Madhav's Political Views

AP Government in Crisis over Telangana State formation

2011-07-04T13:53:00.006+05:30

Andhra Pradesh Government, headed by Mr.Kiran Kumar Reddy plunged into crisis after 69 MLA's belonging to the Telangana Region resign from their Assembly seats demanding creation of Telangana State. Currently, 32 Congress MLAs have resigned and a couple more are yet to follow suit.

However, around 11 MLAs from the Hyderabad region, have not yet made any decision as yet except for Jubilee Hills MLA, Mr.Vishnuvardhan Reddy who was the first to resign. This would put pressure on the remaining MLA's to follow suit or face public wrath in the next elections.

Constitutional experts say that the Kiran Kumar Reddy government is in crisis as of now. Despite the numbers, Kiran Kumar Reddy Government cannot continue morally for the fact that the entire Telangana Region is not represented in the state assembly.
Experts point out that once these resignations are accepted nine districts from Telangana will not have any representation in the assembly. A government cannot function in this manner.

Out of 12 Congress MP's representing Telangana region, 11 MP's have decided to resign.

Let's see how the future would unfold.

Jai Telangana !!

TRS MLA's Physically Attack Lok Satta President, Jayaprakash Narayan

2011-02-18T14:03:00.007+05:30

In a shocking incident, Members of Andhra Pradesh Legislature belonging to Telangana Rashtra Samithi physically attacked Loksatta Party Supremo, Mr.Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) at the Media Point in State Assembly premises yesterday.

The reason for the provocation was when JP deplored the obstruction of Governor's speech in the Assembly by TRS Legislators at the Media Point. Knowing this, TRS MLA's came and started arguing with him in vulgar language. At one point of time, KT Rama Rao (Son of KCR and an MLA) was heard shouting "hit him". Another MLA, K.Vidyasagar hit JP on the head abusing in vulgar language which cannot be written here !!

The amount of positive publicity that KCR and his TRS party gave to the Telangana issue is been completely diluted by the irresponsible behavior of their elected members - including KCR.

It is widely claimed that KCR used to sit on agitations only to blackmail the Congress Government and upon receipt of money, he used to withdraw from the agitation. No one can prove this but KCR's behavior also used to complement the myth. KCR planned to withdraw agitation in the night in December 2009 but people forced him to continue it - similar to how Devanand was forced to sit on a fast in the movie "Guide". Continuous breaking of promises by KCR have further eroded his credibility in the people.

Anyone supporting the cause of Telangana were immediately paired with TRS and mocked!!

By this irresponsible behavior by elected members from TRS is giving doubts whether these people have any respect towards Democracy.

Goondas who have attacked need to be arrested at the earliest and their Membership cancelled from the State Assembly and they should never be allowed to contest elections.

Telangana - Options

2011-01-03T18:54:00.003+05:30

It is another 3 days to go for the All Party Meet that the Central Government had called for to discuss the Views, Suggestions and recommendations of The Sri Krishna Commission that is looking into the demand for separate Telangana State.

The commission had already submitted its recommendations to the Central Government but not to the public. It is strange to note that the Congress Party Government had already gone through the recommendations but took time to put it across to all the parties. So, they do have buying time and they can come to the meeting with strategies.

The main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had boycotted the meeting along with Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) which is spearheading the separate movement. They claim that the Sri Krishna Commission itself is a time wasting device.

They rightly bring before the fact that when Andhra State was carved out of the erstwhile Madras State, no one took the opinion of all the areas of the State but only from the Telugu speaking areas. Since majority wanted separate state on linguistic basis, a separate state was carved out.

Now, to create Telangana State, the Sri Krishna Commission is taking opinion from non-telangana regions too. If a section of the region demands a separate state due to economic & cultural regions, Government should take majority view from that region and take a decision accordingly.

Anyways, coming back to the All Party Meeting, I think the Commission is going to put forward the following options give or take a few more:

1) Retain Combined Andhra Pradesh: Samaikya (Combined) Andhra Pradesh is definitely not acceptable to people of Telangana.

2) Carve out Telangana State: Politicians from Andhra and Raayalaseema Regions are against this for no particular reason other than "All Telugus should stay united".

3) Carve out three states - Telangana, Andhra & Hyderabad where in Hyderabad would be clubbed with Ranga Reddy District and be made either a separate state or a Union Territory directly administered by the Central Government.
This option would be acceptable to Andhras and also those Hyderabadis who have migrated to Hyderabad. Andhras would be ready to make the state into 10 pieces is Hyderabad is not given solely to Telangana. But, Telangana without Hyderabad is not workable as Hyderabad would be the driving force for development of Telangana and also, it is the historic capital of the erstwhile Nizam State of which Telangana is the Telugu speaking part.

4) My favourite option: Andhra State, Telangana State and Hyderabad would be acting as a Union Territory along with being capital of Telangana State.
I hope Andhras should not have problem as Hyderabad would be administered by Central Government (most of the important departments) while people from Telangana can be content that Hyderabad is their capital.
A working example we have is Chandigarh,a Union Territory is still a common capital for both Punjab & Haryana states.

Let's see what's in store.

Important Month for Telangana

2010-12-03T18:15:00.003+05:30

This is a very crucial month for the Telangana issue as the Sri Krishna Commission would deliver its verdict regarding the formation of the separate state to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.

If the Commission gives the verdict in favour of the separation then there would be trouble across other parts of the state and if the verdict is against the separation then entire Telangana, including the state capital, Hyderabad would boil.

So, got to keep a close watch on this issue and how the leaders react and act during the crisis.

Somehow, my gut feeling is that Telangana would be formed !! God Willing !!

Jai Telangana !!

Afzal Guru's Hanging Case

2010-05-19T12:30:00.004+05:30

Afzal was awarded the death sentence by a Delhi sessions court on December 18, 2002, after being convicted of conspiracy to attack Parliament on December 13, 2001. The death sentence was upheld by Delhi high court on October 29, 2003.

He had then appealed against it in the Supreme Court, which rejected it on August 4, 2005. The sessions court had also fixed the date of his hanging on October 20, 2006, in Tihar Jail. He however filed a mercy petition with the President, and since then govt is sitting on his plea.

