The stand of the Telangana Praja Samiti, on the Sri Krishna Commission has been vindicated. We have always maintained the Sri Krishna Commission was a bogus commission set by the Congress Government at the center to buy time for once again burying the demand for Telangana in the tomes of commission’s findings. But, we like the others in Telangana were hoping that this time round there will be no betrayals and justice will finally be ours. But, Alas it is not to be the actions of the Government at the Center and the State belie these hopes, all preparations are in place to deal with any voice or protest against the Sri Krishna Commissions findings.
The Government at the center and the Seemandhra protagonists have failed to read the grit and determination of the people of Telangana to free their state from the Seemandhra hegemony. The statement of the Home Minister Mr. P.Chidambaram, in calling for an all party meet on January 6, 2011 to deliberate the recommendations of the Sri Krishna commission, has to be the red flag for us the people of Telangana to beware of the final betrayal. For every one knows this is the last chance we will have to ensure justice and self respect for our coming generations, if we fail now they are cursed to a life as second class citizens and confined to the lower dregs of society for eternity . What was the need of inviting all political parties to present the findings, if the Central Government was sincere in fulfilling its promise for a separate state, it would have made the report public and set the process for introducing the bill for Telangana formation in the budget session of Parliament. And the reaction of the political parties to this diversionary tactic is pathetic, instead of refusing to attend the meeting on the grounds that all that was to be said and discussed was said and presented to the Sri Krishna Commission in the last one year, they are busy arguing on whether each party should send one representative or two.
The presence of the para military forces in the twin cities even if they are to be restricted to the barracks and head quarters as promised by Chidambaram are true is a sure sign of the force we will need to reckon with if we raise our voice against this delaying tactic of the Government. More ominous is the review of the preparations by the Andhra front man Kiran Kumar Reddy, his march through the twin cities was akin to a Generals review of his troops before the assault. And we need to be prepared for a hail of bullets, lathi’s and water canons if we so much as try to resist the forcible occupation of our state by the Seemandhra settlers.
The demand for a separate state is a people’s movement and not a political issue that can be traded off in closed door meetings. It is a cry for justice and self determination as enshrined in the constitution of India. It is high time the Government at the Center and the State realized this.
We the people of Telangana have determined that our future generations will not have to fight another time for justice, we have promised ourselves that there will no longer be other Yadiah’s, Venugopal Reddy’s, Bhooma Reddy’s and Suvarna’s who will be forced to take their life in dejection. We have to decide if we are ready to face the might of the Seemandhra lobby one last time. For no matter what nefarious stratagem may have been devised by the Government at the Center, State and the Seemaandhra lobby to deepfreeze the demand for Telangana, they will lose once we take our struggle to the streets.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Read my lips, Justice for all promises Chidambaram
The Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, in his statement after accepting the Sri Krishna Commission Report on December 30, 20101 on the future of Telangana, stated the Central Government will work towards arriving at a solution that will bring satisfaction, happiness and prosperity to all. Reading between the lines, the Home Minster has in principle accepted the demand for Telangana. For it is a fact that only in their own state will the 4.5 crore people of Telangana be satisfied, happy and hope for prosperity. But, hold your breath and wait before distributing the sweets. Chidambaram has also used the word all, and we know all includes the powerful Seemandhra lobby which has been at the fore front of opposing the formation of Telangana State. It justly fears the declaration of Telangana with Hyderabad as the Capital, will bring to light the systematic pillage and plunder of the region. And will try its level best to maintain the status quo.
We will have to wait and see what maneuvers the Central Government will try to pull off, to keep everyone satisfied and happy, the people of Telangana and the Seemandhra lobby of moneybags. There are several options the Government can come up with to maintain the status quo. Option one, declare Telangana as a back region and have a separate ministry headed by a Dy. Chief Minister from Telangana to oversee its development. And to appease the demand for justice and fair representation announce reservation for Telangana people in the Government sector and education institutions. And allot a dole for the development of the region. Though this will satisfy the Seemandhra lobby it will have no takers in Telangana.
The Second option, the Government may propose if forced to, will be to create Telangana state and declare Hyderabad as the Jt. Capital or Union Territory. And to make the deal palatable for the people of the erst while Hyderabad state now being called Telangana, it may also provide a balm in the form of a grant to develop Warangal as the Capital of Telangana. This will still be acceptable to the Seemandhra lobby as it is the soul of Telangana, Hyderabad the lobby is after. And to sweeten the pain of amputation, the opponents to this will be plied with the honey provided by the Seemandhra moneybags.
Option three, which the Government may favour, will be to place in the public domain the findings of the Sri Krishna Commission and ask for the comments and suggestions of all concerned parties including the NRI associations and give them a timeframe of ninety days to send in their suggestions and comments. After which the Government may ask for a further six months time to study the commissions report and collate the suggestion and comments of the people. It will set up another committee comprised of the eight political parties to combine the Sri Krishna reports findings with the suggestions elicited from the people, and prepare a plan of action. A perfect strategy to keep the issue open, satisfy all parties the Seemandhra lobby for maintaining the status quo, the Telangana people for setting in process the formation of the state. And if in the meantime the people of Telangana weary of fighting for their basic human rights alls well. A perfect way to silence the voice of 4.5 crore Indians.
