Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Separation of State. Impact of Telangana Heat

S Pahani, Hyderabad: If I remember properly, one of the main reason for asking a separate Telangana was the farmer not getting his due of water ..... I have recently been to a few towns and was surprised to find canals of water already done as promised by this Govt. Born in Hyderabad, I do not wish to see such a big state with huge potential being split three ways .... I guess if the farmer is happy, all will be well. My point however is, every state capital has the nearest big town/city (on all side) developing rapidly, except Hyderabad. They are taking away all major projects to Vizag etc., Even if Telangana does happen, I think we have the potential and the will to succeed!


Prashanth, Hyderabad: Hyderabad is geographically,historically, politically in telangana. Mumbai is developed by gujaratis,sindhis,parsis,marwadis,punjabis etc from the begining. Even today most 30% are gujaratis. Does that mean mumbai should be capital of gujarat?. Mumbai is still capital of Maharastra though most money comes from outsiders and more cosmopolitian. Logic of investment from settlers to claim as it capital is foolish. Chandigarh was new city developed after independence and is geograpically in between punjab and haryana. So it was made union territory. If Mumbai is not union territory, why are people asking for hyderabad?

Swati, Boston: I have gone thru all the comments posted in this site. most of the ppl saying that Telengana won't come, Telengana is politicians' game, Telengana has good developments in terms of IT, no need of seperate state, don't want state to split into 3 pieces..etc,etc. I would like to say few things to my fellow readers about FACTS of Telengana. India became independent from the British Empire in 1947.

The Muslim Nizam of Hyderabad wanted to retain his independence from India, but his state of Hyderabad was forced to become part of India in 1948 as the Hyderabad State. When India became independent, the Telugu-speaking people (although Urdu is spoken in some parts of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and in few other districts of Telangana) were distributed in about 22 districts, 9 of them in the Nizam's Dominions Hyderabad state and 12 in the Madras Presidency and one in French-controlled Yanam India.

Andhra State (NOT ANDHRA PRADESH) was the first state in India that has been formed on a purely linguistic basis by carving it out from Madras Province in 1953. Andhra State was later merged with Telugu speaking area of Hyderabad (Telangana) to create Andhra Pradesh state in 1956. In 1954, Yanam was liberated and it was merged with Pondicherry in 1963.


This is the issue. People are talking something which is not related and do not have knowledge on the topic. It seems that they are not able to digest the fact that Telengana is going to form. I request all my fellow readers to gather some valid information about telengana. I am suprisingly from Vijayawada (Andhra).

P Bajaj, Hyderabad: Telengana State will definitely form before 2009 Union elections. I do not want to dig all the story behind "Para 382 of States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC)". But Congress senior leaders and other party leaders belong to Telengana region are very serious in getting the separate state. REAL ESTATE will BADLY effect in Telengana region because people will not be this much comfortable in their business and in their assets. As we know already real estate is booming in Vijaywada and vizag, because andhra leaders are in strong belief that state separation is going to happen in the near future.

RK Varma, Hyderabad: Telangana will happen before the next elections. Telangana state will be more investor friendly and will not drive away the people from other regions. There are a lot of smart and educated politicians in that state like Devender Goud, Madhuyashki and these people will not spare any effort to make Telangana more prosperous than before. Real Estate will be badly effected only if TRS comes to power and tries to follow vindictive politics.


GP, Brighton-UK: Most educated people in Telangana know that 'separate state' movement is just a political drama. Unfortunately, majority of the telangana voters will be influenced but I still choose to believe that TRS will not stand to gain in the coming elections and will fall flat on its face. As some one rightly said, Hyderabad, as a city has grown & will continue to grow and no political party will be willing to let it go. At best it will become a UT. -- Native of Nizamabad


D Prasad Raju, Hyderabad:First we have to examine the need of seperate Telagana State.I strongly believe that it is a politicised issue created by the leaders who fail to get their want of post/position in the current political parties. Somebody claims that Telengana is required with the slogan ATMABHIMANAM'. What about the Telangana districts which are included in Maharahsta and Karnataka at the time of States division on the basis of language. Whether the persons demanding Seperate Telengana ar date enough to demand for those districts to be seperated from respective states of Karnataka and Maharastra.


If they ask on the basis of development and on the basis of Andhra leaders step-mother treatement, what telegana MLA's and MP were doing all these years. Moreover AP was led by two or more Telengana CMs. Why they could not do any thing to Telengana. So there is utter nonsense if somebody demands Seperate Telengana on the basis of the above two reasons and the other reason is, till AP seperated all Andhra People done much to Chennai in terms of settlement, investment, employment etc. Then Karnool made AP's Capital. People started to accept it. Third time AP,s capital shifted to Hyderabad.

