We are not against the talks.Telangana Congress leaders are well aware that talks alone are the way forward to resolve the Telangana tangle.But Azads anti-Telangana statement has vitiated the mood in the party.So,we have decided against attending the meeting called for by Azad with the regions leaders on Monday, Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao announced after the meeting.Azad was slated to meet with the Telangana party leaders in the national capital at 7 pm on Monday.Keshava Rao also ruled out the Congress MPs,MLAs and MLCs taking back their resignations unless there was a positive statement on Telangana. Talking to the media,Nalgonda MP Gutha Sukhender Reddy said the people of Telangana are demanding an explanation from Azad with regard to his Beijing statement.
The Telangana people are hurt by the Congress general secretarys statement which amounted to rejecting the demand for a separate Telangana state.Azad owes an explanation to the Telangana people.Only then will we consider attending the talks, Reddy said. The Congress MP said the apprehensions of the Seemaandhra Congress leaders with regard to the future of the people of their regions if the state is divided as baseless.We will clarify every doubt of the Seemaandhra leaders.Let an announcement be made first on the formation of the Telangana state.We will then answer the questions raised by the leaders from the other regions.Whether it be with regard to sharing of water,jobs,the capital,education or the status of Hyderabad.We have answers to these questions and will dispel their doubts, Reddy added.
The opposition to attending the meeting convened by Azad was unanimous.MPs Madhu Yaskhi Goud,Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy,Manda Jagannatham,S Rajaiah,Ponnam Prabhakar said, By his Beijing statement,Azad has proved that he is biased against Telangana.Therefore,talks are not possible with a biased leader. All the MPs demanded that Azad retract his Beijing staetement.It is unbecoming of a union minister to talk of an sensitive internal matter from foreign soil, said Yaskhi. Reflecting the mood in the rural area,DCC presidents urged the leaders not to take back the resignations till an announcement is made on the Telangana state.The people are for a protracted struggle.There is all round solidarity for the Congress.People would not take it kindly if the MPs and MLAs who resigned go for talks without any concrete assurance on the statehood demand, G Gangadhar,DCC president,Nizambad district said.
Similarly,Khammam DCC president Vanama Venkateswarlu briefed the meeting about the situation in his district.Despite the attempts by some senior leaders like Renuka Chowdary and others to dilute the Telangana movement,the people were strongly backing the fight for Telangana,he said. Earlier in the day,the steering committee of T Congress leaders met at the residence of Nagarkurnool MP Jaganna-tham and decided to carry forward their fight for Telangana. According to Sukhender Reddy,the party would observe a Satyagraha on July 20 at every mandal headquarters.Similarly,party workers would celebrate a flag hoisting festival on July 26 by hoisting the Congress flag carrying a Telangana map on every house,office,tree and at every traffic junction.
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TRS threatens to expose misdeeds of Andhra leaders
The TRS would soon present a fact-sheet exposing the dark side of Samaikhyandhra Congress leaders like Lagadapati,Rayapati,Mekapati,Kavuri and T G Venkatesh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Disclosing this at a press conference on Monday,TRS assembly floor leader E Rajender and legislator T Harish Rao said the so-called Samaikhyandhra movement was being orchestrated by these Congress leaders,who have vested interests in Hyderabad city.
We have gathered details on the activities of these selfish few Seemandhra leaders,who feel that their writ will not run if Telangana state is carved out.One leader is opposing the movement because he has to collect toll gate fee for 25 years,another wants to protect his power project agreements,yet another wants to protect his real estate business.These and some more exhaustive facts will be presented to both Manmohan Singh as well as Sonia very soon, they said.
Citing an example,Rao said minor irrigation minister T G Venkatesh was an undue beneficiary of land from the government of Andhra Pradesh when Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was the chief minister.When not a single farmer,who lost land to the Outer Ring Road project,was given land-for-land compensation,how could this champion Samaikyavadi (T G Venkatesh) get a GO issued in his favour for a similar acreage of prime land (3 acre 12 guntas) near the international airport for constructing a hotel project Why the minister was given special privilege,that too in an area which falls under GO 111 (protected catchment area for water bodies) he asked. Our assembly floor leader Rajender,who lost 8 acre 13 guntas to the ORR project,however was not given any special consideration or landfor-land compensation as given to the Seemandhra leader, he added.
