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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Division of Rayalaseema to forestall future statehood demand?

HYDERABAD: The signals from the corridors of power indicate that not only does the Congress leadership want to solve the Telangana issue for good, but also wants to ensure that no more demands for division emerge from the region.  It is with this objective in mind that the Congress is seriously considering the proposal of splitting Rayalaseema vertically and merging the districts of Anantapur and Kurnool with Telangana to form Rayala-Telangana .

"The splitting of Rayalaseema will ensure that there is no future movement for a separate state. Though such a proposal has been doing the rounds for some time, a feeble opposition from Telangana and a deafening silence from Rayalaseema are the reasons for the Congress leadership to give serious thought to it now," party sources familiar with the developments said.

The sources also averred that the Rayala-Telangana formation would satisfy a vocal section of the Reddys from the Telangana region. "Some prominent Reddys of Telangana are of the view that annexing the two districts of Anantapur and Kurnool, where Reddys are a dominant force, to Telangana would keep the hegemony of Reddys intact in at least one of the two Telugu states. The Reddy Raj will then extend from Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and Kurnool to Anantapur, making the clan numerically strongest in the region," they said.

The Congress is likely to play along with the historical animosity between the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions because of which the dominant view in Rayalaseema is either for status quo or creation of three states including theirs. "Therefore, if only Telangana is created, the Rayalaseema people are sure to seek independence from the Andhra region . To nip such a demand in the bud, the Congress leadership wants to split the Rayalaseema districts vertically," the sources added.

Regional rejig

Centre's move on Rayala-Telangana to stymie future demands for separate Rayalaseema state Creation of such a state will satisfy the Reddys whose influence will extend from Ranga Reddy to Anantapur Congress will also try to take advantage of the hostility between R'seema and Andhra regions by merging Kurnool and Anantapur with Telangana.

'Rayala-Telangana is Jaipal's idea'

So far, no Rayalaseema leader has endorsed the bifurcation of the state into Telangana and Andhra. Leaders such as TG Venkatesh , Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy, M V Ramana Reddy, poet Bhooman and others clearly oppose the bifurcation of the state. "So, the Centre fears that this disinclination to remain with the Circar area (coastal Andhra) may fuel a separate state movement from the Rayalaseema region in the near future," said a senior Congress leader.

The Rayalaseema leaders allege that Union minister Jaipal Reddy is part of the Congress game plan of floating Rayala-Telangana to keep intact Reddy hegemony. Historically Reddys have been in control of the Congress party in the state. "He has lost ground in Delhi. His image has taken a beating. Now he is trying to help the Congress leadership by advocating such a weird formation . The Rayalaseema people will not tolerate such designs," M V Ramana Reddy, leader of Rayalaseema Vimochana Samiti and noted activist, told TOI. Any plan to bifurcate Rayalaseema would meet with disastrous consequences, he warned.

Former speaker Agarala Eswar Reddy from Tirupati said appointing a second State Reorganization Commission was the only way out. "The Telangana issue needs to be settled once and for all, but not at the cost of Rayalaseema. The Centre better appoint a second SRC to look into the matter afresh," he said. Kuncham Ramachandra Reddy of Rayalaseema Rashtra Samiti also cautioned the Centre against splitting Rayalaseema. "The Rayalaseema people may be silent now, but they will take to the streets if the state is divided or/and the region is split," he said.
 
(Source-toi)

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