Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh’s remark on Thursday that a
decision on Telangana cannot be delayed “anymore” has raised
expectations that Friday’s scheduled meeting of the party’s Core Group
will finally take a call on the future of Andhra Pradesh, even though
the ensuing process could take a while.
Mr Singh, who recently took charge of the party’s affairs in the
troubled southern State, while saying that both options were still on
the table – status quo or carving out Telangana — promised that there
would be “no ambiguity” in the decision, when it is finally taken.
Hinting that the contours of whatever emerges would take a while to
sharpen, he added that the UPA allies would also be consulted and, in
case, the government takes the plunge to form Telangana, the opposition
parties will have to be taken on board as it would require amendment of
the Constitution.
On Friday, when the Congress Core Group gathers here, Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana and
Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha will be present. Mr Singh,
when he visited Andhra Pradesh last week, had asked the three men to
prepare alternative roadmaps on the strategy the party and the
government could adopt, keeping in mind the possibility that both
options were still open.
Of course, what makes the issue even more complicated is the fact that
while Mr. Reddy favours a united State, his deputy wants Telangana.
Apart from members of the Core Group, others who will be at the meeting
will be Mr. Singh and his predecessor, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and, possibly, party
vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Over the last fortnight, the UPA government has finally begun to show a
sense of urgency in closing an issue that opened up when P. Chidambaram,
as Home Minister, announced on December 9, 2009 that the government was
willing to carve out Telangana. In the intervening three-and-a-half
years, Mr Chidambaram’s announcement first sparked off protests and
resignations in the Andhra and Rayalseema regions. Taken aback, the
Centre had then set up the Srikrishna Committee to go into the pros and
cons of division of the State, triggering off violent demonstrations
across Telangana.
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I am totally agreed with MR.Digvijay Singh’s statement that a decision on Telangana cannot be delayed anymore. Indian judiciary need to give fast responce for this case.India News
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