PC invites 8 parties for T-talks
New Delhi, Dec. 30: In a bid to resolve the Telangana issue which has been on the boil for nearly a month now, the Centre will begin the consultation process on the issue by convening a meeting of eight political parties from Andhra Pradesh here on January 5. The Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, will meet party representatives that day.
The home ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, expressing satisfaction with the “peaceful bandh” in “some districts of Andhra Pradesh”.
The brief release said: “Following the statement of December 23 on the Telangana issue, it is proposed to convene a meeting of leaders of the eight recognised political parties in Andhra Pradesh.” These are the Congress, Telugu Desam, Telangana Rashtra Samiti, CPI, CPI(M), Praja Rajyam, BJP and the MIM.
With pressure building on the Centre to kickstart the consultation process, the Congress core committee had met on Tuesday and reportedly decided to call a meeting of all parties in the Congress core committee had met on Tuesday and reportedly decided to call a meeting of all parties in the state.
Given that the invitation for the talks has been extended by Mr Chidambaram, there are indications that Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who headed the subcommittee on evolving a consensus on Telangana during the first UPA government, might not be directly involved in the discussions this time. The Congress was careful in its comments on the issue on Wednesday. Terming the Telangana issue a very delicate matter, the Congress said each step had to be taken after due consultations. “The government has already said wider consultations on the issue will be carried out. The Congress has not changed its stand, but other political parties did so after agreeing to it,” said Congress media department chief, Mr Janardan Dwivedi.
The Congress spokesperson, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, referring to the resignations by state ministers from the Telangana region, said Wednesday: “We will deal with it. All issues can be solved through dialogue.”
The situation in Andhra Pradesh worsened after Mr Chidambaram’s December 9 statement initiating the process on the formation of a Telangana state. Many leaders from other parts of Andhra Pradesh tendered their resignations and joined protests against the bifurcation of the state. Following this, the home minister in a statement on December 23 took note of the “changed situation”, and suggested the holding of widespread consultations on the issue.
The situation in Telangana, however, became tense and leaders from all parties have been seeking a timeline for creation for a separate state. The Centre has been considering various mechanisms, including formation of a committee or a second states reorganisation commission to deal with the law and order situation in the state, which was getting out of hand with every passing day. There have been protests from within the Congress as well as other political parties over the formation of a committee or a second states reorganisation commission.
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When kid asks parent to buy him an ice-cream, then he will get 1st rank, then what does the parent say? First get 1st rank then I will give you ice-cream.
Similarly, first the politicians of Telangana develop the region then Central Govt. can think of creating Telangana state.
Its better for all the 3 regions who speak telugu to be together than be seperate. Telangana without hyd will be a naxal state. So think twice. Remember HYD will never be part of telangana. Ask the people who live in HYD today.. Cant dare that.
People who are protesting for seperate state should understand that nothing can be achieved through violence...We are only spoiling our state...We need development in Telengana region but not these protests for seperate state....
Politicians please dont spoil our state!!!
Convening a meeting of all the major political parties of Andhra Pradesh for a wide-ranging discussion on the feasibality of creating a new state of Telangana, is a right approach. In fact, if this exercise had been done before the formal announcement of the decision accepting the formation of the new state, the tension which was witnessed had been avoided. As I see it, no consensus is expected out of this meeting. The TRS chief Shri K. C. Rao has to be ignored and there is no point of even thinking such an undemocratic demand getting accepted. Public mandate in Andhra Pradesh is not with TRS. Even in the region of Telangana, pulic mood as reflected in the previous general elections, has been against forming a new state. Undertaking fast after losing the public support, is a most undemocratic method of putting pressure. The political leaders have to be more responsible in their actions at least in future.
The only way is to obtain public opinion through referendum. Let this process be taken after tempers are cooled in all the 3 regions may be after 3 months and all on-hand development activities are to be continued. Let there be opinion sought for 1) united AP 2)separate Telangana 3) where Hyd should be either UT or with Telengana. Majority opinion has to be respected by people and all political parties. This is required since all politicians irrespective of political parties expressed that this is people's agitiation not in their hands
First the British broke Hindustan in two parts and now these politicians are doing the same thing just to grab the power either by the hook or crook. Most of the people living as NRIs from Andhra Pradesh are not interested in separation of Andhra Pradesh. I strongly support United Andhra Pradesh.
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