Procedure involved in mercy petition:

The six step procedure in the Afzal Guru case starts from the President receiving the mercy petition, later which the same will be forwarded to the MHA for an opinion. The MHA then seeks the view of the concerned state government. Then the MHA receives the state government report, adds its own view and eventually tables a report to the President, who will in-turn decide on its recommendation.

A new twist in the tail?

A week before Ajmal Kasab was awarded death penalty for 26/11, the MHA pulled up the Delhi government for sitting over the file of Parliament attacker Afzal Guru's mercy petition for four years. Finally, after sixteen reminders, Delhi Government decided to back the Supreme Court's verdict to hang Afzal Guru. Interestingly, the decision came with a huge rider that the implications of law and order should be closely examined while carrying out the execution of the Parliament attack convict.

Vote bank politics:

The announcement of the date of Afzal’s hanging let to large scale demonstrations in the Kashmir in the form of strikes, protests etc.

Thereafter what followed is the competitive vote bank politics which completely blurred the line between political propriety and absurdity. Farooq Abdullah went to the extent of making a veiled threat that Kashmir would be set on fire and the country will be divided between Hindus and Muslims. He even predicted that Guru’s hanging will threaten the life of the judges who tried him and upheld the death sentence.

Government’s Dilemma:

The offence that Afzal Guru is charged with is not a murder, theft or dacoity. It is much more than that. It is an assault not only on the life of some eight people but a gruesome attack on the very heart of Indian democracy.

Any stand taken by the government, not for any valid reason but for petty political gains, would have serious long term security implication. The Indian state has for long earned the reputation of being a soft state and govt for sure would not like it to be called as a supine democracy in the world.

Courtesy: Times of India

Maoists We Desperately Need To Eliminate

2010-04-09T11:18:00.007+05:30

The brutal killing of 75 Central Reserve Police Force troopers and a Chhattisgarh head constable in the Naxalite-infested Dantewada district on 6th April 2010 is a stark reminder of the murderous power that the Maoist terrorists wield today.

The Union home ministry has prepared a dossier with the help of police officers in Naxalite-affected states and the Intelligence Bureau, which identifies top Naxalite terrorists. While they have gathered some information about these dreaded outlaws, they are yet to put a face to most of them.

Mupalla Laxman Rao alias Ganapathy

General secretary of the Communist Party of India-Maoist.

Laxman Rao is said to have lived in the jungles for decades. According to security agencies, the 60-year-old Naxal terror leader is never stationary, and often changes hideouts in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal to avoid capture.

His tact, grasp of Maoist ideology and planning has earned him the rank of supreme commander of the movement and control of Naxal armies in over 15 states.

Born in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district, Rao is a science graduate and has a degree in education as well.

After the death of Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, the founder of the Peoples' War Group, the main Naxal group in the 1980s, school teacher Rao took charge. Intelligence agencies say he has trains cadres in guerrilla warfare; he is also the final word on Naxal strategy.

Mallojula Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji

Koteshwar Rao has given more media interviews in recent months than most ministers and movie stars have.

There has been speculation that Rao was injured in a recent police encounter in West Bengal, a state where he controls the Naxal terror forces, but the Naxals have denied this in an unusual faxed statement to the media.

Rao -- who is called Kishenji by his cadres -- is yet another Naxal leader who hails from Andhra Pradesh.

Born in Pedapalli village, Karimnagar district, the plight of farmers in his region is said to have driven him to Naxalism.

Rao -- who has a degree in science -- is believed to have worked in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh before he was sent to West Bengal where he revived the dying Naxalite movement. He is said to live in the jungles of Lalgarh, emerging usually to grant media interviews.

Katakam Sudarshan alias Anand

Sudarshan began fighting for Telangana's farmers before he gravitated to the Naxalite movement. Bureau secretary of the CPI-Maoist's central region he has been a Naxalite for nearly 30 years.

Intelligence Bureau sources believe he is in charge of Naxal operations in Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, two important Naxal states. Sudarshan is particularly influential in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area and that is why security agencies believe Tuesday's massacre could not have occurred without his intervention.

Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad

Is the Naxalite spokesperson, one of the movement's senior-most leaders, in police custody?

His mother believes so as do Naxalite cadres who say Azad went missing some weeks ago en route to a meeting with other Naxal leaders.

An alumnus of the prestigious Regional Engineering College in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, Cherukuri did his master's in technology before leading the Radical Students Union during the Emergency.

He went underground thereafter, and is one of India's most wanted men. Or is Azad no longer most wanted?

Prashanth Bose alias Kajal alias Mahesh

Bose -- a rare Bengali in the Andhraite-dominated Naxal leadership -- is the Naxalites's international face.

Bose, whose name is said to have cropped up several times during the interrogation of Naxalite ideologue Kobad Ghandy, interacts with Nepal's Maoist leaders.

Nambala Keshavarao alias Ganganna alias Basavaraj

Not much information is available on this Naxal who is believed to be 54 years old and a native of Srikulam district in Andhra Pradesh.

Mallajula Venugopal alias Bhupathi

This native of Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar district shuttles between Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and is Lalgarh Naxal M Koteswar Rao's younger brother.

Balraj alias BR

BR is in charge of the Naxal publications which are printed in Bihar.

Curfew in Hyderabad Old City

2010-03-30T10:36:00.015+05:30

The riots in the old city of Hyderabad started during the weekend and it is continuing unabated despite the presence of 10,000 police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) Personnel.
2 persons were killed and more than 50 people, including women and children are injured in the riots.

One of the casualty was identified as K Satyanarayana, a 22-year-old cash collector for a private organization who was stabbed by unidentified persons at Kilwat near Charminar on Monday afternoon. He was rushed to the nearby Esra hospital where he was declared dead. They are a poor labour family which migrated from Medak District to the City. He is a sole earning member of the family.

According to the police, at least 14 houses were looted and one house burnt in Aliabad by the rampaging mob. Twelve vehicles, both government and private, were burnt or destroyed in the day's violence while stone pelting was reported from Shamsher Gunj, Aliabad, Lal Darwaza, Shalibanda, Kilwat, Charminar bus stop, Moghulpura and Hari Bowli. In a couple of places, the police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the violent mob.

In all, 16 persons were admitted to Osmania General Hospital on Monday with stab injuries and another six with head injuries. "The condition of two of them is critical," OGH duty RMO Mohammed Rafi said. Since Saturday night, 80 persons have been treated at the hospital.

