Unscientific bifurcation scarred Telugu people's psyche: Andhra Pradesh Governor
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan said that the bifurcation of the state left a deep scar on the psyche of the Telugu people while addressing the joint session of Andhra Pradesh Legislature first time after the bifurcation on Saturday.
Mr Narasimhan said popular sentiments, aspirations and expectations of the masses remained unfulfilled in the wake of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana bifurcation process which occurred on 2 June 2014.
"The decision to bifurcate the united state of Andhra Pradesh and the manner it was done has left behind a deep sense of disappointment and trail of bitter memories.
"The unscientific way of bifurcation has left a deep sense of scar on the psyche of the Telugu people. These will take some time to heal," he said.
The governor felt that a large section of the populace perceiving exclusion does not work in favour of the polity. He called for reconsideration of distribution of assets and liabilities and other issues.
"Discords and inconsistencies relating to distribution of assets and liabilities allocation of power generating units, procedure adopted for distribution of personnel and demarcation of boundaries warrant a re-look to fulfill the aspirations of the people," he said.
"A more consistent principle and certain uniformity of basis on apportionment of debt, power sharing, issues in the field of education and more equitable distribution of cadre is the call of the hour," he added.
The governor said that the Telugu speaking people witnessed a turbulent history of state demarcation and described the current reorganization as yet another blow on their hearts and sentiments.
"Telugu people had to shift out of Madras to Kurnool for self identity and then to Hyderabad on linguistic basis. Now the people of the present state of Andhra Pradesh are without a capital. The instability of the political geography has repeatedly pushed the Telugu people away from the path of development and progress."
Mr Narasimhan said the provisions made in AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 for the development of Andhra Pradesh were wholly inadequate, were not able to compensate for the loss of opportunity that left the state severely disadvantaged.
