Seema leaders prefer T to Andhra
Express News ServiceFirst Published : 11 Mar 2010 05:19:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 11 Mar 2010 09:03:31 AM IST
HYDERABAD: A considerable number of people's representatives from the
Rayalaseema region, belonging to the Congress and the Praja Rajyam,
prefer Telangana to Andhra in the event of bifurcation of the State.
This new twist to the Telangana tangle emerged at a meeting of
Congress and Praja Rajyam's Rayalaseema leaders at a hotel here on
Wednesday. They decided to submit their views to Justice Srikrishna
Committee and also agreed to ensure that all of them stick to the
stand.
Nonetheless, their first priority would be to build a strong case
against division of the State. Almost all the members favoured a
united Andhra Pradesh. But just in case, a Telangana State became a
reality, the leaders felt the region would be better off being with
Telangana.
''We have every right to press for our demands since we have lost
Kurnool as the State capital in the past,'' they reasoned.
Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy stressed
the need to highlight 'injustice' that would be meted out to
Rayalaseema region in case the State headed towards a split.
''Rayalaseema will stand to lose if the State is divided into two.
Therefore, we should make our preference for a united State very clear
to the Srikrishna committee. If Rayalaseema and Andhra regions were to
be together, we will stand to lose.
Rayalaseema people will suffer since they will not get a drop of river
waters without the permission of Telangana people. As there are no
resources in Rayalaseema, we should ask for merger of Rayalaseema with
Telangana if the State is bifurcated,'' he suggested.
Government whip and Singanamala MLA S Sailajanath pitched for more
budgetary allocations to Rayalaseema.
Except for ministers and MPs, about 30 MLAs and MLCs (of Congress and
PRP) from the region attended the meeting. They decided to meet again
on March 18 to finalise the report to be submitted to the Srikrishna
committee next month.
Telugu Desam leaders did not attend the meeting.
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