The government imposed an indefinite curfew in all the 17 police stations falling under the South Zone police limits in the Old City effective 7 PM on Monday.

This is how it started:

Muslims have put up banners on a huge scale on account of Milad-ul-Nabi (birthday of Prophet Mohammad) and they have not removed the banners. Hindus wanted to put up their own banners on occasion of the birthday of Lord Rama and for today's birthday of Lord Hanuman. So, they started removing the banners put up by Muslims as their festival had already passed away.

Trouble started when Muslims objected to this. They thrashed the Hindus who were putting up the banners and also ransacked the Hanuman Temple nearby. This enraged Hindus and thus the trouble started. Police reached and cooled down the tempers but once they left the place, trouble again started.

It spread to entire old city within a very short span of time. Hyderabad is witnessing curfew almost after 6 years.

List of Riots in Hyderabad past two decades:

* Heavy competition between the Muslim fundamentalist party, Majlis-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) and Hindu Nationalist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led to riots during the 1983 elections. 4 people died while 17 people were injured during these riots.

* Riots broke out during Ganesh Nimarjan Procession in 1984 in which curfew was imposed in 50 police station limits throughout the city. 12 people perished in those riots while more than 60 were injured.

* In 1990, famous rowdysheeter, Mohammad Sardar was killed during a police encounter. Riots started on a very very large scale and the then Chief Minister, Mr.Chenna Reddy declared on the floor of the house that politicians opposing him are behind these riots. In these riots, more than 150 people were killed while more than 500 were injured. Curfew was imposed throughout the city for more than 20 days !!

During that time, people in our galli in Ram Nagar area spent sleepless nights voluntarily patrolling the area and trying to secure it from rioters. Local police also helped us during the patrolling. Couple of streets away, local Muslims were patrolling their areas. Pretty tense situation.

* Curfew was again imposed for two days in 1992 during Ganesh Nimarjan. During those years, it was quite common to see Muslims throwing stones on Ganesh processions !!

* In the same year 1992, 5 people were killed when protesters were marching against the destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh State.

* 144 Section was promulgated during the Ganesh Nimarjan Processions in 1995 to control riots.

* In 1997, two people were killed during protests commemorating the destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992.

* In June 1998, some people distributed pamphlets denigrating "some religion". Riots started immediately in which 5 people were killed. Curfew was imposed for 4 days.

* In December 2003, riots broke out in Kishenbagh. One person died due to stab wounds.

* In the same year, riots broke out when Muslims took out a protest march commemorating the Babri Masjid demolition. 5 people were killed and more than 30 injured. Curfew was imposed throughout Old City.

* Between 2008-2009, small scale riots broke out in the areas of Chintal Basti, Habib Nagar, Asif Nagar and Madannapet.

Role of Police:

Earlier, only people from Hyderabad who know the local culture, politics and geo-political situation were made as Circle Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors. That was put away by the Government and it hired non-locals who have a very poor understanding of the areas. These are from the Andhra regions who have very little or no knowledge of the city and also the language.

Police personnel themselves donot know lot of areas under their jurisdiction. If that is the case then what sort of policing they would do ??

This shows Government's utter lack of responsibility in taking care of the security situation in the state capital.

Role of Politicians:

It is common knowledge that Hyderabad is ruled by the Majlis-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) and its goons. Since this Muslim fundamentalist party supports the "Secular" Congress Party Government, they were given a very very free hand.

This party believes to bring back the rule of Nizam to the city of Hyderabad when Muslims ruled over their Hindu subjects. The Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA's) of this party act as a pure rowdy sheeters. They attack those who criticize them with impunity.

They also attack anyone whom they believe they are against Islam. They are also against any sort of development in the city. While the Pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Mr.Kishan Reddy agreed to relocate Temples which are obstructing traffic, MIM simply said they are against any relocation of Mosques.

Roads in the Nampally, Darusalam, Jambagh and MJ market areas have the most numbers of religious structures. For instance there are 53 places of worship on the 1.5 km stretch between Ek Minar Masjid and Darusalam road, a city planner said.

Likewise, 38 religious structures stand in the way of widening of roads at Asif Nagar, Langer Houz, Toli Chowki, Puranapul, and Lakdikapul area. On the 1.5 km stretch between Purnapul and Toli Mosque at Karwan, there are 31 religious structures.

MIM president and MP, Mr Asaduddin Owaisi, who was educated in London says, “We will oppose the move to even relocate mosques. The Central and the State Wakf Acts stand as protection to existing mosques. First, let the officials come out with a list of religious structures that have been constructed illegally and those that have existed for decades with proper documents,” he said.

Being born in Hyderabad is a bad luck when we are people like Owaisi ruling us. The sad part is people still vote to the Congress Party despite the fact that they support fundamentalist parties like MIM and call themselves "Secular".

Thanks to: Eenadu & Times of India

What is TRS Gameplan ??

2010-03-09T14:19:00.002+05:30

Past couple of days, I was observing all these TRS guys and those belonging to Telangana JAC are at the back of Chandrababu Naidu (TDP President) forcing him to take a decision on the issue of separate Telangana.

I was wondering why all these so called JAC leaders are not asking any of the Congress Party leaders like the Chief Minister or Congress Head in AP or even Sonia Gandhi to spell out their decision. Why are they only after TDP ??

Somehow, Iam losing trust on these TRS and Telangana JAC guys in getting a separate state. What have they achieved by resigning from their posts ?? Nothing.

Looks like it is TRS game plan to corner TDP indirectly helping Congress. Later, TRS would bargain with Congress regarding posts once Telangana is formed. These guys are ganged up against TDP so that TDP guys would be forced to keep fighting a party which has just around 10 MLA and 2 MP seats. Why should anyone listen to TRS ?? They have never ever kept their word.

One question to KCR - Why is he keeping mum or not that vociferous since he came back from New Delhi ?? There is a rumour that he is handsomely paid or assured huge projects or maybe threatened!!

Never Trust Politicians !! They are all the Same !!

Negative Sides of Agitations

2010-02-09T14:29:00.004+05:30

Oflate, the tone and tenor of the words that the people who are leading both Separate Telangana and Samaikya Andhra agitations has changed from bad to worse.

While one Andhra region guy says that "if they cant stop the screening of a movie, how can they think of getting Telangana" and the Telangana guy retorts saying "we will not let Andhra buses reach Hyderabad".

