Read my lips, Telangana is the issue we want to turn a Nelson’s eye to. This seems to be the mantra of the Congress at the center and there are numerous pointers to this. After committing to start the process for creating Telangana on Dec 9, the Govt seems to be slowly going in reverse gear on its commitment.
The events at the center and here in Hyderabad all point to frantic behind the scene manipulations aimed at blunting the impact of the struggle. It all started with ND Tiwari’s videogate scandal with the attendant hue and cry. Then we had the Home Minister raising the Naxal and Maoist bogey at the all party meet. And the specious logic that the Telangana state will fall a prey to naxalism and Maoism. The latest in the series is the report carried in one of Andhra owned channels on the Ambani brothers plotting YSR’s chopper crash. Who ever is devising these strategies seems to be unscrupulous that they can besmirch the reputation of an octogenarian. They seem to have connections in high places, evidence having ND Tiwari replaced by ESL Narasimhan, who within a week of taking office prepares a case file on Naxal and Maoist infiltration in the Struggle. And desperate enough to accuse the biggest Business houses in India of murdering the CM of a state. That these people have a lot to lose and are scared stiff is evident with the increasingly desperate actions they are taking to detract the movement.
And it all ties down perfectly with the Centre’s changing stance on Telangana. The congress high powered core group has decided to wait for the situation to normalize before coming out with a mechanism for holding consultations on the Telangana issue. Mark the words “SITUATION TO NORMALISE” “MECHANISISM FOR CONSULTATIONS”. Looks like the Government is either not listening to the anguished cry of 3.5 crore Indians, or is choosing to play dumb. Can anyone tell me, how a situation can be normal, for a region that has been raped, brutalized and oppressed for 50 long years. Or do they mean a return to status quo, where our farmers quietly commit suicide, where the future of our children is compromised because the engineering and medical seats in their colleges are taken by the Andhras and Rayalseemas. And their jobs and livelihoods are snatched.
Please remember, when the hunger in the stomach and the desperation in the hearts reaches the head, there is no turning back. We the people of Telangana have reached the point to no return and will settle for nothing less than our separate state.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
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