Telangana – A police state

The brutal assault by the AP police on students of Osmania University, is the last nail in the coffin of the Seema Andhra lobby. This brutal act of the administration that did not show mercy even to girl students and rained lathi’s and rubber bullets on their hapless heads is the final straw for us the people of Telangana. We have lost all hope for justice, human dignity and humanity from the Government. The treatment meted to us in Hyderabad is worse than that being given to Kasab. The administrations handling of the demand for a separate state is remiscent of the British Empire’s ruthless attempts to curb the Indian Independence movement.

There has been a drastic change in the administration’s attitude to the Telangana people since ESL Narasimhan took command of the Raj Bhawan. Before ESL’s era, the administration’s response was professional and due respect to human and fundamental rights was accorded to the people of Telangana. However, since ESL’s anointment as the Governor of the doomed state of AP, the administration’s response is increasingly becoming more vicious with each new incident surpassing the previous transgression in brutality.

For us the people of Telangana, our fundamental rights have been suspended, we can no longer claim right to freedom of speech and freedom of association. Even senior citizens are denied permission to conduct peace meetings and if they by sheer perseverance get the required permissions from the courts, the gatherings are disrupted by the police by cutting off the power supply. Students who are active participants in the demand for a separate state are arrested on trumped up charges and denied bail. In prison, they are treated worse than criminals and are made to bear indignities that are in contravention of basic human rights, to cite one example they are given just one plastic mug and have to use it both for washing in the toilet and for drinking water.

Universities, in the region have been turned into prisons with neither the students being allowed to leave the campus nor outsiders allowed to enter. There is a complete cordoning off of the Universities and any attempt by outsiders to enter the campus is met with lathi’s and baton’s of the police force.

However, each transgression by the state administration reaffirms our resolve and determination to carve our state of Telangana, neither your lathi’s nor your bullets will deter us from our path to statehood. There is a message for the center and the state administration, the sooner you heed the writing on the wall and give the go ahead for a separate state, the better it will be for all concerned. Today we demand just a separate state do not try our patience and push us into the hardliners corner, where we will be forced to take not only our state but repatriation of all Seema Andhra settlers from Telangana and our capital Hyderabad. The choice is yours to make, either give Telangana today or be prepared to leave the state in your dhoti’s tomorrow. History is witness to the fact, that when the will of the people is awakened even mighty empires retreat in fear.


Jai Telangana
Jai Hind