Where is this agitation leading to ?? If someone needs to be called a "Leader", he or she should earn it by their good and positive actions - not through verbal attacks or threatening people of one region or looking down at people, culture and the dialect of the people of other regions.

My sincere support the formation of Telangana doesn't give me right to threaten people of Andhra region or the Andhra settlers in Hyderabad. At the sametime, people who support united Andhra should not make fun of the dialect nor the culture of Telangana region. Andhra people should understand that even their region has different dialects varying from Chittoor - Ananthapur - Srikakulam.

If you differ on anything, better be it on economic and other related issues which make a difference to the common man rather than just saying that since we speak the same language, we need to stay together. This doesn't make sense at all.

To be a Leader, one must cultivate habit of making positive and constructive criticism!!

Yet Another Provocation by Samaikya Andhra Politicians

2010-02-05T18:52:00.004+05:30

Looks like Provocation and Samaikya Andhra (United Andhra) Agitation go hand in hand. While the Separate Telangana State agitators are using innovative ways like a huge 500 Kilometer Human Chain and Cooking food on the highways throughout Telangana Region, Samaikya Andhra agitators are bent upon provocating Telangana people.

I already wrote about the planned Meeting in Hyderabad of Samaikya Andhra agitators on 7th February here Samaikya Andhra Politicians Provocation.

Andhra leaders are copying what Telangana agitators are innovatively doing - long human chains, cooking on the highways and now, they started to "Walk to Hyderabad". They already started yesterday from Nagarjuna University, Guntur. 57 students are taking part in the walk that covers 75% in Telangana areas, thus directly creating a serious law and order situation. They would reach Hyderabad on 16th February.

Samaikya Andhra leaders have to plan anything in their own areas rather than taking the agitation into the Telangana areas. This is an utter irresponsible act by the leaders who are pushing these innocent students towards creating a dangerous situation.

All these idiotic people need to be arrested before they cross the Telangana borders either near Suryapet or Nagarjuna Sagar or any other places. The leaders behind these innocent students should be put behind bars for creating such a volatile situation.

Telangana Agitation Turns Innovative

2010-02-05T18:33:00.006+05:30

The strike for Telangana is getting inventive day by day.

A day after human chains were formed, some activists on Thursday set up mock kitchens in an apparent effort to send a message of cultural moorings.

The state highways between Hyderabad and Mancherial and Hyderabad and Warangal were turned into a big kitchen. After serving food, then the protestors begin singing and dancing.

Political leaders and workers, farmers, employees, students and youth and people from all walks of life gathered all along the 400-km-long route in the two directions, cooked food and served it to the long rows of people.

They also organized "Aata Patalu" (cultural and sports programme" as the teams of men played traditional games, including kabaddi. Women performed folk dance and were seen singing tunes demanding Telangana state.

All party Telangana Joint Action Committee had given the call for this novel support a day after lakhs of people of the region had organized longest human chain for a distance of 500 km from Adilabad to Alampur.

"This is part of our peaceful protest to mount pressure on the Centre. We know with out struggle and building pressure we are not going to achieve the goal," said TJAC convenor Prof Kodandaram, who participated in the community kitchen and lunch programme at Shamirpet on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

"We will continue our protest. Our effort now is to make the Centre announce the terms of reference of Srikrishna committee at the earliest without a clear deadline," he said.

Several other leaders, including KT Rama Rao of TRS and T Devender Goud of TDP also participated in the programme.

"This is our response to the Gobbles propaganda of Andhra and Rayala Seema leaders that the agitation for Telangana state was being run by Maoists and anti-social elements and that it a violent agitation. Our people are organizing these novel programs in a very peaceful manner," he said.

"I am eating whatever has been prepared and served by the poor people of Telangana. This is rice, dal and curry of brinjal. I hope this is not Bt brinjal," he said.

Similar programs were organized at many places in the districts of Medak, Karinagar, Adilabad, Nalgonda and Warangal. On Friday, National Highway No. 7 from Hyderabad to Kodad on the borders of coastal Andhra region, will witness a similar program.

On Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu's remark that Andhra and Telangana were like two eyes for him, Prof Kodandaram said, "It appears that he is heading towards a position where he will support both Andhra and Telangana states".

Sources: Rediff.com

500 KM Long Human Chain for Telangana State

2010-02-03T19:01:00.007+05:30

The people of Telangana on Wednesday formed a 500 kilometers-long human chain all along the National Highway number 7 from Adilabad on the northern most tip of the region to Alampur on the borders of Kurnool district, to press their demand for a separate state.

The call for this novel protest was given by the all party Telangana Joint Action Committee to send a clear message to the Central government that the people of the entire region were involved in the movement.

The chain, claimed to be the longest in the country, was formed through five districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad and Mehbubnagar.

While prominent leaders of the movement including JAC convenor Prof Kodanda Ram, N Narasimha Reddy of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and P Srinivas Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party participated in the human chain program on the Tank Bund in the heart of Hyderabad, other leaders were participating in the program in their respective districts.

Speaking on the occasion TJAC convenor Prof Kodanda Ram said that the human chain has made it clear that there was complete unanimity among the people of the region that they want a separate state. "Nothing else is acceptable to them," he said.

Women, youth, students, government employees and workers of different political parties and the mass organisations were participating in the human chain.

Just when the human chain was being formed, news came from Delhi that the Central government has announced that the proposed committee to go in to the demand for a separate Telangana will be headed by Justice Sri Krishna.

Kodanda Ram said that the TJAC will react to the committee formation only after the government comes out with the terms of reference of the committee.

The leaders of various other political parties said that they would welcome the committee only if it is meant for preparing the roadmap for Telangana state.

"But if it is going to seek the opinions of the leaders of coastal Andhra, it will be a waste of time. Because they have already made it clear that they were against Telangana state and for united Andhra Pradesh," said TRS leader and former minister N Narasimha Reddy.

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy of TDP said that he hoped that the committee will only deal with the issues connected with the formation of Telangana state and will complete its work within a set frame of time. "If it is meant for putting Telangana in cold storage, we will not accept it," he said.

M Lakshmaiah, another member of JAC, said that there was no need for such a committee as the Union home minister P Chidambaram had already announced on December 9 that the process for the formation of Telangana had started.

