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Presentation by Public representatives from AP for Samaikyandhra

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Presentation toShri Ghulam Nabi Azad,

Hon’ble Union Minister &General Secretary, AICC ( Incharge, AP)

ByPublic representatives

from Andhra Pradesh for Samaikyandhra

United We Stand - Divided We Fall

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HEARTY WELCOME


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Outline of the Presentation

Brief History Real Facts - Chronology of eventsTelangana Leaders lobbying for VishalandhraUnemployed politiciansHistoric decision by Indira GandhiEmotions are short-livedDemand - Began with backwardness… ended with self-RuleIntegrated Development in TelanganaRiver Water claimsMigration to Hyderabad, the capital of AP10 Historic and Valid scientific reasons for united AP Way forward

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TELUGU- TRILINGAThe word ‘Telugu’ is derived from Trilinga (The variant of root word for the present Telangana), as in Trilinga Desa, "the country of the three Lingas“Kaleshwaram (Karimnagar District, Telangana)Srisailam (Kurnool District, Rayalaseema)Draksharamam (East Godavari Dist, coastal Andhra)Gautamiputra Satakarni, the Andhra Sathavahna King defeated the Vikramaditya in 78 AD and started the Indian National Calendar (Shalivahana era)The historic city in Telangana region, Warangal, the capital city of Kakatiyas, was known as Andhra Nagaram (means Andhra City) in those days (11th Century)The Kakatiyas called themselves – Andhradeshadeeshulu, the kings of Andhradesa (means country of Andhras)

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Andhra –Telangana - Rayalaseema

Indian history - Telugu race - No Telangana race ‘Andhra’ is the lineage of Telugu-speaking peopleTelangana means place of ‘Telugus’The word ‘Andhra’ is more prominent in TelanganaAll the movements against Nizam in Telangana region used only Andhra Name ( e.g., Nizam Andhra Mahasabha, etc.)In fact, in Hyderabad State, People in Telangana region were officially referred as Telangana AndhrasIt is only of late that Telanganite is in usageEntire AP is Telangana- every Telugu is an AndhriteRayalaseema – Telugu areas, which were for long ruled by the Rayala Dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire ( 'seema' was an administrative unit of the Vijayanagara Empire similar to districts)

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The 15th Century Map of India

depicting Andhra region as Telangana

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The First documented Reference of the word Telangana in the History


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Telugus existed as a single administrative

unitThe entire present Andhra Pradesh was together under one umbrella for over 3,000 years underAndhra Sathavahanas KakatiyasVijayanagara EmpireNizam (till 1766)

Qutub Shahi dynasty and the Consolidated Nizams dynasty, in fact, encompassed almost the entire current AP for over 200 years with Hyderabad as its capital, till Nizam gave away the Coastal and Rayalaseema Districts to British to meet the kingdom’s financial difficulties

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Consolidated Nizam State

with Hyderabad capitalHyderabad was founded in 1591 AD. Out of 400

years of Hyderabad history around 250 years it was the capital of entire current AP. Even those remaining 150 years also, lease amounts received for leasing Andhra to British were also utilized for the development of HyderabadNizam lost the economic control of his State’s economy after he lost the coastal area (because of land locked State)B.P.R.Vittal, a former Hyderabad Civil Service officer: “Telangana region was backward by any reckoning during Nizam period… not only in comparison to the other parts of the former State of Hyderabad, but was amongst the lowest in the entire country”


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Only150 Years of Separation

Circar Districts were leased to East India Company by Nizam Govt for a lease of Rs 9 lakhs/year in 1766Rayalaseema districts were ceded to British in 1800 for establishing and maintenance of Army regiment at Secunderabad for the protection of Hyderabad StateTelugus were ruled by two different regimes namely British and NizamThe people of the Telangana region were insulated from Telugu renaissance and their language. Urdu was official language and some percussionist tendencies were also prevalent under Nizam for wiping out Telugu identity

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Only150 Years of SeparationIn fact, the Intense urge for Vishalandhra emanated out of these

restrictions for maintenance of Telugu culture in Hyderabad Princely State, which ultimately culminated into peoples movement against Nizam RuleHistorical Address of Indira Gandhi in Lok Sabha, 1972: “All the parts which now constitute AP have been under one umbrella for long periods of history. Let us not look at just the immediate period of history. it was this long history which inspired the Telugu speaking people when they yearned and struggled for several decades to form a unified Andhra Pradesh. I happened to be touring parts of the south just before the report of the SRC was made public and my ears are still reverberating with the full-throated cries of Vishal Andhra. It was really the will of the Telugu-speaking people which prevailed over the proposal of some people to retain the old Hyderabad state”