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Panel to bring warring Cong leaders to table
Entrusted with the delicate task of bringing the warring regional leaders in the state to the negotiating table,PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana arrived in New Delhi on Monday night to discuss with the high command the modalities to set up a consultation committee comprising leaders from all the three regions to discuss controversial issues emanating from the demand for separate Telangana. According to sources,the Congress high command is mulling the appointment of an 11-member committee comprising representatives from the Andhra,Rayalaseema and Telangana regions.In this committee, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the PCC president will also be members.Each region can nominate 3 members to represent their views.After I took over as PCC president,it is for the first time that I have initiated a dialogue process between the three regional leaders.The Telangana party leaders have agreed to come to the dialogue table, Botsa told TOI on Monday before leaving for the national capital. Botsa will decide the agenda for the consultative committee after meeting with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee,defence minister AK Antony and party incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad.If possible,I will also meet party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to brief them on the progress we have made during my meetings with all regions, said Botsa.
After getting the nod from the T leaders for such a committee,Botsa will intensify his mediation with the high command during his Delhi visit.In the meantime,in order to ensure that the crisis does not deepen,the Seemandhra MLAs have been told by the high command not to resign under any circumstances and at the same time,the T-legislators urged to withdraw their resignations so that the consultation process can commence, said sources. While the Telangana leaders are ready for negotiations,their colleagues from the other two regions are not that keen,said the sources.What should be the agenda for such a dialogue If they (T leaders) are ready to start the discussion from zero,we are ready.Otherwise,it will be a useless exercise, said a minister who is in New Delhi along with the Seemandhra delegation.Senior leader Gade Venkata Reddy and ministers Sailajanath and TG Venkatesh also expressed their opposition for a dialogue on Telangana.Instead,they are insisting on a comparison of the three regions on the parameters of development,funds allocation,regional imbalances,infrastructure,industries and other factors.
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We will consult one and all on T,says Azad
AICC incharge of Andhra Pradesh affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday assured the Congress leaders from Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions that he would consult the leaders from all the regions of the state before taking any decision on Telangana.Talking to the delegation of about 50 Congress leaders from the two regions,which are on a campaign for keeping the state united,Azad cautioned the leaders not to make any provocative statements. The leaders arrived in Delhi in response to the decision of the T-Congress leaders to intensify their agitation for a separate state.The leaders,MPs, MLAs and other senior leaders,led by state education minister S Sailajanath,want to ensure that Telangana is not granted at any cost.In all,12 MPs,15 ministers,27 MLAs and 10 MLCs apart from several senior leaders were in the team.
The team includes among others,D Manikya Vara Prasad,Kanna Lakshminarayana,T G Venkatesh,Anam Ramanarayana Reddy,Thota Narasimhan,Kavuri Sambasivarao,Yerasu Pratapa Reddy,KVP Ramachandra Rao,J D Seelam,Gade Venkata Reddy,M Srinivasulu Reddy,J C Divakar Reddy Mandali Budha Prasad,M Sudhakar Babu,etc. In an hour-long meeting with Azad,the leaders opposed the creation of a state based on the sentiments.Sentiments,which are transient should not basis for the bifurcation of the state.If the sentiments are to be the basis,then the state should have to be divided into a minimum of five states namely Rayalaseema,Coastal Andhra,North Coastal Andhra, Hyderabad and Telangana, a 10-page memorandum presented to Azad said.
The memorandum also said that none of the previous governments at the Centre had favored the creation of Telangana keeping in view the disastrous consequences it would have..Even Indira Gandhi was also not in favour of Telangana statet,the memorandum said. The leaders are expected to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi,PM Manmohan Singh,defence minister A K Antony on Tuesday.
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(source-toi)
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