Congress leaders declare that Ok. Chandrasekhar Rao was solely ready for an opportunity to reject the plan in order that he can bask in rabble rousing in opposition to the Congress to garner votes.
Chandrasekhar Rao realises that the method of marginalising him is effectively and actually on.The temporary honeymoon that befell between the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti is now over. Ok Chandrasekhar Rao of the TRS has reverted to what his critics imagine is his favorite pastime – declaring Telangana Bandh. Sure, the area shall be closed on Thursday, the day the Union cupboard will, based on KCR’s sources, determine to carve out a separate state of Rayala Telangana.
“Our younger boys didn’t commit suicide for Rayala Telangana. Who requested for it? We didn’t,” mentioned an indignant KCR. On the face of it, a logical argument. Give us solely what we requested for, goes the reasonable-sounding plea. Nothing extra, nothing much less.
However there’s a lot to learn into KCR leaping the gun, even earlier than Delhi had revealed its playing cards. Congress leaders declare that KCR was solely ready for an opportunity to reject the plan in order that he can bask in rabble rousing in opposition to the Congress to garner votes.
The TRS supremo additionally has clearly realised that the Congress has determined to do what it desires to do, with no take care of what he thinks and needs. Occasion sources admit that no one in all any significance from the Congress management has been in contact with KCR within the final 4 months. The Congress has been extra eager to firefight in its personal home and to make sure that solely its Telangana leaders stroll away with all of the credit score for the formation of the state.
The crafty politician that he’s, KCR realises that the method of marginalising him is effectively and actually on. Which is why he has determined that ‘my method or the freeway’ is the easiest way to be. Refusing to compromise both on dimension of the state or the standing of Hyderabad, KCR has shifted gears again into agitation mode, hoping different votaries of bifurcation will share his enthusiasm for avenue sloganeering.
What KCR maybe doesn’t realise that quite a lot of water has flown down the Godavari since July. The Congress Working Committee announcement on July 30 was seen as some form of a closure to an agitation that has been in hyperactive mode since November 2009. Now when Telangana state is occurring, albeit in a hybrid avatar, there are numerous who’re reconciled to the concept of some quantity of give and take. There isn’t any extra that power to answer KCR’s pet oft-repeated slogan of ‘Aur ek dhakka, Telangana pakka’. As a result of a sense of now or by no means has taken over – that if the Invoice is defeated in Parliament, the concept of a Telangana state shall be dumped within the dustbin of historical past for ever.
There are numerous within the area who even argue about the advantages of taking alongside Kurnool and Anantapur. That it’ll give the Rayala Telangana state a steady hall extending until Bangalore. That there shall be few water wars and that the wind mills in Anantapur might be made use of to offset the facility shortfall in Telangana area.
The flip facet is that culturally the 2 areas don’t fairly match. There may be additionally apprehension about domination by the politicians who’re extra used to being factional warlords and within the driving seat. A state dominated by Telangana will imply leaders from the 2 Rayalaseema districts shall be handled as poor cousins politically.
It’s fairly evident that the TRS is not going to be the pressure that it may be if solely Telangana state had been to be fashioned. It’s going to don’t have any presence in Kurnool and Anantapur and its leaders concern the Congress is not going to spare too many seats for it to contest even from Telangana districts in the event that they had been to forge an alliance. The pondering within the TRS camp due to this fact is that the Congress is seeking to run away with the match by strolling in to play within the final over, rating the successful runs and win the Man of the Match award. Worse, it is going to be the price of KCR who has been constructing the innings all these years.
Which is why the TRS just isn’t closing its choices. BJP sources say an alliance with the TRS is a particular risk relying on how issues pan out in December. If the Congress goes forward with Rayala Telangana, it offers each pro-Telangana events the right excuse to hitch palms. This association would cheer the TRS as it could have the higher hand in such an alliance and provides it a possibility to tackle the Congress. Leaders are excited on the prospect of a Narendra Modi-KCR jugalbandi, provided that each are sensible orators in Hindi. Like a Sachin-Sehwag combo of their heyday.
On the earlier two events – allying with the Congress in 2004 and with the Telugu Desam in 2009 – the TRS couldn’t convert its votes into a major variety of seats. 2014 shall be KCR’s final likelihood to strike electoral gold, using on the Telangana sentiment.