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Movement for linguistic States

Struggle for separate statehood for Telugus from Madras State began simultaneously with struggle for India’s independencein 1920, Congress accepted linguistic redistribution of provinces and constituted linguistic provincial CommitteesThe Nehru Committee of the All-Parties Conference in 1928 strongly supported the idea of redistribution of provinces based on the linguistic principle Orissa and Punjab States were formed In 1936. But Andhra State could not be formed because of the Madras Capital issueissue related to letter of Gandhi, dt. 23.12.1938, to Sarvepalli: “You are very well aware that reorganization of the States on the linguistic lines is my goal. I have barrowed this principle from the movement of Andhra State. Hence, today itself, if Andhra region is formed into a separate State with special status, I would be most happy”

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Linguistic StatesFast unto death by Shri Potti Sriramulu. Andhras conceded Madras and decided to form Andhra State. Wait of 17 years was in vain, as ultimately Andhra was formed without Madras Decision to form Andhra State on 19 Dec 1952. Andhra State was formed on 1 Oct 1953The linguistic principle for reorganisation of the States was accepted as a rationale by the SRC following the Andhra ExampleHistorical Address of Indira Gandhi in Lok Sabha: “There are some things which are part of our national life. It is true that the question of linguistic states was very much a part of the national movement. There was no getting away from it. There is an overall rationality in the formation of our various states and we should be very careful not to break this foundation of rationality in momentary passions”


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Movement for Vishalandhra

1908 - people from Telangana region attended Visalandhra meeting at Bandar in Coastal Andhra1911 - Map of Vishalandhra was released1921 - Andhra Jana Sangham was formed in Nizams’ princely state1930 - Andhra Maha Sabha was started1938 - Hyderabad State Congress formed and banned by Nizam1949 - Vishalandhra Maha Sabha was formed 1950- Vishalandhra Maha Sabha was held at Warangal. resolved for formation of AP

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Hyderabad Liberation Hyderabad State Congress office was started at Vijayawada in the residence of Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao, the Architect of Visalandhra, to keep its activities aloof after its banIn 1946, Kasim Razvi became president of Ittehadul Muslimeen Party- virtually ruled Hyderabad State with RazakarsAndhra Congress Committee wholeheartedly supported the struggle for independence in the State of Hyderabad. People of Andhra region established Border Camps (total 98 recognized by union Govt) in the border villages for sheltering Telugus in Hyderabad StateIt was an unprecedented act of brotherhood and bravery by Andhras, who steadfastly protected the Hyderabad Telugus in their struggle for Independence. Telangana people could wage the historic war against the richest Nawab in the world, only because Andhras raised necessary money and materials

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Views of MPs on formation of

Vishalandhra in 1953Parliamentary proceedings on Andhra State Bill, 1953 Swami Ramananda Tirtha (Gulberga) (Also president Hyderabad State Congress) : Certainly, it would be a matter of greater gratification when the whole of the Andhra State comes into existence comprising of all the areas of the Telugu-speaking populationChanna Reddy(Hyderabad): ultimate fate of Hyderabad State is in its disintegration. Each and every public organization including the Congress and two municipal corporations of our twin cities, viz., Secunderabad and Hyderabad have adopted a resolution in clear and unequivocal terms to this effectD.D. Italia (Hyderabad) : separate Telugu-speaking districts from the Madras State and included them in the Hyderabad State to solve the question of location of the capital, High Court and so many other questions

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Views of MPs in 1953 (Cont.)

Diwan Raghavendra Rao (Osmanabad): Let me tell this House that the Hyderabad integration would disturb the picture of the whole of India in the future because of some elements existing in Hyderabad today. It should be disintegrated as early as possible, for the safety of IndiaKrishnacharya Joshi (Yadgir): Mr. Gadgil rightly said that Hyderabad should be disintegrated. Many of my Hyderabad friends have now expressed the same view. The people of Hyderabad are very clear on this. In Hyderabad, there are certain elements which are against disintegration. Vested interests, reactionaries and the Nizam himself are going against the will of the people

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M.R. Krishna (Karimnagar): All the leading political parties in Hyderabad including the Congress have said that Hyderabad should be disintegrated. capital should be located in HyderabadChattopadhyaya, Resident of Telangana(Vijayawada): I am a Telangana person. Vishal Andhra is a logical conclusion of the Andhra State the disintegration, if I judge a right, of Hyderabad. I am a Hyderabadi. I am convinced that the disintegration has already started in the hearts of the people there. you cannot stop the disintegration of a mere piece of land. It would have been graceful had this whole big area been marked off and given to Andhras Kishen Chand (Hyderabad): Telugu-speaking parts ceded from Hyderabad. Why don’t we join them again?

