07-04-2006, 05:39 PM
Naidu was a politician of different kind that Andhra ever had. He steered the politics of the State on the economic development platform , though many may disagree with his approach and level of success. But for sure he did put Hyderabad on the global map , perhaps pushed the visibility of Vizag , initiated hundreds of schemes to enable transparency in governance and did make the other politicians think more about development. In a press meet in New York in the year 1999, he stated that the elections in the future have to be fought only around the economic issues, and to a question from the Press on will he not loose out if some one else does more and smarter development of the State, he responded, as a true poiltician " I'll be delighted to loose the election as long as someone can deliver more economic value to the people of AP" !!
Being a very complex State to manage, he perhaps took the right approach of rising above the caste and religion oriented politics. It is an entirely different matter on why TDP lost the battle in 2004 elections.
But fortunately for Naidu, the current CM is opening all the doors. The mis adventure of Christian activists at Tirumala alone is good enough to whip the emotions of millions of Telugu Hindus , besides millions of Hindus across the country. Add to this the incidences at Warangal, the Christian goondas smashing the Prasads complex in Hyderabad ( for sure no one can attack Prasads without the active suppoort of the local Police!) and many more instances of Christian upperhand being reported across the State can easily be converted in to a battle line drawn as Christians Vs Telugu. For a State that has gone through so many turmoil, yet has managed to catch up with the benchmark of Gujarat and Maharashtra, it will be extremely sad to see the State Govt giving freehand to Christian fanatics to destroy the goodwill and the climate built for attracting investments in to the State.
Being a very complex State to manage, he perhaps took the right approach of rising above the caste and religion oriented politics. It is an entirely different matter on why TDP lost the battle in 2004 elections.
But fortunately for Naidu, the current CM is opening all the doors. The mis adventure of Christian activists at Tirumala alone is good enough to whip the emotions of millions of Telugu Hindus , besides millions of Hindus across the country. Add to this the incidences at Warangal, the Christian goondas smashing the Prasads complex in Hyderabad ( for sure no one can attack Prasads without the active suppoort of the local Police!) and many more instances of Christian upperhand being reported across the State can easily be converted in to a battle line drawn as Christians Vs Telugu. For a State that has gone through so many turmoil, yet has managed to catch up with the benchmark of Gujarat and Maharashtra, it will be extremely sad to see the State Govt giving freehand to Christian fanatics to destroy the goodwill and the climate built for attracting investments in to the State.