"If the committee means backtracking on that promise, we will not accept it," he said.

sources: Rediff.com

Telangana Leader Mobbed in Tirupati

2010-02-02T10:40:00.006+05:30

Chief of the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, Mr.Dharmapuri Srinivas was mobbed in Tirupati by Samaikya Andhra (United Andhra Pradesh) agitators using abusive language and shouting slogans like "DS Go Back". The fact that is important to note is that this incident happened in the presence of the Chief Minister, Mr.K Rosaiah who is considered as a supporter of Samaikya Andhra Pradesh.

Looks like Samaikya Andhra agitation has gone out of the hands of the leaders. Till now, Separate Telangana agitators have not mobbed any Samaikya Andhra leader (save just for Lagadapati Rajgopal who was giving statements against Telangana living in Telangana (Hyderabad)).

It is in the hands of so called responsible leaders of Andhra to ensure that bad elements dont snatch the agitation from their hands.

If the attacks on Telangana leaders continue like this then Andhra leaders have to think twice before landing in Hyderabad as Hyderabad is in the heart of Telangana. Telangana people are bearing the Andhra leaders just for the sake of Hyderabad being temporary capital for Andhra Pradesh and Andhra leaders have equal right in living here. But they cannot take that for granted and give comments against Telangana.

The patience of Telangana people depends on how responsible Andhra leaders and agitators behave.

Samaikya Andhra Politicians Provocation

2010-02-01T15:22:00.005+05:30

In a bid to provoke and create political unrest and law and order problem, the Samaikya Andhra (United Andhra) Joint Action Committee had decided to conduct a meeting at Hyderabad on 7th February.

Looks like their main agenda is to just create trouble in the capital city which is in the heart of Telangana.

Government should not allow such acts by irresponsible politicians whose main agenda seems to be creating trouble rather than gain anything good for the common man.

People of Telangana will not allow anyone use the land of Telangana against Telanganites.

US wants India to do its dirty work in Pakistan

2010-01-27T12:24:00.004+05:30

This is a very interesting article which gives a very detailed account of what Robert Gates, United States Defence Secretary meant when he said "It's not unreasonable to assume that Indian patience would be limited, were there to be further (terrorist) attacks."

Does anyone recall a top American official publicly declaring that India would be justified in attacking Pakistan if terrorists struck Indian targets again?

I don't. Which is why I believe more attention must be paid to what United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said last week in India, when asked whether he had counseled restraint to New Delhi in the event of another terror strike.

Gates' reply, "I told all of the Indian leaders that I met with that I thought that India had responded with great restraint and statesmanship after the first Mumbai attack. The ability of any state to continue that, were it to be attacked again, I think is in question..."

That was more of a threat against Pakistan than Washington has made before. Underlining that, Gates emphasized, "It's not unreasonable to assume that Indian patience would be limited, were there to be further (terrorist) attacks."

At that point (in New Delhi, on January 20), it could legitimately be argued that Gates was double-dealing, as America frequently does, sweet-talking India in India before heading off to Pakistan to repudiate his statement. But, this time, in Islamabad the next day, Gates repeated to Pakistan TV almost exactly what he had said in New Delhi. His words, "I believe that after the tragic attack on Mumbai, India was restrained in its response. But no country, including the United States, is going to stand idly by if it's being attacked by somebody."

Interesting, especially the similar phraseology, pointing to a pre-formulated response! Was Washington merely waving the India stick to nudge Islamabad towards greater cooperation in the Af-Pak war? Or, is the US starting to believe that Islamabad is a lost cause, and that India can be used -- not just politically and diplomatically, but its hard power as well -- to deal with Pakistan?

Unthinkable? Remember that a government's public positions usually lag, in both time and emphasis, what policymakers agree to behind closed doors. It would be reasonable to assume that Robert Gates, while meeting Dr Manmohan Singh, was even more forthright in signaling America's tolerance for the use of Indian force.

America's dwindling patience is evident from more than just Gates' warning. At the same time that Gates visited Delhi, two former US officials -- General Richard Myers, former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and William Schneider, until recently the Pentagon's head of technology -- were in India, sounding out key opinion-makers and policy-makers about the possibility of a growing military role for India in Afghanistan.

The question at the heart of their discussions was: how best can Indian police organisations, like the Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police Force and the Central Industrial Security Force, take on a major role in training the Afghan National Police to look after security? Neither Myers nor Schneider seemed even slightly constrained by Pakistan's entreaties to Washington to curb India's role in Afghanistan. Myers and Schneider, some might argue, are not from the US government; they merely represent an academic viewpoint! That distinction, however, is far less relevant in America.

Washington works closely with its think-tanks, even outsourcing research that underpins key decisions: e.g. how best can the India card be played to ratchet up pressure on Pakistan? New Delhi's mandarins must surely wonder if America -- losing patience with Pakistan and calculating that US military action against Pakistan would be expensive, bloody, and the end of all influence in Islamabad -- was signaling that if India wanted to do the dirty work, Washington would look away.

For Islamabad, though, Gates' words will be nothing other than a stark threat. Superimposing the India stick on the traditional carrots of aid, weaponry and undying friendship, is a measure of Washington's desperation in dealing with Pakistan's reluctance to crack down on Jihadi terrorism. Gates' new stance will also highlight America's shrinking interest in cultivating a benign image in Pakistan. Draining the abscess of radicalism is now a greater imperative.

Despite India's satisfaction, Gates' understanding is not an unalloyed blessing. Whenever the next major terrorist strike takes place --and Pakistan's prime minister has declared that he cannot stop one -- New Delhi will find its options dangerously narrowed. An inflamed public and a rampant media will challenge Indian policy-makers with the question: what now holds back India from retaliating against Pakistan? With international restraints loosened, Indian strikes on Pakistan's territory would be a real option, and war not just an academic question.

But how ready for that challenge is the military? After the terrorist strikes on Parliament on December 13, 2001, and in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, the subcontinent stood poised on the brink of war. Despite General Padmanabhan's brave statement, after the Parliament attack, that India would wage war with whatever equipment it possessed, the army asked the government for more time to prepare. With military modernization remaining stalled for a quarter of a century, Defence Minister A K Antony and his predecessors have set the scene for potential embarrassment.

India has done the diplomatic heavy-lifting for coercing Pakistan on terrorism. The military preparation, however, remains sadly lacking.

