Perhaps, for the first time, the Congress has given ‘clarity’ to contentious Telangana issue to all those who watched a national TV channel (NDTV). A day after the successful congregation of T-activists on the Necklace Road in the State capital under the “Telangana March” or “Sagara Haaram”, the national channel rightfully so organized an interesting debate on bifurcation of the State involving a host of pro and anti, besides neutrals during the prime time on Monday night.
The debate indeed created enough heat, but the T-protagonists like K Keshava Rao (Cong) and K Taraka Rama Rao (TRS), seem to have pushed onto the back-foot by more vocal Lagadapati Rajagopal, the Congress MP from Vijayawada. Yet, it was the 120-year-old Congress party’s official spokesperson Manish Tiwary’s blunt statement that his party-led UPA government at the Centre can ill-afford to overlook national interests to regional. In other words, he made abundantly clear that the State bifurcation is not at all in the interests of the country.
Tiwary aptly explained the reasons for not considering such demands by any regional aspirants by citing his own or native Punjab as far as Chandigarh is concerned. What does it mean? It means that in the interests of the nation as a whole, the Congress cannot afford to divide Andhra Pradesh, which was formed on linguistic basis. Moreover, Manish Tiwary’s observations should also be viewed in right perspective that Andhra Pradesh as a whole attains an important place geographically as well security-wise.
That’s the reason why the rulers of Independent India chose to establish all sensitive and key scientific (industrial as well defence) labs in the State, especially in and around Hyderabad. None should forget the fact that the Indian Republic had also thought of considering, if not making Hyderabad as the country’s second capital, in the wake of any possible external threats, for all operational purposes.
Precisely that’s what Manish Tiwary and his party feels so and hence they find it difficult in considering the so-called demand or appreciate the ‘regional sentiments’ of the people of the region.
For the first time, shrewd Manish Tiwary, also rubbished in as many words as possible of doubting Thomas that due to political considerations, the grand-old party was reluctant to take any initiative in this regard. Thus far, the message to all those who are fighting for T-cause is now loud and clear – there is no immediate solution to T-demand, howsoever they (agitators) may wanted to create unrest in the region.
Still, if those who wanted to best utilize the T-cause to promote their future political career wanted to keep the issue alive and kicking by organizing dharnas, rasta rokos, million marches and Sagara Haarams, no way help convince the Congress in power at the Centre.
Now, the options before all those T-Congressmen or T-Telugu Desam men to join hands by quitting their respective parties and forming a formidable political force to fight next round of elections. Otherwise, neither the people of the region nor the country, will appreciate their future moves in most unorganized manner.
–Agencies