhand is the leading producer of mineral wealth in the country and after 9 years of its statehood, the state politics
has shown its real face. Jharkhand’s CM Madhu Koda’s involvement in multi-crore mine
scam has once again proved that dirty politics never fights for people or for the development of
the state but for the development of its own. Every single wrong vote fosters dirty politics.
Raj Thackery’s lead MNS wants marathis at top position in the state and slams Hindi speaking
population. Khalistan movement wants Sikh homeland not governed by any country. Such
agitations remain uncontrolled, leaving India vulnerable to vested interests and threats and in
turn, questioning our strongly-held integration and unity. Dr. APJ Kalam’s dream of India being
a developed nation by 2020 seems to be getting lost amidst all these dirty politics. The so-
called freedom struggle of Telangana is just an illusion, as people have forgotten to fight for
themselves, for truth, and for the genuine cause (poverty, population etc...).
This “divide and rule policy” inherited from our virtual ancestors “the britishers” has resulted into such vicious political games that are played for vested interests and not for general goodwill.
I believe the supreme power is Supreme Court of India which has not been or very little touched by dirty politics and corruption. The real problem with Supreme Court is “It can’t make laws, can only amend laws”. Law making authority still remains with The Parliament or with the
Vidhan Sabha as far as a state is concerned. The dance of democracy can be clearly seen in Andhra these days. The future of India can be, Telangana separated from Andhra Pradesh, Harit Pradesh separated from Uttar Pradesh, Bodo-land separated from Assam, Kodagu separated from Karnataka, and Tulu Nadu separated from Karnataka. These are just few of the many, devising their way into the pipeline.
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