Sources: Rediff.com. Article written by Mr.Ajai Shukla.

Lagadapati Calls for Referendum

2010-01-07T15:25:00.005+05:30

Maverick Vijayawada MP, Lagadapati Rajgopal had called for a Referendum throughout the state to decide which district would want to separate. He also claimed that not more than 10% would like to separate. He spoke to press persons on Wednesday (6th January) at his house in New Delhi. He said that he had independently conducted a survey throughout the state.

First of all, was referendum conducted when Hyderabad State (Telangana) was merged with Andhra State ?? NO. Then, why are the politicians now talking about referendum ?? Referendum is completely ruled out.

How feasible is another State Re-Organization Committee (SRC)?? 1st SRC was completely against the merger of Hyderabad State and Andhra State but still due to the pressure from Andhra Politicians at that time, the merger took place. What is the guarantee the same would not happen again ?? Can we trust Andhra politicians who are well known in breaking it ?? NO.

Only solution before us is a peaceful formation of Telangana State with Hyderabad as its capital. Hyderabad was the capital of erstwhile Nizam state and so, by default, it should be the capital of Telangana State. Hyderabad is itself in the heart of Telangana and so, there is no question of making it a Union Territory or Combined Capital City.

All Hyderabadis, irrespective of whether they are from Telangana or Andhra would still be Hyderabadis. Either KCR nor Lagadapati can change that. The only change is that Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana State.

Telangana Posters

2010-01-05T15:48:00.004+05:30

Courtesy: www.Telangana.com

Chasing the Telangana dream since 1952

2010-01-05T12:57:00.002+05:30

In 1952, a young intermediate student from Osmania University walked in with a bunch of friends to tell the 1st States Reorganisation Commission that Telangana should not be merged with Andhra into a grand state. And why. He was all of 18 then.

Tuesday will mark a poignant moment for Jayashankar when he walks into North Block to plead why Telangana region should be separated from Andhra Pradesh, an argument which has endured over six decades.

If there is a thread joining Telangana's continuing appeal over 62 years and four generations, Jayashankar may be it. The man, however, underplays his role in the struggle for statehood. "I have just sensitized the people of Telangana through research and academic studies, and by educating them on injustice," the statehood ideologue said.

It will be yesterday once more when the former vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University, along with TRS boss K Chandrasekhara Rao, makes a forceful plea for division of AP at the all-party meeting called by Centre on Tuesday. "Telangana is bound to come. I am optimistic," the academic-turned-activist told TOI.

His pursuit of one dream in a lifetime may be a record of sorts. Telangana has erupted at regular intervals and Jayashankar has been in the forefront always. He was a teenaged activist when he met the first SRC.
Then, in 1962, he was part of a campaign which rocked the region. As a lecturer, in 1968, he participated in the revived agitation.

The big hope came when he worked with Channa Reddy in 1971 in what is remembered as the most successful Telangana upsurge since 1947. It again resulted in disappointment till the retired professor of economics came across a rebellious TDP leader to forge a new statehood platform — TRS.

"I never joined a party," he said, adding, "My range is from RSS to TRS. Anyone who stands for Telangana can be done business with." This time, however, the 76-year-old says Telangana is round the corner. He has not given up hope.

Sources: Times of India

Telangana Muslims back Separate Statehood; but MIM Keeps Quiet

2010-01-05T12:16:00.006+05:30

Even as the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, the Muslim political party with tremendous clout in Hyderabad, still keeping its cards on Telangana issue close to its chest, several other Muslim organisations have become active in support of the Telangana state.

Though Muslims in Hyderabad's old city, the bastions of the MIM are largely silent and aloof from the one month long agitation for Telangana state, the minority community members were participating in large numbers in protests and processions in other nine Telangana districts.

As the well established organisations like Jamat-e-Islami have declared their full support to Telangana on the grounds that smaller states will be helpful in providing good governance, several other Muslim groups like Muslim Forum for Telangana and Telangana Muslim Front have also come up to spearhead the movement.

The issue of Muslim participation in Telangana movement has always been sensitive and crucial as they constitute nearly 20 per cent of the four crore population of the region and were mostly concentrated in Hyderabad and other urban centers like Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad and Nalgonda.

Abdul Rahman Al Attas, the former Telangana Rashtra Samithi member of Legislative Council sought to dispel the impression that Muslims as a community were opposed to Telangana state.

"This is untrue. Muslims like the other people of Telangana region want Telangana state as their rights will be more secure and they will get back their due share in government jobs," he said.

He said that a Muslim Minority Joint Action Committee on Telangana was leaving for New Delhi on Saturday to meet Union home minister P Chidambaram , finance minister Pranab Mukherji and other senior leaders to spell out the stand of Muslims in favour of Telangana.

The MIM, which has one seat in Lok Sabha and seven in the state assembly, is among the eight recognised political parties of the state invited for the January 5 talks by the Central government. "We will not come out with our stand in the very first meeting as it will be a prolonged process," said the MIM president and Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi .

Even as nearly 90 legislators of different political parties in Telangana region announced their resignations to mount pressure on the Central government to form the state, MIM has kept silent and the party has made no such announcement.

MIM has traditionally been opposed to the division of Andhra Pradesh and formation of Telangana state on the ground that separate Telangana state will be more fertile ground for the Bharatiya Janata Party and other 'communal forces' and the people from Andhra and Raayalseema regions were 'more secular' than those of Telangana.

"If Telangana is formed, politically it will be beneficial for my party as it can win 15 to 20 seats in a 119 member assembly. But we are not looking at the issue from the angle of political benefit. We feel that it will not be in the interest of Muslim minority. BJP can never think of coming to power in an integrated Andhra Pradesh but they will have a chance in separate Telangana," Owaisi had said a few months ago.

"We are neither for Telangana state nor for a united Andhra Pradesh. We are just saying that when they sit for discussion to decide the fate of the state, MIM should have chair at the table and Muslims as a stakeholders should be heard," he had said.

But with the mounting pressure on the Central government from pro-Telangana forces and inclination in the Centre to positively consider the demand, the MIM is a bit worried about the future.

Jamat-e-Islami Hind's Amir chief of Andhra Pradesh Malik Moatasim Khan declaring Jamat's support to Telangana movement dismissed the fear of communal forces becoming communally strong and said that the communal forces were present all over the country and Jamat along with other forces will fight against them.