This is what we the people of Telangana have to prevent. We have seen what happened exactly a year before on January 5, 2010 at the all party meet called by Chidambaram, to discuss the issue to statehood for Telangana. The central Government effectively silenced the political class, by plying it with the moolah generously provided by the Seemandhra money bags. This was confirmed by quiet a few congress leaders and the leader of MIM in private. No, matter what takes place behind the closed doors on January 6, 2011.The future of Telangana and Hyderabad will have to decided by us, the citizens of India and the sons and daughters of Telangana. Telangana is Hyderabad and Hyderabad is Telangana and it cannot be delayed any longer.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
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We will have to wait and see what maneuvers the Central Government will try to pull off, to keep everyone satisfied and happy, the people of Telangana and the Seemandhra lobby of moneybags. There are several options the Government can come up with to maintain the status quo. Option one, declare Telangana as a back region and have a separate ministry headed by a Dy. Chief Minister from Telangana to oversee its development. And to appease the demand for justice and fair representation announce reservation for Telangana people in the Government sector and education institutions. And allot a dole for the development of the region. Though this will satisfy the Seemandhra lobby it will have no takers in Telangana.
The Second option, the Government may propose if forced to, will be to create Telangana state and declare Hyderabad as the Jt. Capital or Union Territory. And to make the deal palatable for the people of the erst while Hyderabad state now being called Telangana, it may also provide a balm in the form of a grant to develop Warangal as the Capital of Telangana. This will still be acceptable to the Seemandhra lobby as it is the soul of Telangana, Hyderabad the lobby is after. And to sweeten the pain of amputation, the opponents to this will be plied with the honey provided by the Seemandhra moneybags.
Option three, which the Government may favour, will be to place in the public domain the findings of the Sri Krishna Commission and ask for the comments and suggestions of all concerned parties including the NRI associations and give them a timeframe of ninety days to send in their suggestions and comments. After which the Government may ask for a further six months time to study the commissions report and collate the suggestion and comments of the people. It will set up another committee comprised of the eight political parties to combine the Sri Krishna reports findings with the suggestions elicited from the people, and prepare a plan of action. A perfect strategy to keep the issue open, satisfy all parties the Seemandhra lobby for maintaining the status quo, the Telangana people for setting in process the formation of the state. And if in the meantime the people of Telangana weary of fighting for their basic human rights alls well. A perfect way to silence the voice of 4.5 crore Indians.
This is what we the people of Telangana have to prevent. We have seen what happened exactly a year before on January 5, 2010 at the all party meet called by Chidambaram, to discuss the issue to statehood for Telangana. The central Government effectively silenced the political class, by plying it with the moolah generously provided by the Seemandhra money bags. This was confirmed by quiet a few congress leaders and the leader of MIM in private. No, matter what takes place behind the closed doors on January 6, 2011.The future of Telangana and Hyderabad will have to decided by us, the citizens of India and the sons and daughters of Telangana. Telangana is Hyderabad and Hyderabad is Telangana and it cannot be delayed any longer.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Mr. Chidambaram Accept Your Lies on Naxals and Maoists Involvement in Telangana Struggle
The Supreme Court on 26 February 2010, slammed the Andhra Pradesh Government for deploying Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxalite police force in Osmania University campus to arrest the demand for Telangana state, which is being spear headed by students across the region.
The Supreme Court, in its censure of the State Government, stated there is no conclusive proof of the Telangana movement having been infiltrated and stage managed by the Naxals and Maoists. The naxal and maoist bogey was being raised time and again both by the Home Minister Mr.Chidambaram who used it as excuse to back track on the December 9, 2009 statement on Telangana state, and by the State Administration right from the Governor ESL Narasimhan, the IG of Police Mr. Girish Kumar to the DGP Mr. AK Khan, as an excuse to justify the police excesses, within the University campus and the Telangana protagonists.
We the people of Telangana, have just one question for Mr. Chidambaram, “Now that your lies have been nailed, are you and your Government, willing to accept that you have lied to the Nation. Is your Government ready to redress the emotional turmoil and mental anguish that you have inflicted on the people of Telangana. Are you man enough to redeem yourself in the eyes of the Nation, and set the process rolling for a separate state. Or will you get your henchmen and their leader Narasimhan, to prepare another bogus report on the Naxal and Maoist infiltration.
If, as your counsel argued, mere setting buses on fire justifies the State’s violent reaction then pray tell us, why were not these forces used against members of your party, who went on a murder and loot spree in 1983, post the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Was it because they were on the right side of the Central Leadership? Mr. Chidambaram, wake up from the slumber induced by the blood money that the Seemandhra lobby has allegedly paid to your party for scuttling the Telangana issue. Wake up to the unabated suicides of the people from Telangana. Time is running out for your Government to take concrete steps for the creation of Telangana state, if you delay any longer the people of Telangana, may fall prey to the ideology of extremism, History is witness to this.
This was precisely what had happened in the late 60s and early 70’s when the then government crushed the separate Telangana movement with brute force, a process which saw the death of more than 350 students in firing and lathicharge. The frustration caused by the deaths resulted in substantial recruitment into the Naxalite movement and a majority of the current top ranking Maoist leaders are those who joined it in the early and mid 70s. So now as they say, the ball is your court, give us our State and we shall bless you for the next hundred years, but continue to deprive us of our rights and you will be creating the next crop of Naxal and Maoist leaders.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
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The Supreme Court, in its censure of the State Government, stated there is no conclusive proof of the Telangana movement having been infiltrated and stage managed by the Naxals and Maoists. The naxal and maoist bogey was being raised time and again both by the Home Minister Mr.Chidambaram who used it as excuse to back track on the December 9, 2009 statement on Telangana state, and by the State Administration right from the Governor ESL Narasimhan, the IG of Police Mr. Girish Kumar to the DGP Mr. AK Khan, as an excuse to justify the police excesses, within the University campus and the Telangana protagonists.
