03-26-2005, 11:44 AM
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Telangana issue brings Andhra to a boiling point
Omer Farooq/ Hyderabad
The differences between the coalition government partners - Congress and TRS - over the issue of carving Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh have once again come to the fore with the Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy making it clear that Congress stand on the issue was different from TRS.
The issue came up in the State legislative Assembly during the debate over the implementation of GO 610 on ensuring the government jobs in Telangana region to the people of Telangana.
Intervening in the debate when the House was witnessing a heated exchange between the TRS minister T Harish Rao and senior TDP leader T Devender Goud, the Chief Minister urged all the leaders to exercise restrain while talking on sensitive issues like Telangana.
Underlining that TRS had separate state as its plank and the Congress had its own stand on the agenda, Rajasekhara Reddy said, "Only history will decide whether we will remain together or a separate state will be created".
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More significantly the Chief Minister also took potshots on those who were raising hue and cry over the issue of region. "While some leaders use caste for their political interests, some others use regions to come up politically," said YSR in what was clearly seen as a stinging remark against the TRS. YSR also insisted that despite sharing power the Congress and the TRS had their own ideological differences. YSR said that his government was working hard for the development of all the regions of the state. The Chief Minister, in another meaningful remark reminded that he had come to Hyderabad because it was the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. "If this was the capital of the separate Telangana state, we would not have come here," he said.
As the debate was on the alleged injustices with the people of Telangana in matter of government jobs, YSR bitterly said that there were people who were trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
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The trouble began when T Harish Rao (TRS) asked the TDP member Devender Goud to convince his party leader N Chandrababu Naidu to support the demand for separate Telangana as he (Goud) had admitted that injustice was done to Telangana in the government of all the parties.
Angered over this, Goud asked how a minister while being in the government can talk of carving out a smaller state.
Telangana issue brings Andhra to a boiling point
Omer Farooq/ Hyderabad
The differences between the coalition government partners - Congress and TRS - over the issue of carving Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh have once again come to the fore with the Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy making it clear that Congress stand on the issue was different from TRS.
The issue came up in the State legislative Assembly during the debate over the implementation of GO 610 on ensuring the government jobs in Telangana region to the people of Telangana.
Intervening in the debate when the House was witnessing a heated exchange between the TRS minister T Harish Rao and senior TDP leader T Devender Goud, the Chief Minister urged all the leaders to exercise restrain while talking on sensitive issues like Telangana.
Underlining that TRS had separate state as its plank and the Congress had its own stand on the agenda, Rajasekhara Reddy said, "Only history will decide whether we will remain together or a separate state will be created".
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More significantly the Chief Minister also took potshots on those who were raising hue and cry over the issue of region. "While some leaders use caste for their political interests, some others use regions to come up politically," said YSR in what was clearly seen as a stinging remark against the TRS. YSR also insisted that despite sharing power the Congress and the TRS had their own ideological differences. YSR said that his government was working hard for the development of all the regions of the state. The Chief Minister, in another meaningful remark reminded that he had come to Hyderabad because it was the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. "If this was the capital of the separate Telangana state, we would not have come here," he said.
As the debate was on the alleged injustices with the people of Telangana in matter of government jobs, YSR bitterly said that there were people who were trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
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The trouble began when T Harish Rao (TRS) asked the TDP member Devender Goud to convince his party leader N Chandrababu Naidu to support the demand for separate Telangana as he (Goud) had admitted that injustice was done to Telangana in the government of all the parties.
Angered over this, Goud asked how a minister while being in the government can talk of carving out a smaller state.