"The issue now is not that of creating political consensus on formation of Telangana. But now the time has come to think of the development of the Telangana state," he said, adding that the Central government does not have any option but to form Telangana state.

Movement for Peace and Justice, another active organisation, has come out in its support and said Telangana state should be formed on the basis of justice.

Sources: Rediff.com

Political Parties Condemn JAC Member Comments

2010-01-05T11:52:00.005+05:30

Political parties across the spectrum have condemned the statement made by one of the members of the Joint Action Committee for Telangana, Mr.P Ravi who stated that if Hyderabadi Andhras donot support Telangana then they wont allow the Andhras who go to their home towns for celebrating Sankranti Festival be allowed back.

It is important to note that the politicians who condemned the statement included those from Telangana too. Andhra politicians and people have to accept the fact that there are always people in agitations who tend to go to extremes. This we have seen in both Telangana and Samaikya Andhra agitations.

BJP leaders Mr.Kishan Reddy and Dr.K Lakshman who hail from Telangana have categorically snubbed the JAC statement saying that Agitations should not be against people and agitations should not cause any harm or problem to the common man. They demanded that JAC leaders have to take back the statement made by one of their leaders. They also advised that JAC leaders show caution while making any statements which can lead to mistrust among people.

Mr. TG Venkatesh, another irresponsible leader from Raayalaseema had called Telangana leaders to come to Raichur in neighbouring Karnataka State for a challenge. He said they would take care of Telangana leaders in Raichur.

Mr.Venkatesh from Raayalaseema is famous along with Lagadapati Rajgopal from Andhra and K Chandra Sekhar Rao from Telangana for making irresponsible statements which are not upto their stature.

Senior Congress Leader from Telangana, Mr.P Sankar Rao had stated that the JAC statement is not in the spirit of Telangana.

Others senior Congress leaders from Telangana like Jeevan Reddy and state minister, Ponnalla Lakshmaiah have asked people not to take the statement seriously as they are made in a highly charged atmosphere where police where persecuting the students and not allowing the students attend the rally.

Even the JAC Convener,Professor Kodandaram reminded that the same Mr. P Ravi had said that they would go to Andhra areas to celebrate Sankranti Festival and invite Andhras to Telangana to celebrate Dasara Festival.

Meeting on Telangana - Sheer Waste of Time

2010-01-05T11:23:00.004+05:30

When all the political parties have virtually split into two halves, one representing Andhra State and another representing Telangana State, I was wondering what would be the outcome of the meeting that is taking place while Iam writing this post in New Delhi.

Home Minister, P Chidambaram had called for a all party meeting representing all the regions of the state. All the parties including Congress, Telugu Desam Party & Praja Rajyam Party have virtually split along regional lines. Parties like Bharatiya Janata Party,Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Communist Party of India have already made known their stance since many years for a separate Telangana State. So, there is no split in these parties.

All the leaders of all the regions have already made their stance clear and they said they would not budge. So, what is this meeting going to decide ??
If it decides for the creation of Telangana state then Andhra region would again erupt in violence and conversely if the meeting decides against Telangana, entire Telangana would erupt in flames, including the capital city, Hyderabad which is in the heart of Telangana.

The meeting started at 10:30 AM today (an hour back) on January 5th 2010 at North Block (Home Minister Office) in New Delhi. Leaders from 8 political parties were invited for this meeting.

Congress Party: Uttam Kumar Reddy representing Telangana and Kavuri Sambasiva Rao representing Andhra.

Telugu Desam party: R Prakash Reddy representing Telangana and Y Ramakrishnudu representing Andhra.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi: K Chandra Sekhar Rao and Professor Jaya Shankar, both representing Telangana.

Bharatiya Janata Party: Bandaru Dattatreya representing Telangana and hari Babu representing Andhra.

Praja Rajyam Party: Chiranjeevi and C.Ramachandrayya, both representing Andhra.

Communist Party of India(Marxist): J Ranga Reddy and BV Raghavulu, both representing Andhra.

Communist Party of India: K Narayana, Gunda Mallesh both representing Telangana.

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen: Assaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi who are playing the neutral card even though they are from Telangana.

Responsible Leaders - Page Not Found

2010-01-04T16:59:00.008+05:30

I've been closely following the separate Telangana Movement past couple of years. This is the first time I noted that responsible politicians who can make a difference err on the language they are using.

Taking example of TRS President K. Chandrasekhar Rao who infamously said "Telanganawale jaago and Andhrawale bhago" in November 2009. This is one of the most irresponsible statements that any politician can make. Actually, he should have been jailed for making this statement which goes against the basic tenets of Indian Constitution.

Even though Iam a hardcore Telangana supporter (being born and brought up in Hyderabad), I sincerely feel that we can achieve Telangana only through peaceful and Gandhian means. Violence has no place in a democratic setup like ours. That too a politician like KCR who is in such an influential position cannot afford to give such idiotic statements. He has to understand that his statements like this are only adding fuel to the Samaikya Andhra leaders.

In this aspect, I have to commend politicians like BJP MLA from Amberpet, Mr. Kishan Reddy who proclaimed that anyone and everyone has place in Telangana and we have to abide by the Indian Constitution. He said, being a capital city, it is but natural that people from all the areas of the state and the country tend to swarm because of job generation. Mr. Reddy said what happens if Americans or Australians or British say the same and kick out people of other nationalities ?? We are only fighting for a separate state but not separate people. We need to get Telangana only with peaceful means.

Also, in yesterday's Vidyarthi Garjana (Students Roar), couple of speakers where aggressive enough to create apprehensions in the minds of lakhs of Andhras who have made Hyderabad their Home. One of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) leaders, Mr.P Ravi stated that if Hyderabadi Andhras donot support Telangana then they wont allow the Andhras who go to their home towns for celebrating Sankranti Festival be allowed back. Some leaders also said that they are ready to die or kill for getting Telangana state.

Fringe elements like this are highly dangerous for the Agitation. Of all the hundreds of leaders who are fighting for Telangana, only a couple of leaders are giving irresponsible statements. The problem is that only such people are getting highlighted which is giving a bad name to the mostly peaceful agitation. Leaders who are fighting for a United Andhra Pradesh are only using the statements of such leaders to rake up sentiments in Andhra areas.