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Heda (Nizamabad): Not only the people of Hyderabad city but practically 95 to 99% of the people of Hyderabad State are in favour of disintegration. The Govt of India could have taken the decision now and implementation could have been deferred to a future date. why do not Andhra friends claim or clamour for the city of Hyderabad as a provisional or guest capital? If Hyderabad is going to be the future capital of Vishal Andhra, why not create those links. in the interests of those people who live in Hyderabad, it should be the capital of a bigger areaNot even a single Telangana MP advocated against Vishalandhra Andhra State formed with temporary Capital at Kurnool. People of Rayalaseema have sacrificed in shifting the capital to Hyderabad, in the interest of unity of Telugus

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Fazal Ali Commission SRC Report in Para 374 -The creation of Vishalandhra is an ideal to which numerous individuals and public bodies, both in Andhra and Telangana, have been passionately attached over a long period of times, and unless there are strong reasons to the contrary, this sentiment is entitled to consideration.But, the Commission postponed the unification by 5 years (i.e., till 1961) purely on administrative grounds. Telangana region, requires Safeguards which the State of Andhra may not provide as it has still not got over the stress of transition - may create administrative difficulties for both

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Telangana Leaders Lobbying for VishalandhraEntire Telangana burst like a volcano against the recommendation of

SRC for postponing the unification by 5 yearsIn the memoirs of Raavi Narayana Reddy (the towering personality from Telangana) “Na Jeevanapathamlo”: “In Telangana, there was intensified movement for Vishalandhra. the urge for Vishalandhra was not that much in Andhra State when compared to passion of the people of Telangana region for Vishalandhra. Andhra Govt has not shown any interest to merge with Telangana. I visited Kurnool; met Bejawada Gopala Reddy, CM, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, Deputy CM and persuaded them for united Andhra”Suravaram Pratap Reddy, Communist leader Makhdoom Mohiuddin and scores of other Telangana leaders lobbied extensively for creation of VishhalandraIt is leaders of Telangana, who formed into a Committee and visited Delhi met Nehru and other national Leaders and their hectic lobbying paved way for creation of AP

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Telangana Leaders lobbying for Vishalandhra

Instead of waiting for 5 full years, all Telugus decided to unite by fulfilling all the stipulations of SRCHyderabad Legislative Assembly passed an unanimous resolution in the House to merge it with Andhra region on 21st March 1953. “This Assembly is of the opinion that the present heterogeneous structure of Hyderabad and of several other provinces of South is the product of the British conquest of India and historical Vicissitudes and is detrimental to intellectual and social growth of the people. Regrouping of provinces on the basis of Languages and Culture of the people is therefore necessary in democrating India and United India”.


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Hyderabad State Congress passed a unanimous Resolution demanding merger Unanimous Resolutions were passed in Hyderabad and Secundrabad Municipal Corporations Seven out of 10 District Congress Committees (in Telangana region) have unanimously passed resolutions for formation of APat the Chief Ministers conference on October 22, 1955, Andhra and Hyderabad CMs suggested immediate merger of Telangana and Andhra instead of waiting for five years as proposed by the SRC

Merger Voluntary – Not Forced


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PM Pandit Nehru at Nizamabad in 1956

Govt. of India in principle, had decided to have a united State of Andhra and Telangana for political, linguistic, economic, administrative and cultural reasons when I found that the people were in agreement with the Commission’s recommendations, who was I to force my views down their throats. Though it was my firm opinion, I gave it up. it seemed wrong to postpone something, to be done after five years, to keep it pending for that long. it is improper to have two separate states Greatness does not come out of pettiness or disunity . The narrow-minded people have no place in India. The big gathering of 4 lakh people cheered the announcementNagarjuna Sagar project on 9 Dec 1955: I see the river Krishna before me. The Left bank of the river is called Telangana and the right Andhra. The People on both sides speak the same language and have the same culture. The river cannot separate them

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

Provision of enforcing safeguards was only for a period of 5 to 10 years: certain safeguards were guaranteed to Telangana through a Gentlemen’s Agreement For Domicile Rules, a temporary provision has been made to ensure that for a period of five years- Andhras agreed to the continuation of the Mulki Rules in the Telangana region, though it means ‘State within a State’. No other State in the country has such reservations based on regionsDistribution of expenditure between Telangana and Andhra Regions. This arrangement would be reviewed after 5years and could be continued for another 5 years if the Telangana members of the Assembly so desiredRegional Council: Unless revised by agreement earlier this arrangement will be reviewed after ten years