We the people of Telangana, have just one question for Mr. Chidambaram, “Now that your lies have been nailed, are you and your Government, willing to accept that you have lied to the Nation. Is your Government ready to redress the emotional turmoil and mental anguish that you have inflicted on the people of Telangana. Are you man enough to redeem yourself in the eyes of the Nation, and set the process rolling for a separate state. Or will you get your henchmen and their leader Narasimhan, to prepare another bogus report on the Naxal and Maoist infiltration.
If, as your counsel argued, mere setting buses on fire justifies the State’s violent reaction then pray tell us, why were not these forces used against members of your party, who went on a murder and loot spree in 1983, post the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Was it because they were on the right side of the Central Leadership? Mr. Chidambaram, wake up from the slumber induced by the blood money that the Seemandhra lobby has allegedly paid to your party for scuttling the Telangana issue. Wake up to the unabated suicides of the people from Telangana. Time is running out for your Government to take concrete steps for the creation of Telangana state, if you delay any longer the people of Telangana, may fall prey to the ideology of extremism, History is witness to this.
This was precisely what had happened in the late 60s and early 70’s when the then government crushed the separate Telangana movement with brute force, a process which saw the death of more than 350 students in firing and lathicharge. The frustration caused by the deaths resulted in substantial recruitment into the Naxalite movement and a majority of the current top ranking Maoist leaders are those who joined it in the early and mid 70s. So now as they say, the ball is your court, give us our State and we shall bless you for the next hundred years, but continue to deprive us of our rights and you will be creating the next crop of Naxal and Maoist leaders.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Ensure Zero Nominations for the By-Elections in Telangana in May, 2010
The by-elections for the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly seats, which have been laid vacant by the resignation of Telangana MP’s and MLA’s in support of their demand for a separate are due to be held on May 29, 2010. The Election Commission has announced the schedule for these by-elections and all political parties have gone into election mode and are busy with their pre poll permutations and combinations, to select the most probable winning candidate.
It’s a shame that of the 17 Lok Sabha MP’s and 119 MLA’s that we the people of Telangana elected, only 4 MP’s and 18 MLA’s had the moral turpitude to resign in support of our cry for justice. The rest have behaved like the vermin they are, having feasted on our flesh and support they have slunk away to hide in their air-conditioned burrows, when we asked for their support to press our demand for a separate state.
We the people of Telangana need to safeguard these 4 Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats, which have been left in our trust by the present incumbents. and not allow anyone to even file the nomination papers. We need to create a situation where the Election Commission is forced to call off the elections because no nominations were filed.
This will send three strong messages, the first to the Central Leadership that we are very serious and committed to achieving Telangana state come what may. The second message will be to our other representatives and the myriad political parties, that no matter how much they ignore our cry for justice and suppress our demand for a separate state, no matter how many crores the Seemandhra lobby pays them to scuttle the issue of Statehood, they will ultimately have to come to us for our vote. And our vote is the Sudarshan chakra, which will slay them tomorrow. And finally to our true leaders, it will act as an elixir and will energize them to carry on the battle till the day that Telangana’s boundary is drawn and they are free to come back to claim their seats, that they so rightly deserve.
Let us resolve, that come what may, no man or woman will be allowed to file nominations for any of these seats. Our message for political parties and independents desirous of filing their nominations is, “We the people of Telangana have resolved that these seats are not open for by elections, if anyone dares to file his or her nomination, they do so at their own risk and God save you.”
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
It’s a shame that of the 17 Lok Sabha MP’s and 119 MLA’s that we the people of Telangana elected, only 4 MP’s and 18 MLA’s had the moral turpitude to resign in support of our cry for justice. The rest have behaved like the vermin they are, having feasted on our flesh and support they have slunk away to hide in their air-conditioned burrows, when we asked for their support to press our demand for a separate state.
We the people of Telangana need to safeguard these 4 Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly seats, which have been left in our trust by the present incumbents. and not allow anyone to even file the nomination papers. We need to create a situation where the Election Commission is forced to call off the elections because no nominations were filed.
This will send three strong messages, the first to the Central Leadership that we are very serious and committed to achieving Telangana state come what may. The second message will be to our other representatives and the myriad political parties, that no matter how much they ignore our cry for justice and suppress our demand for a separate state, no matter how many crores the Seemandhra lobby pays them to scuttle the issue of Statehood, they will ultimately have to come to us for our vote. And our vote is the Sudarshan chakra, which will slay them tomorrow. And finally to our true leaders, it will act as an elixir and will energize them to carry on the battle till the day that Telangana’s boundary is drawn and they are free to come back to claim their seats, that they so rightly deserve.
Let us resolve, that come what may, no man or woman will be allowed to file nominations for any of these seats. Our message for political parties and independents desirous of filing their nominations is, “We the people of Telangana have resolved that these seats are not open for by elections, if anyone dares to file his or her nomination, they do so at their own risk and God save you.”
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Singareni Coal Fields the Most Visible Example of Seema Andhra Exploitation
The Singareni Coal Fields of Telangana spread across the four districts of Karimnagar, Adilabad, Khammam and Warangal supply coal for most of the thermal power stations in S. India. And SCCL (Singareni Collieries Company Limited), the only Navaratna in the Telangana region. There are close to 70,000 workers in the SCCL coal mines across the four districts and in the current financial year it will contribute around Rs.400 crore to the State exchequer. Yet, the Singareni story is also marred by the rampant exploitation, deprivation and selective discrimination that is the hall mark of all Government and PSU’s in the Telangana region.