Since more than 50 years entire AP people done every thing to make what you are looking like Present Hyderabad. How many times AP people have to move from one plance to another plance and start building a new capital. This is not fair and not acceptable. Hyderabad is the capital of all Andhra People and should be the capital for both states it at all Telengana state to be seperated. Till today in the history of India any state seperated from the present state has seperated and have their own capital newly identified.

Since Hyderabad geographycally comes under Telengana area and all the lakhs of repees invested in and around Hyderabad by entire AP people, Hyderabad should be capital for present state and future states also. Political parties and potiticians say many things for their own benifit. For example BJP sopporting seperate Telengana of late just because they so not have any chance of winning in coastal and Rayalaseema districts and they have some presence in Telengana only.


Srinivas Ravi, Hyderabad: People of this state would remember a stronger agitation was started by Chenna Reddy Long ago and it also died a slow death. Telangana Issue is being Snow Balled for meagre Election gains & Those who want to corner money. I stayed in Warangal and few other interior places in Telangana and let me tell you situation is far far better than many towns in Andhra.

BJP-is just trying to get some election gains. This time, BJP will not get even those couple of seats it was winning in the andhra region and in Hyderabad since general people voice is UNITED WE STAY DIVIDED WE FALL, as long as TDP Party is there no question of seperate Telangana. Congress has seen several such agitations in the past and a Seperate State would work if we have conditions which are totally justified. If KCR wants seperate Telangana ask him to first leave politics and achieve with other means.

What did TRS & KCR do with all the M.P Funds and MLA funds they got can't they develop with those funds can't they make the public more educated, can't they fight for development, can't they have better forums to highlight people daily problems first and then focus on macro issues. "First set your family & Surrondings well then try to set the Country".

Here is a person who came to know of telangana issue after being in politics for more than 2 decades and when something was not pinching you since 15 years how come you suddenly woke up and started chanting telangana movement? What did you do for the previous 15 years? Time is the best healer. Once general elections are over, all will keep quite and life will follow on. A.P has seen much powerful movements in 1970's. KCR will dissolve as time passes by.


J Srinivas, Hyderabad: Congress is very soon going to announce its policy that it welcomes creation of smaller states. This will give further impetus to the Telangana movement. Congress will try to garner votes using this policy stand...I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO...division of State takes shape only after the next assembly elections...Congress may succeed from this policy in the next elctions in the T-Region. In the interrugnum, the lull in the real estate in Hyd will continue....


Bhawarlal Jain, Hyderabad: The smaller states of Utranchal,Jharkhand,Chatisgarh are the classic examples of success or failure of smaller states. The economy has grown in these states at the cost of law and order situation. If the state Governments are strong and stable the small states progress at a more rapid rate. But all said and done it is very difficult to get absolute majority for any political party. The pros and cons of seperation are evenly balanced. The decentralisation of power is always welcome, which is possible in smaller states.As far is Telangana is concerned Hyderabad is the key factor. Now ofter creation of Hyderabad Metroplitan Area (HYMA), the Hyderabad Metro itself is almost like a small state eg., Delhi, Goa or Pondicherry. Hence declaring the HYMA as a state or Union Territory will solve all the problems and the demand for bifurcation or trifurcation will automatically die down. Whether Hyderabad or Mumbai or Delhi or any other Metro in the present circumstances are now bound to grow because of the ingredients in built due to the rapid growth and development. Therefore the impact of their being in the big unified state or part of separate small state or independent UT will not affect in any manner the natural growth and prosperity of these cities..


Sunil K, US: What if I say, If BJP comes to power, BJP will pass the bill for Telangana State? Why do you assume that it won't? I do no see any good reasoning from your article in this regard. You are just assuming that BJP will pass the time like Congress. But BJP is not Congress.


Venkat, California: If TRS claims Hyderabad is an integral part of the Telangana, Why aren't they accepting all the development that happened and is happening in Hyderabad is also development of Telangana. Telangana is far more advanced than any other region in the state if we consider Hyderabad being part of Telangana. If TRS says that development of Hyderabad is not development of Telangana, they don't have any right to claim for Hyderabad. TRS just wants to focus only on some districts which are not developed. There are some pockets of the region in any state/district that is not developed. If seperation is the solution, then Andhra has to be broken into so many states where every district will end up in being a state. KCR has to know that some parts of Coastal Andhra & Rayalseema are also backward in development as some part of telangana. As every one in this world has one mother, we all have only one Telugu Talli and not as KCR claimed Telangana Talli, Coastal Andhra Talli & Rayalseema Talli



Dr.VV Rao, Pondicherry: God does not wish separation of AP as the latter involves evil motives. Telangana now is not a people's movement but a politicians' conniving gimmick. It wont see the light of the day.



