Preface to the Manifesto of Telangana Praja Samithi

After more than 50 years of Struggle the people of Telangana, have achieved their right to determine their own destiny, it is with the vision of development and social justice that Telangana state has been formed. Development and Social Justice are the twin pillars of a healthy and secure society, one without the other is hollow and short-lived, Development without social justice will lead to skewed growth, with pockets of affluence amidst a sea of deprivation, and social justice without development is a non-starter. Development with Social Justice is the need of the hour, and the only way forward for any state. The manifesto of Telangana Praja Samithi aims to address this core belief of ours and aims to fulfill the aspirations of the thousands who have struggled relentlessly for the state of Telangana.

It is sad, that just a few weeks into the new state, we have the same people who are synonymous with corruption, intimidation, and nepotism, vying for public office. What Telangana needs is a clean and caring, efficient and enlightened government. Telangana Praja Samithi intends to be the Government that Telangana needs, a government that serves the people that facilitates development and equality.

The challenges in Telangana are many, on the one hand we have a flourishing city at the peak of technological advancement, while in the tribal areas children still do not go to school and literary is near zero. On the one hand Hyderabad is a destination for medical tourism while on the other we have thousands of villages with no access to primary health care, the challenge for the Government will be to maintain the former on the fast track and also work hard to bring the backward regions and people on par with global living standards.

The Telangana Praja Samithi believes an environment must be created for businesses to grow, but grow honestly and not through crony capitalism.

Besides entry to public office especially into the main stream political arena is slowly being confined to a few by virtue of birth, we are slowly seeing a slow and systematic exclusion of public participation in public life at all levels. Right from the grassroots of the system, the Panchayats to the highest levels of the Government, posts are being claimed and granted on the basis of birth and patrilineal and matrilineal heritage. Telangana Praja Samithi is against this exclusivist and elitist culture and believes that each and every citizen of India has an equal right to aspire for and hold public office. We hope to be the change agent for the reformation of public life.

We have endeavored to address the issues we believe are critical to the Development of Telangana, and we would have achieved our objective if it serves as a starting point for a new way of thinking, working and living in Telangana.