In the last two decades successive Andhra and Rayalseema Governments have conspired to wrest away this jewel of Telangana. There have been myriad attempts at this in the last 50 years which were foiled by the vigilance of the people and the miners. The latest attempt at this was made just a few months ago, when the Tadicherla coal mines in Karimnagar, part of the Singareni Collieries geological area, were all but sold off to ETA-ECCI-PLR, Joint Venture, a company promoted by Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and the AP state forest minister P. Ramachandra Reddy, both hailing from Seemandhra region
The Union coal ministry had allotted the Tadicherla block-1, to APGenco, a Seema Andhra infested, Government turned quasi Private Co, by N. Chandrababu Naidu during his reign as the CM of AP, to meet the coal requirements of Kakatiya Thermal Power Station at Bhoopalpally in Warangal district. SCCL, which by law and economic efficiencies should have been awarded the contract for mining and supply of this coal to APGenco, was forced to opt out of the negotiations and ETA-ECCI-PLR led JV awarded the bid amounting to a whopping Rs.5000 crore for the mining and supply of coal at twice the price, that SCCL charges.
This perfidious act would have hurt Telangana in two ways, one we would have been cheated out of our natural resources today and a few years later, APGenco, would have prepared a report on the financial in viability of continuing with the Bhoopalpally Power Project, and forced its shut down, resulting in loss of livelihood and power supply to the people of Warangal. Had it not been for the current situation, these mines would now be the private property of these Seema Andhra bandits in khadi.
Not only this, there is rampant discrimination against the locals, in these mines, while all the underground miners belong to the Telangana region, and bear the risk of working in hazardous conditions, the plum and safe jobs right from the lowest of the clerical post to the top cadre are occupied by non-locals, ie people from the Seemandhra region. If you had just one word to describe the plunder and injustice meted out to Telangana people in Andhra Pradesh, the answer would be Singareni.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
In the last two decades successive Andhra and Rayalseema Governments have conspired to wrest away this jewel of Telangana. There have been myriad attempts at this in the last 50 years which were foiled by the vigilance of the people and the miners. The latest attempt at this was made just a few months ago, when the Tadicherla coal mines in Karimnagar, part of the Singareni Collieries geological area, were all but sold off to ETA-ECCI-PLR, Joint Venture, a company promoted by Kadapa MP Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and the AP state forest minister P. Ramachandra Reddy, both hailing from Seemandhra region
The Union coal ministry had allotted the Tadicherla block-1, to APGenco, a Seema Andhra infested, Government turned quasi Private Co, by N. Chandrababu Naidu during his reign as the CM of AP, to meet the coal requirements of Kakatiya Thermal Power Station at Bhoopalpally in Warangal district. SCCL, which by law and economic efficiencies should have been awarded the contract for mining and supply of this coal to APGenco, was forced to opt out of the negotiations and ETA-ECCI-PLR led JV awarded the bid amounting to a whopping Rs.5000 crore for the mining and supply of coal at twice the price, that SCCL charges.
This perfidious act would have hurt Telangana in two ways, one we would have been cheated out of our natural resources today and a few years later, APGenco, would have prepared a report on the financial in viability of continuing with the Bhoopalpally Power Project, and forced its shut down, resulting in loss of livelihood and power supply to the people of Warangal. Had it not been for the current situation, these mines would now be the private property of these Seema Andhra bandits in khadi.
Not only this, there is rampant discrimination against the locals, in these mines, while all the underground miners belong to the Telangana region, and bear the risk of working in hazardous conditions, the plum and safe jobs right from the lowest of the clerical post to the top cadre are occupied by non-locals, ie people from the Seemandhra region. If you had just one word to describe the plunder and injustice meted out to Telangana people in Andhra Pradesh, the answer would be Singareni.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Stop Paying Taxes Till Telangana is Formed
The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil’s address to the Parliament on the 1st day of the budget session on 22nd Feb, 2010 shared a commonality with that made by the AP Governor ESL Narasimhan, to the legislative Assembly in Hyderabad on February 1, 2010. Both of them, made no reference to the demand for a separate state of Telangana, which is not surprising as the same lobby has forced this exclusion. This callous sweeping aside of an highly emotive issue that is taking lives daily, with a suicide a day is a shame for the Nation’s collective conscience.
We the people of Telangana are to be blamed for this attitude of the Center and the State Administration, for we grossly depreciated the value of our lives, by these suicides. We need to remember, that there is no one more foolish, than the patriot who deludes himself into believing, his sacrifice will win battles. It is not yours but your enemy’s sacrifice that will help you win wars. My appeal to the youth is taking your own life, will not make any difference to the Center and State Government. Their reaction to hearing about successive suicides may go like this, “What another suicide in Telangana, how annoying! First it was the farmers and now it’s these students!
Going by their logic, the only thing that has changed is the profile of the people who are taking their lives. And there is no compelling reason for them to take action. But, if our actions impact their functioning and cause pecuniary loss, then yes by God, they will take notice and listen to our demand. It is simple we need to strike where it hurts, to start with let us
• Refuse to pay all Central and State taxes till a separate state is formed. Various districts in Telangana have already taken a lead in this but we need to make it a way of life, with people in all districts refusing to pay taxes.
• Refuse to pay the Electricity and water bills, as these will add to the coffers of the AP Government and we all know this money goes, to the development of the Seemandhra region. Let us hold this money in trust to be paid to the Telangana State when it is formed. Our state will need all the money for rebuilding.
• When buying goods, pay the price of the product without the Sales Tax, and give an IOU in its stead, stating the money can be collected from you when Telangana is formed.