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Alleged Violations of Gentlemen’s Agreement 1,07,000 non-gazetted employees in Telangana in

1969. Out of these, only 4.5% were non-mulkis1,600 were teachers (qualification issues)1,800 were nurses (kerala)400 were stenographersremaining 1200 came from other departments

Violations were unintentional, they occurred out of non availability in Telangana region. Hence, Andhras cannot be blamed No violation was done, as for as for possible, in enforcing the safeguards aimed at protecting the interests of Telangana

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Unemployed Politicians

The demand for a separate State is engineered and pushed forward mostly by self-seeking and short-sighted unemployed politicians. Separatist movements are mostly politically motivatedThis has become a very powerful weapon for unemployed politicians to get positions of power and prominenceSub-regionalism in India has become one of the quick routes to political power, like communalism, regionalism and casteismJai Telangana Movement in 1969 was fought for less than 5,000 non-mulki jobs, which costed lives of 59 innocent people. The day K.Brahmananda Reddy was removed as CM of Andhra Pradesh, the entire 1969 Telangana movement busted like a pin-pricked balloonSame thing happened with separate Andhra agitation in 1972, which costed 69 lives . After removal of Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao, the then Chief Minister, the entire agitation has come to an end


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Historic decision by Indira Gandhi

People and most of the parties agitated in all the regions unanimously for separate Statehood in Jai Telangana and Jai Andhra movements in 1969 and 1972

But Indira Gandhi stood like a rock in the national interest and stated emphatically, “separation is not an end of the problem. It is the beginning of another very big problem, not for other states but also for that area; that state itself…if each group of districts, or sub-region, wanted separate Statehood, eventually every district would like to become a State and the nation would be ungovernable. Some people have advised the division of U.P. where to divide into two, three, four, into how many areas do you divide it? Do you go back to the old, very small states, princely states; do you go back to that? Somewhere a line has to be drawn.The capital belongs to both regions, the central government has decided to repeal the Mulki rules…


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Historic decision by Indira Gandhi

No solution can be found while the atmosphere remains charged with emotions. Any solutions, any answer, has to be found in a very cool, calm and rational manner. all these matters have to be thought of not in terms of emotion but in terms of calm and collective thought. And not in terms of today or tomorrow or the day after but of what it will mean to them and the country ten years hence, 20 years hence, a hundred years hence. I express my deep sympathy with the parents and families of those who have lost their lives. But we must look at this matter in the larger perspective. Govt. can’t be swept away by feelings”But for Indira Gandhi, country would have witnessed several more unnecessary and unviable States. It is requested to take cue from the firm decision of Indira Gandhi and advise Union Govt. to take such bold and wise decision


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6 point formula - Presidential Order of

1975 The abolition of Mulki rules and the Telangana Regional CommitteeIn regards to jobs, state divided into six zones, within the framework of three regions.District level (80% reservation for Locals) Zonal Level (divided into 6 Zones with 70% reservation for

domiciles of the Zone) State Level (Open to all)

98% of the total jobs in the State are predominantly reserved for locals (92% at District level and 6% at Zonal level) and only 2% jobs are at State level which are open to all Thus, all the safeguards of Gentlemen’s agreement, except Political Space, were fullfilled

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Scrapping of Gentleman's agreement Gentleman's agreement, which was valid only for 5 to

10 years, ceased to exist in all respects with the proclamation of the presidential Order of 1975It is pertinent to note that 6-Point formula was unanimously accepted by leaders from all the regionsA conscious and deliberate effort has been made by Congress Party to ensure ‘Political Space’ to Telangana region. As a consequence, the Post of CM was given to leaders from Telangana region continuously for 10 years (1973-82)

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Telangana Slogan after DecadesSlogan for separate Telangana was again started by Maoists in

1996Which was picked up by BJP in 1998 at Kakinada convention - 'one vote, two states‘. failed to attract attention of the peopleBJP had carved out Chattisgarh, Jarkhad and Uttaranchal during NDA regime in 2000 for separating predominantly Tribal and Hilly areas which are remote from their respective Capital citiesOn Telangana Shri Advani said, on 14th March, 2004, “All the regions, which were separated in those three respective States, were far from the Capitals of those States. In the case of AP, Telangana region is surrounding the capital. Telangana is not distant from State Capital. There is no Resolution passed in the state Assembly… There is no consensus in the State about demand. Hence, it was not considered for separation.” Maoists reiterated separate Telangana demand again during the Peace talks with the State Govt. in 2004

