TELUGU STATES IN TURMOIL
Undoubtedly, a lot of discontent and agitation brewing in both the Telugu States but right now Andhra Pradesh is in greater turmoil. Not only the people but the entire government of A.P. has turned bitterly hostile to the Jumla-making but ever-breaking Central Government run by the Prime Minister Modi, of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Chandrababu Naidu, the leader of the ruling Telugu Desam Party Government in A.P., a known administrator but proven opportunist, who was chums with Modi for about 4 years since the last general elections, has also become vexed with the callous neglect displayed by their allies toward the rightful dues of the in-a-way-orphaned State, viz., a special status promised on the floor of the Parliament by the former Premier at the insistence of the then opposition party and now ruling party leader Venkaiah Naidu and others, as also about 18 other socio-economic sops offered in the Reorganization Act itself, which have not been delivered even after repeated requests. In contrast, the 2018-19 annual budget presented by Jaitley accords a lion’s share of the financial resources to the Northern States and even hefty allotments for building of a hitech city in Gujarat – already flush with central funds, instead of urgently coming to the aid of the almost drowning State of Andhra Pradesh, which is now struggling with the burden of heavy loans, taken left and right as per the usual fashions and fiats of the current ruling parties. The Parliament witnessed some unruly agitation with all the MPs from Andhra Pradesh, this time supported by almost all opposition parties, demanding justice for the State and even repeatedly moving no-confidence motions but the puppet Speaker wantonly denying even admission of the notice and adjourning the House for thorough debates on the motion as is, and has to be, usually done. This exposes the farce of our parliamentary democracy which can easily be scuttled by a cunning and conspiring ruling party or even by anarchic and violent non-ruling parties and all the House business for the development and welfare of the people stalled for days and months together. The situation is no better in the Telangana Legislative Assembly even, with the despotic Chief Minister calling all the shots to suppress all dissidence and even manipulating to cause expulsions of two members of opposition from the House, against all democratic norms. Watching all this, one wonders whether our country is fit for some optimal democracy even, or is it fast degenerating towards any despicable totalitarianism. §§§
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