These steps are not only difficult but impossible to implement individually, but the collective will and action on these fronts, will have a multiplier effect and bring the State and the Nation to a standstill. It is time, we moved away from asking for Telangana with an open hand, to wresting it away with our fists.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
We the people of Telangana are to be blamed for this attitude of the Center and the State Administration, for we grossly depreciated the value of our lives, by these suicides. We need to remember, that there is no one more foolish, than the patriot who deludes himself into believing, his sacrifice will win battles. It is not yours but your enemy’s sacrifice that will help you win wars. My appeal to the youth is taking your own life, will not make any difference to the Center and State Government. Their reaction to hearing about successive suicides may go like this, “What another suicide in Telangana, how annoying! First it was the farmers and now it’s these students!
Going by their logic, the only thing that has changed is the profile of the people who are taking their lives. And there is no compelling reason for them to take action. But, if our actions impact their functioning and cause pecuniary loss, then yes by God, they will take notice and listen to our demand. It is simple we need to strike where it hurts, to start with let us
• Refuse to pay all Central and State taxes till a separate state is formed. Various districts in Telangana have already taken a lead in this but we need to make it a way of life, with people in all districts refusing to pay taxes.
• Refuse to pay the Electricity and water bills, as these will add to the coffers of the AP Government and we all know this money goes, to the development of the Seemandhra region. Let us hold this money in trust to be paid to the Telangana State when it is formed. Our state will need all the money for rebuilding.
• When buying goods, pay the price of the product without the Sales Tax, and give an IOU in its stead, stating the money can be collected from you when Telangana is formed.
These steps are not only difficult but impossible to implement individually, but the collective will and action on these fronts, will have a multiplier effect and bring the State and the Nation to a standstill. It is time, we moved away from asking for Telangana with an open hand, to wresting it away with our fists.
Jai Telangana. Jai Hind
Monday, February 22, 2010
Telangana Sold for a few Pieces of Silver
The real politick behind the Center’s back tracking on statehood for Telangana has been laid bare. According to one of the congress legislators from the state who was in the US recently, P Chidambaram’s statement on 9 December 2009, on Telangana jolted the Seemandhra lobby of industrialists, mining and construction contractors and real estate developers, which includes a few top business houses from the region. To safeguard their interests they collectively donated a sum of Rs.10,000 crore to the Congress party fund, with the request that the bifurcation of the State be stayed and even if the worse comes to worst, make Hyderabad either the Joint Capital or a Union Territory.
The chain of events post this transaction at the Center are open to interpretation, first the mild ND Tiwari is moved out of the Raj Bhawan to be replaced by a hardline Narasimhan. That Tiwari was compensated in other ways is a foregone conclusion, till now there has been no inquiry into the incident, that has shamed the dignity and purity of the Governors office. And what of Narasimhan, soon after taking over the reins of the Governorship, he prepares a report on the Naxal and Maoist influence on the demand for a separate state of which there was no trace till then, the report goes so far as to suggest, that the Telangana movement is being stage managed by the naxals. On this logic of Naxal and Maoist infiltration within the students ranks, the State administration, unleashes its terror on hapless students in the Osmania University campus.
Fast forward to January 2010, the promised Sri Krishna Commission is constituted and the Terms of Reference announced, these are so ambiguous and diluted that it will be miracle if it comes up with any concrete report. Again the police unleashes its might on the students of the Osmania University, and the order of the AP High Court asking that all police and para military forces vacate the OU campus, is challenged and a stay order brought in by the State administration from the Supreme court on the specious plea that the University is harboring Naxals and Maoists.
Today, the Vice Chancellor of Osmania University, Tirupati Rao, categorically states that there are no Naxals in the University. Do, you Mr. Home Minister believe the words of the Vice Chancellor or is he also a Naxal sympathizer and a liar. If the Telangana Movement was infiltrated by Naxals and Maoists as is the State and Central Governments propaganda, the law and order situation in Hyderabad and Telangana would have been very different from what it is today. Our youth would not be taking their own lives in desperation, they would not be sitting ducks as they are today for your lathis and rubber bullets, they would not be asking their leaders to resign. These are the acts of a desperate and exploited people and not those of extremists. We have no weapons except their lives and no assets except our mortal bodies, which we have been laying at your doorstep with the hope that you will hear our cry for justice. But, alas instead of justice and a honest hearing we are branded as naxals and maoists.
Mr. Home Minister, the people of Telangana can look the nation in the eye and swear on all that is holy, that our demand for a separate state is a people’s movement. But, can you look at us and say that your party has not bartered away our future for a few pieces of silver.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
The chain of events post this transaction at the Center are open to interpretation, first the mild ND Tiwari is moved out of the Raj Bhawan to be replaced by a hardline Narasimhan. That Tiwari was compensated in other ways is a foregone conclusion, till now there has been no inquiry into the incident, that has shamed the dignity and purity of the Governors office. And what of Narasimhan, soon after taking over the reins of the Governorship, he prepares a report on the Naxal and Maoist influence on the demand for a separate state of which there was no trace till then, the report goes so far as to suggest, that the Telangana movement is being stage managed by the naxals. On this logic of Naxal and Maoist infiltration within the students ranks, the State administration, unleashes its terror on hapless students in the Osmania University campus.
Fast forward to January 2010, the promised Sri Krishna Commission is constituted and the Terms of Reference announced, these are so ambiguous and diluted that it will be miracle if it comes up with any concrete report. Again the police unleashes its might on the students of the Osmania University, and the order of the AP High Court asking that all police and para military forces vacate the OU campus, is challenged and a stay order brought in by the State administration from the Supreme court on the specious plea that the University is harboring Naxals and Maoists.