Abraham S, Hyderabad: We appriciate the analysis of the present political scenario. Though the seperation of the state is inevitable according to TRS, majority of the Hyderabadis and the settlers are not in support for seperation. And how about making Hyderabad a seperate state by itself?


S Arif, Hyderabad: I think telangana should be separated so that resources can be utilised by the public effectively and easily. Everyone from different parts are moving to Hyderabad to find work and the citizens of hyderabd are jobless. So the government should take the step and seperate it into two states.


Raja Reddy, Hyderabad: My view- Telangana will not come soon, its not possible before 2015. Now its not useful for telangana people. Telangana supported parties are acting for seperate state their reason is backwardness in telanga bcoz of canal(water) problem but actual thing is their political stand(power). Every one knows about KCR. Truth is under canal area in telangana most of the people are from andhra olny. If telangana saparated then also same situation, no effect on business or hyd growth bcoz most of telugu people doing good in other states ex: bangalore


Durga Varada, Colorado: Its simple "United we win, Divided we fall". Political leaders cannot split the state as they wish. They should consider what state population wants. Ideally, they should conduct opinion polls and seek public voting. They want to split the state for their personal gains but not for any honest state development. If they really want to develop, let them take the example of Chandrababu Naidu or Narendra Modi of Gujarat and develop the state. Personally I don't think the Separation can happen earlier than 2015 or later.



Ram Manda, Milwaukee: I am from Mahabub Nagar. Currently living in US. As per my opinion there is no need of seperate state. All we need is development. There are different ways to develop a region, but not by dividing the state.


S Banafa, Riyadh: It is ironical that there is growing bickering for a separate state without clearly defined economic benefits justifying such a necessity. The champions of the cause have to substantiate their demand in terms of the economic benefits the separate state would entail which it is not able to realize under the present status. If we look at the west there is altogether different approach through enlargement of economic Union for real benefit of the people, contrary to selfish motives of some politicians, in our part of the world.


Satish I, Alexandria: It may separate but it totally depends on next comming AP elections.I mean if telegana party gets majority seats (more than congress and TDP), then chance are more because that time TDP and Congress comes to conclusion that they must give separate state.


Kiran, Washington DC: TRS or for that matter anyone else looking for a separate state, is NOT going to agree to division, without getting Hyderabad." Above statement sums it all. Hyderabad is issue of contention. It would NOT be easy for telangana leaders to pull it off against the heavy lobbying and industry opinion. Worst case I can see is more of Chandigarh style arrangement. (being a UT and sharing for Haryana and punjab)


Ujwal S, Chattanooga: I agree 100% on this. Also I personally feel all this leaders from all the parties are just thinking about the vote bank otherwise 1) why didn't KCR talk about Telangana until he lost his ministry in TDP govt. 2) Why didn't the senior cong leaders talk about Telangana when they were ministers. Mr MSR actually challenged KCR and led to waste of Public money by having a mid term poll 3) Mr Venkataswamy was union minister for several years and held several posts why didn't he talk about Telangana all these years 4) Mr Purushottam Reddy was talking about SRC and got signatures a few months back why the u turn now, just becoz he didnot get ministry? well this people should stop playing with peoples' emotions and focus on how they can help the region rather then think about a split at this time.

Bhaskar Reddy, Mehboobnagar: I am from telangana district. The jobless telangana politicians are only making this nonsense to get in power.


Venkat P, Boston: What is going to change by 2015? Do you think all the stake by all others would be taken back by that time? or what situations become different from current for the posibility in 2015.


Mohammed Q, Hyderabad: From the begining of this movement of seperate Telengana headed by TRS, I was having very serious doubts about the success of this movement. As you have rightly mentioned above, the stakes are very high for all the parties/persons concerned. In my opinion there will not be any partition of AP


K Viswanath, Hyderabad: Right from the beginning the TRS is playing political game only for their political survival. They know better that seperate telengana is not so easy to get, It requires consensens of the pepople. For that matter even most of the people from telengana are against seperate state. Only some gullible people are attracted by the political parties because they do not know the reality. I storngly believe that seperate state is not at all possible.


Ramesh MB, Hyderabad: I don't think Telangana is a possibility and I don't think breaking up a state to 3 different pieces can stir up the development. It would only add more buerocracy to the already existing situation and would only harm the long term interest of Telangana. I honestly think Telangana region has developed rapidly in the last 10 years and it has to attribute mainly towards the Chandrbabu Naidu's policies. We have a IT hub in Telangana which has created lakhs of jobs. Entire country has been benefited by the IT boom....not just the people from Andhra....whom we treated as brothers and sisters all along. It is unfair to blame Andhra as it is Telangana who got all the educational institutions, all the IT companies that are generating huge tax revenue and ultimately provide jobs to the local people first. I totally blame Congress for the current situation and partially blame TRS to put fuel on fire and play stupid politics.

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