TERRIBLE
BLOW: TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES
The decisions by the UPA Coordination Committee
as well as the Congress Working Committee to grant statehood to Telangana
region by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh is no doubt a terrible blow to the
dreams-come-true Telugu unity state and is fraught with tragic consequences not
only to the Telugu community but also to the entire people of the country.
Obviously, the decisions have been taken in haste out of base electoral
considerations keeping in view the forthcoming general elections by a ruling
party and ruling coalition which have but a slender majority in the Parliament
and unfortunately not only the separatists but even the so-called
integrationists among several parties were guided by unethical and greedy
considerations of power and pelf rather than the interests of Telugu people in
particular or Indians in general. Though it appears as a closed chapter now and
the division of the state is going to be certain, there are yet optimistic
persons dedicated to the good of the state/the country who yet think that the
steps taken by the ruling party/coalition are still retractable and strongly
feel that in any case no ruling party/government should take such disastrous
decisions in such hurry in the run for political power, especially when the
general elections are round the corner. There is a powerful and popular
backlash to these decisions and moves in the so-called seemandhra region and though it is not certain how long that is
going to continue and how far pressurize the ruling party/coalition to rethink
their decisions, yet it is an indicator to the immense discontent of Telugu
people and the imperative need for the ruling party/coalition to postpone their
moves till the next general elections are over to reconsider the problems more
minutely. Especially, they should table the Srikrishna Committee Report and
cause an in-depth discussion of its contents in both Houses of the Parliament
to prepare for whatever government comes to power next to be able to take wise
and as-far-as-possible-consensual decisions on this intricate problem rather
than giving rise to all-round anarchy for their selfish ends – it must be noted
that deleterious fissiparous movements like the Gorkhaland, Vidarbha, Bodoland agitations
have sprung up again immediately on the announcement of these calamitous
decisions, which does not bode well for the unity, integrity and destiny of the
nation. §§§