Today, the Vice Chancellor of Osmania University, Tirupati Rao, categorically states that there are no Naxals in the University. Do, you Mr. Home Minister believe the words of the Vice Chancellor or is he also a Naxal sympathizer and a liar. If the Telangana Movement was infiltrated by Naxals and Maoists as is the State and Central Governments propaganda, the law and order situation in Hyderabad and Telangana would have been very different from what it is today. Our youth would not be taking their own lives in desperation, they would not be sitting ducks as they are today for your lathis and rubber bullets, they would not be asking their leaders to resign. These are the acts of a desperate and exploited people and not those of extremists. We have no weapons except their lives and no assets except our mortal bodies, which we have been laying at your doorstep with the hope that you will hear our cry for justice. But, alas instead of justice and a honest hearing we are branded as naxals and maoists.
Mr. Home Minister, the people of Telangana can look the nation in the eye and swear on all that is holy, that our demand for a separate state is a people’s movement. But, can you look at us and say that your party has not bartered away our future for a few pieces of silver.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Boycott Sri Krishna Commission
The center’s response to our demand for a separate state is a slap in the face Sri Krishna Commission which has been set up to look into the “current situation arising out of a demand for a separate state”. The terms of reference of this Simon Commission of Chidambaram’s, are an insult to the people of Telangana who continue to lay down their lives for a separate state.
The state of AP created as it was against the recommendations of the SRC, is a historic blunder that has destroyed several generations of Telangana people. Para 386 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC) said "After taking all these factors into consideration we have come to the conclusions that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency Hyderabad State expresses itself in favor of such unification." That Andhra Pradesh was formed disregarding these recommendations, is a travesty of fair play and justice. And today, when the whole region resounds with the demand for the Telangana state, there is no locus standi for a new commission to set up to look into this issue.
The motive behind setting up the commission is obvious from the ToR’s and the time frame given for it to come out with a report, vis lure the people of Telangana with false promises to the dungeons of deprivation from which they dared to come out. Let us the people of Telangana give a fitting reply to this insult and boycott this Simon Commission of Chidambaram’s until the Terms of Reference are modified. This is a public call to boycott the Sri Krishna Commission, let no public representative, political party, student organization, academician respond to the commission’s call for public opinion. We the people of Telangana demand that the Terms of Reference of the Commission be changed to these five points
1. Prepare a status report on the development of Telangana in the last 50 years
2. Prepare a status report on the implementation of GO 610
3. Prepare a road map for the bifurcation of the state into Telangana and Seemandhra
4. Work out an equitable mechanism for sharing of water and power
5. Prepare a report on repatriating Seemandhra employees in State Government Service to their region and devise a roadmap for filling in these posts by Telangana people
If Ms Gandhi and her vassals heed this demand of ours its well and good otherwise we the people of Telangana will set up a separate commission with these Terms of Reference and submit the report to the Nation in a months time frame. For under the current ToR’s Sri Krishna Commission, Telangana will be again be sent into exile for the next 50 years.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
The state of AP created as it was against the recommendations of the SRC, is a historic blunder that has destroyed several generations of Telangana people. Para 386 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC) said "After taking all these factors into consideration we have come to the conclusions that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency Hyderabad State expresses itself in favor of such unification." That Andhra Pradesh was formed disregarding these recommendations, is a travesty of fair play and justice. And today, when the whole region resounds with the demand for the Telangana state, there is no locus standi for a new commission to set up to look into this issue.
The motive behind setting up the commission is obvious from the ToR’s and the time frame given for it to come out with a report, vis lure the people of Telangana with false promises to the dungeons of deprivation from which they dared to come out. Let us the people of Telangana give a fitting reply to this insult and boycott this Simon Commission of Chidambaram’s until the Terms of Reference are modified. This is a public call to boycott the Sri Krishna Commission, let no public representative, political party, student organization, academician respond to the commission’s call for public opinion. We the people of Telangana demand that the Terms of Reference of the Commission be changed to these five points
1. Prepare a status report on the development of Telangana in the last 50 years
2. Prepare a status report on the implementation of GO 610
3. Prepare a road map for the bifurcation of the state into Telangana and Seemandhra
4. Work out an equitable mechanism for sharing of water and power
5. Prepare a report on repatriating Seemandhra employees in State Government Service to their region and devise a roadmap for filling in these posts by Telangana people
If Ms Gandhi and her vassals heed this demand of ours its well and good otherwise we the people of Telangana will set up a separate commission with these Terms of Reference and submit the report to the Nation in a months time frame. For under the current ToR’s Sri Krishna Commission, Telangana will be again be sent into exile for the next 50 years.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Telangana pseudo democratic State
Telangana, the 29th state of independent India, is fast becoming a police state with the reins of the government slowly but surely being taken over by the ex Andhra IPS officer and now the Governor of AP ESL Narasimhan.
Since taking oath as the Governor on 28th December 2009, he has reduced the status of the Chief Minister of the State to that of an errand boy. While the CM tries to make out he is running the Government, Narasimhan is acting as the de facto ruler of the state and apportioning to himself all powers and privileges of the state. Have you ever heard of a Governor upbraiding the Home Minister of the State for her regional bias, has any Governor any where in the history of the Nation taken unto himself the supreme command of the police force while there is a constitutionally elected and functioning Chief Minister along with his council, has any Governor in India ever sought to interfere in the working of the University, has any Governor been so over zealous as to have a report besmirching a people’s movement prepared in less than a week, ESL Narasimhan the Governor of AP has done all this and more.