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Telangana Slogan after DecadesThe present agitation, spearheaded this time by K.Chandra Sekhara Rao

of TRS is also like the previous ones’He was a Cabinet Minister in the TDP Govt. for 4 years, i.e., till 1999 and even raised his voice in the Assembly against 610 GO and zonal Reservations. Argued in favour of repel of 1975 Presidential OrderNever did he realize that injustice was being done to Telangana when he was in power. But immediately after he was denied the Cabinet berth, he started propogating that injustice was being done to Telangana region. Like his illustrious predecessors, he too successfully converted his personal grievance as tantamount to injustice to Telangana KCR, an unemployed politician, took solace in the issue of insignificant irregularities in 610 GO and aroused raw emotions of people by raising economic backwardness, etc

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TRS and some Telangana Congress

leadersTRS Party came into existence in 2001 with the slogan of creating separate Telangana State. They could not get desired response from the public. With no other option left, TRS approached Congress for an electoral alliance in 2004. Congress got an agreement signed by TRS to accept for 2nd SRC as a stipulation to form the electoral alliance. TRS demanded more than 50 Assembly Seats, but, DR YSR, other AP Congress leaders and AICC General Secretary- Incharge of AP, outrightly rejected the proposal. TRS could have settled for 22 Seats, but for some Telangana Congress Leaders, Congress has conceded 42 Assembly Seats

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Joint statement issued on March 4, 2004

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TRS’s ACCEPTANCE TO SECOND S.R.C by A. Narendra on

behalf of TRS for contesting 2004 Elections

With Congress


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Congress Stand - 2nd SRC

The Congress Working Committee in 2001 discussed the Telangana issue and adopted the resolution for constituting the Second SRC to look into the issue of smaller StatesCongress Manifesto, 2004: “while respecting the report of the first States Reorganization Commission, the Congress Party notes that there are many valid reasons for formation separate States in Vidarbha and Telengana. However, the reorganization of existing States raises a large number of issues. The Congress Party feels that the whole matter could be best addressed by another States Reorganisation Commission to look into all the issues involved.

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Congress Stand As Congress Party could not get full majority on its own at the Centre, it formed a coalition Govt. with Left, which was for united AP, and other parties. Hence, Sri KCR requested for consensus on Telangana issue instead of Second SRC.UPA’s National Common Minimum Programme: “The UPA Government will consider the demand for the formation of a Telangana State at an appropriate time after due consultations and consensus”

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Speech of the President

Joint Session of Parliament on 07-06-2004. The extracts of Para 39: “The Government will consider the demand for the formation of a Telangana state at an appropriate time after due consultations.”The UPA Govt. took up the issue of Telangana and constituted a Committee headed by Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, with Union Ministers Sri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Sri Dayanidhi Maran as its Members, which strived to arrive at a consensus. However, consensus could not be arrived at that point of time.

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Rosaiah CommitteeTDP and PRP agreed for formation of Telangana in the beginning of 2009. Hence, There was renewed pressure from some Telangana leaders on Congress for formation of Telangana. Dr YSR and many other Congress leaders vehemently opposed any such stand. On Feb 12, 2009, Statement of Dr YSR on the Floor of the Assembly, “The Govt of AP has no objection for the formation of Telangana State in principle… However, concerns have been raised by the stakeholders.. Minorities belonging to Telangana region have expressed their apprehensions on their safety aspects, if Telangana is separated….

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Statement of DR YSR (Cont..)

In addition, because Hyderabad is a Capital City, people belonging to Andhra, Raayalaseema regions have settled here for the last 30, 40, 50, 60 years. They are of the opinion that they have come here to settle because they felt that it is their own Capital, had it been the Capital of some other State they could have never settled here. In solving one problem, we cannot neglect all these issues and ultimately land-up in several other severe problems. Another important issue is if we separate the State, the debate on whether to make only two States, three States or four States would also arise”This has subsequently became part of the 2009 Manifesto

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Support to Congress Stand

Smt.Sonia Gandhi, Shri. Rahul Gandhi and Dr YSR toured extensively in 2009 Elections and addressed several Meetings, but have not uttered even a single word about the formation of Telangana. Smt. Sonia Gandhi raised slogan of ‘Jai Andhra Pradesh’ at a pre-poll public Meeting in HyderabadCongress won the elections with a thumping majority, which only proves that people of Telangana have approved the stand taken by the Congress Party

