Another storm in the T cup
Naresh Nunna seeks to explain the pros and the cons of a separate Telangana state in a politico-historical and socio-cultural context
Chairman Mao had said, “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Well, in Telangana, politics is definitely about shedding blood. In the latest bout of suicides, as many as three dozen youths laid down their lives in an apparent fillip to Telangana’s claim for statehood. Garnering maximum television footage, TRS supremo K. Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR), the biggest apparent champion of the cause, shed tears remembering the latest martyrs. Ironically, the viewers are sceptical of the credibility of his tears. In the six decades of struggle for a separate Telangana, KCR is not the first leader to be distrusted but definitely the latest.
“He, I suppose, is the luckiest politician of the times. Whenever his integrity is at stake, the Congress, of course unintentionally, comes to his rescue. He owes much to our party,” a vexed Congress leader quipped in distress.
The leader’s reference was to the hasty and imprudent announcement of the Union home minister P. Chidambaram in favour of a separate Telangana. AICC spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed’s ‘confessions’, on the run-up to the announcement, before the media in New Delhi, further augmented the waned glory of KCR. According to Ahmed, the precarious situation prevailing in Telangana with TRS chief KCR’s fast entering the 11th day, propelled the UPA government to issue the midnight statement.
The Union home minister’s announcement led to a constitutional crisis in Andhra Pradesh, as 143 MLAs of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, cutting across party lines, made a beeline before the Speaker with resignation letters. Normal life in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema has been paralysed ever since. Meanwhile, the comments of Ahmed vindicated the obvious ‘pressure’ under which Chidambaram made the announcement. Thus, he spilled the beans before a dozen disparate stakeholders in a new map of India. The message was to shun mere crying but to pick up the kitchen knife threatening either murder or suicide.
Naresh Nunna seeks to explain the pros and the cons of a separate Telangana state in a politico-historical and socio-cultural context
Chairman Mao had said, “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” Well, in Telangana, politics is definitely about shedding blood. In the latest bout of suicides, as many as three dozen youths laid down their lives in an apparent fillip to Telangana’s claim for statehood. Garnering maximum television footage, TRS supremo K. Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR), the biggest apparent champion of the cause, shed tears remembering the latest martyrs. Ironically, the viewers are sceptical of the credibility of his tears. In the six decades of struggle for a separate Telangana, KCR is not the first leader to be distrusted but definitely the latest.
“He, I suppose, is the luckiest politician of the times. Whenever his integrity is at stake, the Congress, of course unintentionally, comes to his rescue. He owes much to our party,” a vexed Congress leader quipped in distress.
The leader’s reference was to the hasty and imprudent announcement of the Union home minister P. Chidambaram in favour of a separate Telangana. AICC spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed’s ‘confessions’, on the run-up to the announcement, before the media in New Delhi, further augmented the waned glory of KCR. According to Ahmed, the precarious situation prevailing in Telangana with TRS chief KCR’s fast entering the 11th day, propelled the UPA government to issue the midnight statement.
The Union home minister’s announcement led to a constitutional crisis in Andhra Pradesh, as 143 MLAs of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, cutting across party lines, made a beeline before the Speaker with resignation letters. Normal life in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema has been paralysed ever since. Meanwhile, the comments of Ahmed vindicated the obvious ‘pressure’ under which Chidambaram made the announcement. Thus, he spilled the beans before a dozen disparate stakeholders in a new map of India. The message was to shun mere crying but to pick up the kitchen knife threatening either murder or suicide.