Narasimhan’s move into the Hyderabad’s Raj Bhawan was planned and executed with military precision. That there are powerful vested interests like the Seema Andhra land mafia in Hyderabad and the Government contractor lobby, which wanted to get rid of Tiwari and have a more pliable man posted in his steed is a well known fact. Surprisingly, since Narasimhan’s appointment the anti-Telangana agitation has all but died down. And rightly so! why bother with bandhs and protest marches, when your work is being ably carried out by your protege.
For the people of Telangana, this is just the beginning, remember the brutality with which the force tried to stop our peace protests, the fact that we had to get the High Court’s order to conduct a students meeting, because the police denied us the right of free speech, at the behest of the Governor. The VC of the Osmania University was forced to go ahead with the semester exams inspite of the syllabus being incomplete, so as to derail our movement, no second guess who was behind the VC’s decision.
Narasimhan, the ex Andhra cadre IPS officer, has been placed in the Hyderabad Raj Bhawan, with a single point agenda. Stop the formation of Telangana state. What he has failed to realize is that in the dusk of his career he has been sent on a futile mission that is deemed to be a failure. For we the people of Telangana have resolved to fight for and achieve statehood and claim our fundamental right to a life of dignity and honor.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
Since taking oath as the Governor on 28th December 2009, he has reduced the status of the Chief Minister of the State to that of an errand boy. While the CM tries to make out he is running the Government, Narasimhan is acting as the de facto ruler of the state and apportioning to himself all powers and privileges of the state. Have you ever heard of a Governor upbraiding the Home Minister of the State for her regional bias, has any Governor any where in the history of the Nation taken unto himself the supreme command of the police force while there is a constitutionally elected and functioning Chief Minister along with his council, has any Governor in India ever sought to interfere in the working of the University, has any Governor been so over zealous as to have a report besmirching a people’s movement prepared in less than a week, ESL Narasimhan the Governor of AP has done all this and more.
Narasimhan’s move into the Hyderabad’s Raj Bhawan was planned and executed with military precision. That there are powerful vested interests like the Seema Andhra land mafia in Hyderabad and the Government contractor lobby, which wanted to get rid of Tiwari and have a more pliable man posted in his steed is a well known fact. Surprisingly, since Narasimhan’s appointment the anti-Telangana agitation has all but died down. And rightly so! why bother with bandhs and protest marches, when your work is being ably carried out by your protege.
For the people of Telangana, this is just the beginning, remember the brutality with which the force tried to stop our peace protests, the fact that we had to get the High Court’s order to conduct a students meeting, because the police denied us the right of free speech, at the behest of the Governor. The VC of the Osmania University was forced to go ahead with the semester exams inspite of the syllabus being incomplete, so as to derail our movement, no second guess who was behind the VC’s decision.
Narasimhan, the ex Andhra cadre IPS officer, has been placed in the Hyderabad Raj Bhawan, with a single point agenda. Stop the formation of Telangana state. What he has failed to realize is that in the dusk of his career he has been sent on a futile mission that is deemed to be a failure. For we the people of Telangana have resolved to fight for and achieve statehood and claim our fundamental right to a life of dignity and honor.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
Friday, January 15, 2010
Telangana – We need to be on our guard
I was speaking with Bhupathi Krishna Moorthy saab, President of the Telangana Praja Samithi, he is from Warangal and has been working on raising awareness on the need for a separate state for the last few decades. What he said was very interesting, according to him the cry for a separate state today is more strident in the districts than it was in 1969.
Also there are quiet a lot of differences between the situation today from what it was in 1969. Where the 1969 agitation was an eye-opener and a spontaneous movement like the 1857 revolt, the current demand is more co-ordinated and can be compared with the do or die movement of the 1940’s. Also the Government is more ruthless today than it was then and the anti Telangana forces have gained in strength and political clout.
In 1969, there were a large number of our people in the administration and they empathized with the Telangana proponents. Today, the force is mostly comprised of Andhra and Rayalseema settlers and is more vicious in its approach to the Telangana demand. In 1969, the arrested leaders and students were treated as political prisoners, whereas now they are imprisoned under false and criminal offences. The very fact that it took more than a month for the students who were arrested in the December upsurge to be released inspite of the CM’s assurance that would be released immediately, speaks of the political and administrative power of these forces.
There are intelligence reports on private armies being organized by the anti Telangana lobby in Cuddapah, Vijayawada, and Guntur. These armies are being set up to unleash terror in Hyderabad, once the movement picks up momentum. There are also plans to infiltrate the Telangana organizations with these elements and sabotage the movement for a separate state. That the Government is well aware of these armies and is doing nothing to curb and dismantle them and also that there is a total media black out on this speaks volumes of the power and clout of the anti Telangana forces.
This makes our task doubly difficult, for apart from keeping up our struggle against the might of the administration we also need to be aware of and guard our movement from these elements. We need to be doubly sure of the people we include in our organizations and keep a sharp eye on any suspicious activity. That the Government and our detractors are waiting in the wings for any incident that will justify the violence they have planned to unleash is a known fact.
However, powerful our detractors are and try as they might, It is the Divine will that has ordained that Telangana will be the 29th state of India.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
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Also there are quiet a lot of differences between the situation today from what it was in 1969. Where the 1969 agitation was an eye-opener and a spontaneous movement like the 1857 revolt, the current demand is more co-ordinated and can be compared with the do or die movement of the 1940’s. Also the Government is more ruthless today than it was then and the anti Telangana forces have gained in strength and political clout.