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23rd December Statement

Within a few hours after the ‘December 9’ Statement, made by Sri Chidambaram, Union Minister for Home Affairs, the entire Andhra & Rayalaseema regions went into fire instantly in support of united Andhra Pradesh, which brought normal life to standstillAs Resolution cannot be moved in the Assembly, the Union Govt. had issued a second Statement on 23rd December : “… after the December 9 statement, the situation in Andhra Pradesh has altered. A large number of political parties are divided on the issue. There is a need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the State. Government of India will take steps to involve all concerned in the process”

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Emotions are short-livedYear Elections Emotions Remarks1957 Lok Sabha

AssemblyCongress won, overwhelming support for the merger in all the regions

1971 Lok Sabha High Telangana Praja Samithi, won 10 out of 14 Lok Sabha Seats

1972 Assembly Nil Congress won, formed Govt.1978 Lok Sabha

AssemblyNil Once Separatist leader Dr. Chenna

Reddy became CM of AP. Seemandhras accepted him as CM, even after high emotions of ‘Jai Andhra Movement’

2001 Siddipet High KCR won. Congress, TDP lost deposits2001 Local bodies Moderate TRS slips to 3rd position

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Emotions are short-livedYear Elections Emotions remarks2004 Assembly Negligible Congress won 48 out of 50 Seats. TRS

won only 26 out of 54 Seats. TRS lost deposits in all the 10 Seats, contesting against Communists, who are for united AP

2006 Karimnager High KCR won Lok Sabha (2 lakh Majority)2008 Assembly

Bi-PollsNegligible TRS won their own seats only 2 out of

4 Lok Sabha and 7 out of 17 Assembly2009 Lok Sabha

AssemblyNegligible TRS won 10 out of 45 Assembly seats

and 2 out of 10 Lok Sabha Seats2009 GHMC Nil TRS did not dare to contest2010 Assembly

Bi-PollsHigh TRS won all the Seats, TDP lost

deposits in all the seats2010 Local bodies Moderate TRS lost most of the Seats in Bi-Polls

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TRS Vote Share - FluctuationsS.

NoDistrict

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(Assembly)

2005 *

(Municipal)

2006 *

(ZPTC)

2009 @

(Assembly)No. of Assem-

bly Seats

North Telangana 541 Medak 24.92 24.35 12.70 11.45 102 Nizamabad 17.67 9.91 9.04 13.22 93 Adilabad 17.74 8.44 7.38 17.71 104 Karimnagar 30.30 7.34 11.13 17.66 135 Warangal 24.66 20.35 7.77 19.88 12

South Telangana 656 Mahaboobnagar 10.93 4.52 1.96 4.97 147 Khammam 0.74 1.57 0.91 0.00 108 Rangareddy 21.65 12.92 1.39 6.10 149 Nalgonda 10.84 8.97 4.25 8.23 12

10 Hyderabad 3.74 15* in 2005 & 2006 TRS fought on its own. # in 2004 it had alliance with Congress, CPI and CPM. @ in 2009 it had alliance with TDP, CPI and CPM


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Emotions are short-lived

Hence, one should not be carried away by any momentary emotionsThe raked-up emotions are temporary. They are short-lived and they will subside very soon The degree of sentiment for Statehood for Telangana is not uniform and it varies from North Telangana to South Telangana, District to District and from time to timeIt cannot be construed that if TRS wins there is a Telangana sentiment. Several times in the past TRS lost. Will separatists agree that there was no sentiment at that time


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Began with backwardness - ended

with self-Rule The separatists have started their demand in the year 2001 on the ground of economic backwardness and injustice meted out to them in the recruitments to Government jobs in the Telangana regionWhen it was coming to the public knowledge that Telangana had indeed taken the lion’s share of the incremental economic growth and development that has taken place post 1956, they have shifted the basis of their demand for separate Telangana state to ‘self respect’ and ‘self rule’ without realizing the dangerous consequences of such narrow and parochial demand, which has the potential of disintegrating the country itself


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Integrated Development of AP

The most backward region of Hyderabad Princely State was merged with Andhra State in 1956 to form Andhra Pradesh Today AP is No.1 progressing State in the country and it is regarded as Role Model State in implementing several welfare and development schemesAP has an all time high record budgetary outlay of over Rs. one lac crore continuously for the last 4 yearsRecent RBI report has revealed that AP has the highest, both in ‘absolute terms’ as well ‘per capita’, development, plan, Social and capital expendituresThis enviable story of development is because Telugu People are still united and the future is in the unity and not in division.

