Telangana Turmoil

THERE ARE two types of revolutions; one the real while the other being self claimed. Although both are called as revolutions, the two hardly belong to the same elevation. The Berlin wall collapsed without any political instigation. Russian revolution sprouted from the anguish of a common man not a political force.These were the public outcries against injustice and suppression.

Indian freedom struggle too belongs to the same genre.

But there are few moments, which are claimed to be revolutions by the initiators to gain political mileage. Telengana issue is one such. K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) has attempted every possible gimmick to carve an image "Ultimate worrior of Telengana."

There might have been a need of separate state hence people of the region received him fairly well in the 2005 elections. But when separate state was his agenda, he should have rejected the cabinet positions that were offered to his party men.

The post election drama of 2005 stamped down the hope for the separate state. The election re-election and finally the grand elections of 2009 painted TRS as just another political party. Rather than being two separate entities, telangana and Andhra are two interdependent regions. If Andhra accounts for major food production, Telangana region is rich in minerals. Both the regions have Telugu as their main language. This is why telengana is no Jharkhand or Uttarakhand.

Further if Telengana is declared, the disputes over border would be endless. The issue about Hyderabad, Bhadrachalam etc will create a hostile environment in the state.
The moment when the "T" bill is introduced in the Parliament or when/if an SRC is constituted, the government will be forced to consider the plights of Gurkha land in west bengal, south Tamil Nadu in in the south along with the proposal of Konkan state.

The list is endless. Breaking the country into such smaller units increases regionalism in indian poltics. Further it is a multi-crore task for the government and funds for the formation of so many states cannot be accommodating in the forthcoming budget. Although the claim for separate state is ridiculous, governments must understand the need to maintain uniform and sustained growth through out the state.

Before we think about all these lets hope that KCR's agitation will come to a peaceful end without violation of human rights and destruction of public properties.