RIP Yadaiah

As the flames carry away the mortal remains of Yadaiah, the latest martyr of Telangana, let us remember all those who have laid down their lives in the last two months as well as the 379 students who were slaughtered by the Kasu Brahmanand Reddy Government in 1969, and all those who have carried aloft the Telangana banner in the intervening 50 years, Pratap Kishore, EV Padmanabhan, Vandemataram Ram Chander Rao among others.

If the justification for creating the doomed State of Andhra Pradesh was the life of one Potti Sriramulu, then Telangana should have been created five hundred times over, for the number of people who have sacrificed their life for Telangana till date is more than 500.

Does the Government at the Center and those opposed to Telangana realize the desperation and mental agony that can drive a young man at the threshold of life to immolate himself. Looks like for the Center the lives of Telangana people have no meaning, for they have been turning a blind eye to our deprivation and systematic annihilation for the last half century. What else can one say, when the rivers of the region are drained to irrigate the lands of the occupiers as is happening with Nagarjuna Sagar, SLBC that was never taken up, Veligonda project which is on war footing, the mines inundated to save and supply water to the occupiers Polavarm project, dams like Nizamsagar deliberately allowed to silt over so that the water can be diverted to their fields. So when Yadaiah, says he has no hope for a job or future in AP, he was dead right. We the people of Telangana revolve in our hearts that

• We will not let these sacrifices go in vain, and give up our struggle till a separate state is formed
• And lastly we resolve that we shall not rest in peace till the boundary of Telangana is drawn
• We will not insult their sacrifice by shedding tears and morning for now is not the time, today we have to carry on with our fight for survival, we have to carry forward the movement with a will of iron to its final culmination
• We will neither be deterred by the Administration’s zulum nor be swayed by false promises
• We promise to ourselves that we will not lose hope and take the final step but will force the usurpers of Telangana to set us free

For this is what Yadaiah and the other martyrs would have wanted.

As Yadaiah is consigned to the eternal flames for the last time, we promise to ourselves that there shall be no more Yadiah’s, that no other Telangana person will have to take his life in desperation. We will continue our struggle till the boundary of Telangana is drawn, and the 29th state of Independent India sees the light of day for only them will the souls of our martyrs rest in peace.


Jai Telangana
Jai Hind