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Integrated Development of Telangana- 2010

Sector % of Telangana

% of Seemandra

Food grains 40.4 59.6

Manufacturing GDP

47 53

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Per Capita income in 1956 (in Rs)

240 229

299

200

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Andhra andRayalaseema

Telangana Andhra Pradesh India

Per Capita income in 2007-08 (in Rs)

35,357

35,943

35,600

35,430

35,000

35,100

35,200

35,300

35,400

35,500

35,600

35,700

35,800

35,900

36,000

Andhra andRayalaseema

Telangana Andhra Pradesh India


Growth in Food grains production since 1956

(in lakh tonnes) 1956 2009 Growth in

Production in 2009 over1956 (%)

Production % to total Production % to total

Coastal Andhra 30.71 54.60% 104.4 51.10% 240%

Rayalaseema 11.52 20.50% 17.33 8.50% 50%Telangana 14 24.90% 82.5 40.40% 490%Total 56.23 100% 204 100% 263%

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Rice (80% of water resources are

exploited)in 1956, there was an acute food shortage in Telangana region and whereas, Andhra Region was food surplusBut in the last 54 years there was a miraculous turnaround of agriculture sector in Telangana region, which has registered an unprecedented growth in the annals of India. in 1956 share of Telangana in the total rice production of the AP State was only 18%, now it has been increased to 40%. Today, Karimnager stands at No.1 position in the production of rice. It is pertinent to note that Food grain production in Telangana matches that of Karnatka and TamilnaduToday there are no regional disparities in regard to rice production, productivity, procurement and number of rice mills.

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Region wise Ayacut Particulars (Acres in

Lakhs)Region

Before

1956

1956 –

2004

Up to

2004

Under Jalayagnam

After Jalayagnam

Andhra 41.80 28.19 69.99 23.84 93.83

Rayalaseema 9.07 7.17 16.24 20.19 36.43

Seemandhra 50.88 35.36 86.23 44.03 130.26

Telangana 17.51 27.78 45.29 56.39 101.68

Total 68.39 63.14 131.53 100.42 231.9551


Major Irrigation Projects

in AP after 1956Region Major Irrigation ProjectTelangana Sriram Sgar

Nagarjuna SagarSrisailam

Andhra Nagarjuna SagarRayalaseema Srisailam

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Irrigation (source: Telangana Leaders

Report) Region % of Population (without

Major cities)

% of expenditure On irrigation(2004 -

2011)

Telangana 29 47Coastal Andhra 39 27Rayalaseema 17 26

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Region Total IP created in AcresFrom 2004 to 2010

% of IP created

Telangana 890769 40.8

Coastal Andhra 802292 36.7

Rayalaseema 491617 20.8

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Educational Institutions in Telangana- 2010 S.

NoItem In A.P. In Telangana

% of in Telangana

1 Universities 41 18 43.92 Medical Colleges 27 12 44.43 Engineering colleges 657 322 494 P.G. Colleges 702 299 42.55 Degree Colleges 1926 835 436 Pharmacy colleges 270 159 58.887 M.C.A. Colleges 707 356 50.358 M.B.A. Colleges 894 494 55.259 B.Ed Colleges 604 248 41.05

10 Law Colleges 46 16 34.7811 Agricultural Colleges 6 2 33.3312 M.Tech Colleges 153 90 58.8213 M.Pharmacy Colleges 64 36 56.2514 Primary Schools 62,159 24,319 39.1215 Upper Primary Schools 17,290 7,578 43.8216 High schools 16,437 8,185 49.79 54


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EducationPrior to independence, the following reasons were responsible for educational backwardness in Telangana region:Absence of enlightened middle class The weaker sections and also women were kept outside the educational systemEven those upper casts that confined society to feudal system when moved to Hyderabad for education they had no option but to study in Urdu mediumBut, today, there are no regional imbalances in Education and also in facing competitive Exams

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EducationDisparities in education System and job opportunities still exist, to an extent, predominantly betweenUpper Casts and weaker sectionsSocial groups living in the Wet lands and dry lands economic zonesDelta region and dry uplandsRich and poorUrban and ruralMulti-generation educated families and first generation educated Regions of social unrest and social harmony

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Report)Deprived region is Rayalaseema not Telanganaboth the Telangana and Rayalaseema regions are not able to access river waters due to lack of gradient. the irrigation intensity improved to 50.4% in Telangana, and a meager 25.3% in Rayalaseema between 1956 to 2008-9.from 1960-61 to 2008-09, No. of Primary Schools per Lac population have comedown for Rayalaseema from 104.8 to 85.9

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Rayalaseema(Source: Srikrishna

Report)Telangana has 25.4 High Schools per lac population. Whereas, Rayalaseema has 18.6Most districts in Telangana are doing well on various indicators of reproductive and child health (RCH) as compared to districts of Rayalaseema and coastal AndhraTelangana has the lowest percentage of its population below poverty line, i.e., 14% compared to 28% in Rayalaseema.