In 1969, there were a large number of our people in the administration and they empathized with the Telangana proponents. Today, the force is mostly comprised of Andhra and Rayalseema settlers and is more vicious in its approach to the Telangana demand. In 1969, the arrested leaders and students were treated as political prisoners, whereas now they are imprisoned under false and criminal offences. The very fact that it took more than a month for the students who were arrested in the December upsurge to be released inspite of the CM’s assurance that would be released immediately, speaks of the political and administrative power of these forces.
There are intelligence reports on private armies being organized by the anti Telangana lobby in Cuddapah, Vijayawada, and Guntur. These armies are being set up to unleash terror in Hyderabad, once the movement picks up momentum. There are also plans to infiltrate the Telangana organizations with these elements and sabotage the movement for a separate state. That the Government is well aware of these armies and is doing nothing to curb and dismantle them and also that there is a total media black out on this speaks volumes of the power and clout of the anti Telangana forces.
This makes our task doubly difficult, for apart from keeping up our struggle against the might of the administration we also need to be aware of and guard our movement from these elements. We need to be doubly sure of the people we include in our organizations and keep a sharp eye on any suspicious activity. That the Government and our detractors are waiting in the wings for any incident that will justify the violence they have planned to unleash is a known fact.
However, powerful our detractors are and try as they might, It is the Divine will that has ordained that Telangana will be the 29th state of India.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
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http://telanganaprajasamithi.blogspot.com
http://telanganaprajasamiti.wordpress.com
Monday, January 11, 2010
Two Pronged Political and Administrative Strategy for Telangana
24-year-old Bhooma Reddy, is the latest in the list of many who have committed suicide after seeing the Govt’s apathy on Telangana formation. My earnest appeal to Telangana brothers and sisters is remember “No war is won by scarifying your life. You win wars by making your enemy sacrifice his”. This was written by a Chinese strategist, Lau Tzu over a thousand years back. Instead of losing hope, we need to work towards making the powers that be realize, that there can be no continuation of status quo on this issue. This can happen only if we raise our struggle from being an emotional cry for justice to a strategic demand for a separate state.
The struggle for Telangana has to be fought on two fronts, the political and administrative each with a different plan of action and each reinforcing the impact of the other.
On the political front, I request our representatives to resign from the Lok Sabha, the Assembly, the Legislative Councils and from all political Committees and Ministerial berths. The message from this for the Government will be loud and clear, the struggle cannot be tamed by offering a few morsels of chewed up power like a cabinet berth without portfolio or a Dy. Chief Minister’s post. It will put an end to all speculation and alternatives the center is looking at to walk away from statehood to Telangana and force it to concede to our demand.
At the administrative front, our strategy needs to be the reverse. We need our people in the administration, the police force, the judiciary, the universities and other public corporations to safeguard our interests. As it is we are vastly outnumbered in these and if we resign or leave these posts unattended to it will cause irreparable damage to the state Telangana. Our people within the Government need to assert themselves and derail or make it impossible for any anti-Telangana decision to be implemented. We need them in their posts to safeguard our interests and to be prepared to take over the harness from the Andhras and Rayalseemas once Telangana is formed.
Our strategy till date has been the reverse, our politicians have stuck on like glue to their posts while the administrators have tendered resignations in protest against the Govt’s apathy. The time has now come for us to form a united army to fight for Telangana with the leaders leading from the front and the administrators safeguarding and managing the interests of the region.
Telangana is awaiting its birth, we need to ensure we are capable of nurturing it to prosperity and stability. And this can only happen if we let go of positions of power that we can lay claim to anytime, while sticking on like glue to strategic areas that we can at no time leave unguarded.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
www.twitter.com/kishoreneera
http://telanganaprajasamithi.blogspot.com
http://telanganaprajasamiti.wordpress.com
The struggle for Telangana has to be fought on two fronts, the political and administrative each with a different plan of action and each reinforcing the impact of the other.
On the political front, I request our representatives to resign from the Lok Sabha, the Assembly, the Legislative Councils and from all political Committees and Ministerial berths. The message from this for the Government will be loud and clear, the struggle cannot be tamed by offering a few morsels of chewed up power like a cabinet berth without portfolio or a Dy. Chief Minister’s post. It will put an end to all speculation and alternatives the center is looking at to walk away from statehood to Telangana and force it to concede to our demand.
At the administrative front, our strategy needs to be the reverse. We need our people in the administration, the police force, the judiciary, the universities and other public corporations to safeguard our interests. As it is we are vastly outnumbered in these and if we resign or leave these posts unattended to it will cause irreparable damage to the state Telangana. Our people within the Government need to assert themselves and derail or make it impossible for any anti-Telangana decision to be implemented. We need them in their posts to safeguard our interests and to be prepared to take over the harness from the Andhras and Rayalseemas once Telangana is formed.
Our strategy till date has been the reverse, our politicians have stuck on like glue to their posts while the administrators have tendered resignations in protest against the Govt’s apathy. The time has now come for us to form a united army to fight for Telangana with the leaders leading from the front and the administrators safeguarding and managing the interests of the region.
Telangana is awaiting its birth, we need to ensure we are capable of nurturing it to prosperity and stability. And this can only happen if we let go of positions of power that we can lay claim to anytime, while sticking on like glue to strategic areas that we can at no time leave unguarded.
Jai Telangana
Jai Hind
www.twitter.com/kishoreneera
http://telanganaprajasamithi.blogspot.com
http://telanganaprajasamiti.wordpress.com
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