HYDERABAD: Supreme Court judge Justice J. Chelameshwar feels there is no answer to the question whether the state’s bifurcation was done as per the Constitution. There will always be contradicting views on this issue, he said.
To drive home his point, the judge compared it with different arguments heard in court cases, with the judgement going in favour of one party leaving the other dissatisfied.
He was speaking after launching Vibhajana Katha, a book on bifurcation written by former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
“One thing is certain that man has not learnt from history. States and societies staying united or getting divided is common. Take the case of Germany that was united at one point of time, then got divided and united again. The Telugu community came close to being separated on two occasions in the last 60 years,” he said.
The judge expressed the hope that Mr Kumar’s effort would ensure mistakes are not repeated. Rajya Sabha MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao refuted allegations that See-mandhra leaders were in favour of a unified state only to continue their hegemony over Telangana state.
“I wanted the state to be united only with a sincere wish that Telugus would prosper being united and the state could progress at a faster pace to become a role model for the nation,” he said.
On his part, Mr Kumar stated that he was not speaking against Telan-gana. “It is a fact that two states have been car-ved and people in Hyder-abad are living without any insecurity thanks to Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao after he became Chief Minister,” he said. “My intention in writing this book was to make people know how the process of passing the Bill in the Lok Sabha was carried out,” he said.