One more thing which I want to highlight is the continuous attacks on film shootings that are taking place in Telangana areas. This is absolutely wrong. Telugu film field has actors from all the areas and film field is responsible for creation of thousands of jobs. The attacks on film shootings will only take away these jobs where even people from Telangana region are employed. All the actors have Fans across the state and we need to understand that they cannot take a stance here on Telangana.

The political leaders who are leading have to be responsible and at the sametime, make sure that the fringe elements are kept in check. Then only we can achieve a safe and economically developed Telangana.

Meeting on Telangana

2009-12-30T19:46:00.001+05:30

In a bid to find a way out of the Telangana imbroglio, the Centre on Wednesday convened a meeting in New Delhi on January 5 of 8 recognised political parties in Andhra Pradesh for a discussion on the issue.

P Chidambaram sent an invitation to the leaders of the 8 parties following his December 23 statement in which he had promised to hold wide ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the state on the issue of separate Telangana state.

The Congress, TDP, Telangana Rashtra Samiti, CPI, CPI(M), Praja Rajyam, BJP and MIM are the recognised parties in Andhra Pradesh.

The Centre's decision comes after detailed discussions in the government and at the highest political level in Congress party in the last few days after political parties were divided on regional lines in Andhra Pradesh and demanded immediate steps on formation of the separate state.

Yesterday, TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao said he was prepared for talks but would not accept setting up of any committee on the issue which, he considered, would be a waste of time.

Parties and leaders from Telangana cited the statement of Chidambaram on December 9 in which he had promised that that the process of forming Telangana state would be initiated.

JAC Welcomes Meet:

The Joint Action Committee of political parties spearheading the campaign for separate Telangana today hailed the Centre's decision to hold a meeting of political parties in Delhi but would like to know its "scope and purpose".

"The decision to hold talks is a step forward. But we would like to know the scope and purpose of the exercise. We can''t give a final assessment until we know that," JAC convener Prof. Kodandaram told reporters.

He was reacting to the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram''s invitation to leaders of 8 recognised parties from Andhra Pradesh in Delhi on Jan 5 to discuss the Telangana imbroglio.

Kodandaram said the JAC would discuss the Centre''s invitation and take a decision. "But we will continue with our agitation," he said.

Congress Dumps Telangana - AGAIN !!

2009-12-23T19:56:00.003+05:30

Congress Party for the nth time had dumped Telangana state.

The Central government on Wednesday said it wants to consider “all views” on the demand for a separate Telangana state and “peace and tranquility should be maintained” in the state.

Home Minister P Chidambaram gave a short statement in New Delhi on Wednesday, effectively putting the demand for a separate Telangana state in abeyance. “At a meeting of all political parties on December 7 a consensus emerged on Telangana. The situation has altered now,” he said.

“Centre wants to take all views before coming to a decision. Peace and tranquility should be maintained,” he said.

Congress dumps it on Andhra leaders

The Congress said on Wednesday that Telangana was an old issue and it was for the collective political leadership of Andhra Pradesh to resolve the situation that has arisen due to regional divisions over its proposed statehood.

Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari said it was for the "collective wisdom" of Andhra Pradesh leaders across the political spectrum to "sit down and form appropriate solution."

Answering queries about divisions in its Andhra Pradesh unit on Telangana, Tiwari said that it was an old issue which has been grappled by "generations of leaders of the state."

He refused to comment on the remarks of Home Minister P Chidambaram, made earlier this month, giving principled clearance to the demand for a separate Telangana state.

Faced with deep divisions in its ranks in the state, the Congress has been trying to come out with a compromise formula to bring down political temperatures. The Congress core group met Monday evening while senior leaders met party president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday to evolve an appropriate response.

Congress sources said that the meeting at Sonia Gandhi's residence was attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A. K. Antony, Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerapa Moily and Ahmed Patel, political secretary to the Congress president.

Fact Sheet on Telangana:

* Telangana, meaning 'land of Telugus', was part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad.

* After the accession of Hyderabad State with India in 1948, Telangana remained a separate state till 1956 when it was merged with Andhra State, carved out of Madras province, to form Andhra Pradesh. It was India's first state formed on linguistic lines.

* Number of districts: 10. Greater Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Khammam.

* Geography: Has contiguous area bordering Andhra, Rayalaseema (parts of the existing Andhra Pradesh), Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

* Area: 114,800 sq km.

* Population: about 35 million.

* Languages spoken: Telugu and Urdu.

* The region is situated at a high altitude in an upland area. Two major rivers Godavari and Krishna flow through the region but most of the land is arid.

* Greater Hyderabad, located almost at the heart of Telangana, is a major information technology hub and is likely to be the capital of the new state.

* The region sends 119 legislators to the 294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly and also accounts for 17 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state.

Mohan Babu's Irresponsibility Costs Him Dear

2009-12-23T09:59:00.005+05:30

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) activists yesterday attacked the shooting unit of a Telugu movie produced by Lakshmi Prasanna, daughter of noted actor M Mohan Babu at Kompally area here in Hyderabad, police said.

Raising pro-Telangana slogans, the activists forcibly entered the house where shooting was underway and allegedly damaged equipment and threw chairs, they said. Police, however, intervened to avert any major loss to the equipment.

"A group of around 20 Telangana activists forcibly entered the house where the shooting of the movie was going on and stopped the unit from going ahead with shooting," a police officer told PTI.

Mohan Babu and Lakshmi, who have joined the movement for unity of Andhra Pradesh recently toured the districts of coastal Andhra and Raayalaseema regions and visited the hunger-strike camps of anti-Telangana supporters.

Till now, the Telugu Film Industry never got into the separate state issue. With Mohan Babu irresponsibly supporting a United State, he had unnecessarily provoked anger from his own fans - the same way Chiranjeevi did.

Already, Chiranjeevi's son, Ram Charan Tej's movies are blocked in the Telangana Region and his cousin, Allu Arjun's movies are stopped too. Now, Mohan Babu had joined the bhajana mandali of Samaikya Andhra. They are people who are in responsible position. Before making any statement, they have to be ready to face repercussions. They cannot cry foul after making idiotic statements.

Even I write a lot in my blog which is purely pro-telangana and I know that I would be getting lot of hate mail from Andhra (which Iam getting). Iam ready to face anything and similarly people like Mohan Babu should also be ready to face the music and cannot cry foul.