Hyderabad, October 05: The decision taken by the well-known people’s singer, Mr Gaddar, to float a new party named Telangana Praja Front, to fight for the cause of separate Telangana State formation, has become the subject matter of hot discussions in the political circles, particularly of Telanana region, of late.
The balladeer is slated to formally announce the launch of the new party on October 9, at a broad-based convention to be held in the city. The Telangana Congress leaders have already welcomed the move of Mr Gaddar to start the new party. Similarly, the Telangana leaders of the main Opposition party – TDP – and the BJP have also hailed the decision.
Mr Gaddar’s move, however, was not received well by the TRS leaders, who feel that it would create confusion among the people and the Telangana movement would be diluted with the coming up of many outfits for the same cause.
Mr Gaddar has stated after launching the TPF that the new party was not against any one, and it was not its aim to counter the TRS, which has been spearheading the Telangana agitation for the past ten years. His party would bring pressure on the Union Government to introduce a Bill in Parliament for formation of separate Telangana State.
In this back-drop, political circles are debating on many issues like the need for a new party when the TRS, the Political JAC and the Students’ JAC are already fighting for the cause of separate Telangana State and organizing many programmes since December 9, 2009, when the Centre had announced its move to create separate Telangana State; but went back on it in view of the agitation launched by the Seemandhra leaders, opposing the decision.
To counter the Seemandhra stir, the TRS and the Telangana political JAC and the students’ JAC have also launched agitational programmes, ultimately
resulting in the Centre appointing the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee, which is slated to submit its report by the end of December this year. At this juncture, Mr Gaddar floating a new outfit has come up now.
It is said that Mr Gaddar’s decision was the result of broad-based consultations with many sections of the people of Telangana, who persuaded him to form the party. Does it mean that the people of the region were dissatisfied and disenchanted with KCR and the JAC headed by Prof.
Kodandaram; why the TRS headed by Mr KCR had failed to achieve the objective even ten years after its struggle; had KCR failed to rope-in all sections of the people of the region; has he turned the TRS as a family affair; is he hob-nobbing with the Congress and the Centre for something, are the points that are being debated in the political circles.
KCR’ FAULTY POLICIES
It is felt in many quarters that TRS had been adopting and following faulty policies right from launching the party. Firstly, he has not been able to take all the people of the region with him, whatever may be the reason; but indulged in resignations, which yielded no results. Secondly, he had some years back boasted of mobilizing the support of over 240 MPs in support of Telangana, but failed to make them pressurise the Centre to achieve the goal. There is also a feeling among some sections that Mr KCR was using the TRS for his personal and family gains, rather than achieving the declared objective, and this has resulted in split within the party and some MLAs quitting it.
It may also be mentioned here that the TRS chief has faced many allegations from not only other political parties, but also from MLAs of his own party. Ms Vijayashanti, considered Number two in the party, has also distanced herself from the party sometime; but returned to its fold again, whatever might be the reasons. Taking into account all these developments, many sections feel that Mr KCR had totally failed in making the Centre announce separate Telangana State, and hence there was need for a new outfit which could enlist the support of the people and fight for separate State. All said and done, Mr KCR has come to be discredited on the Telanagana issue. (NSS)