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Self Respect or Pinning for Slavery

Self-respect is a matter of perception and can never be a valid scientific reason for dividing a StateThe so called Telangana Movement has been instigated by dominant castes/ classes as they feel deprived because, after integration, they don’t enjoy their old feudal privilegesThe basic feature that dominated the socio-economic life of the people of Telangana, was the unbridled feudal exploitation . The Poor and under-privileged sections in Telangana region have not enjoyed freedom, dignity and privileges. They are only enjoying dignity and privileges after formation of VishalandhraBefore raising the slogan of self-rule, separatists have to first understand that we are not ruled by foreigners


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River water claimsWith the separation of the State, all the projects under Jalayagnam will come to haltHitherto, internal issues of Polavaram, Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme, Jurala, Devadula Projects etc., would now translate into inter State disputes Sharing of Godavari, Pranahitha Chevella and Krishna River waters will always be continuous and contentious issue forever

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River water claimsThe fundamental principle for usage of water is FIRST IN SIGHT IS FIRST IN RIGHT. Telangana people are demanding reallocation of water on the basis of percentage of catchment area. But as per the Godavari Tribunal Award the catchment Area has no relevance in the allocation of water Except, KC Canal, Telugu Ganga Project (Drinking Water to Chennai), all Rayalaseema Projects do not have allocation of water. If the State is divided, these Projects would be denied water, as they are building on flood water without any rights.

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Migration to Hyderabad, the capital of AP

In 1956, The population of Telangana, including Hyderabad, was only 34.4% compared to total Andhra Pradesh population. As per 2011 census total population of AP is 8.47 crore. Under normal circumstances of population growth rates the population of Telangana region could have been only 2.91 crore (@34.4% to total population)But, as per 2011 census the population of Telangana is 3.53 crore (i.e, 41.7% of total population). This extra population Growth of 62 lakhs is only because of its migrations, mainly from Seemandhra region. In any case migrations from outside the State are not more than 10% of total migrations, hence, net migrations from Seemandhra region are 90% of the extra population Hence, migrations from Seemandra to Hyderabad and surrounding Districts are minimum 55 lakhs. There was 33 times growth (i.e., 3200%) in Hyderabad outskirts in the last 30 years.


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Migration to Hyderabad, the capital of AP

No. of Lok Sabha Seats of Telangana region have gone-up from 131/2 to 17 from 1956 to 2009. For every Lok Sabha Seat there is a population of around 20 lakh. Hence, increase of 31/2 Lok Sabha, means an extra population of 70 Lakh. Hence, the conclusion that a minimum migration of 55 lakh people from Seemandra region to Hyderabad and surrounding Areas is revalidated1 Lok Sabha seat = 7 Assembly seats. Hence, 31/2 Lok Sabha Seats translates into 24 Assembly seats (shifted from Seemandhra to Telangana region) Right from daily wage earners, lower & middle class to business persons migrated to Hyderabad in search of better livelihood. everyone felt that it is their own capital. They cannot even imagine the situation, wherein they have to live as a second-class citizen in their own capital, which they have nurtured over the decades


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Manufacturing Sector

Without the huge investments made in the city, Hyderabad would have been just a piece of land like Kurnool. What would Hyderabad be without its business, Industry, Central and State Govt Institutions, PSUs, colleges and hospitals?Except for Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, all other Central PSUs intended for whole of Andhra Pradesh are located only in capital city Hyderabad and in the surrounding districtsA large number of Defence Research Laboratories and Defence production units have also been set upTo begin with, as the private sector was to develop essentially as ancillaries of the large Public sector units, the entire private investment also got gravitated to Hyderabad with the result most of the Andhra and Rayalaseema Districts have remained only agrarian Districts


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Service Sector

Hyderabad city alone accounts for 90% of the software exports (Rs 35,000 crore) and also has a large share in the banking, insurance, tourism and financial services sectorsThe State has focused heavily on improving the educational facilities in Telangana area which was known to be very backward before 1956Now, Hyderabad city and its surrounding districts have the best social and physical infrastructure, which is envied by many


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Employment Opportunities

All the present and future employment opportunities are concentrated only in and around Hyderabad, which will not be available to the rest of the State, if State is dividedIT Industry is providing more than 3 lakhs IT professional and another 15 lakh people are depending on IT industry in the CapitalBut no new investment in Hyderabad has come for the new projects or expansion of the existing projects since December 2009. Brand Hyderabad and Brand AP have already been ruined. At some stage, public will definitely demand explanation from separatistsYouth have already lost several opportunities in the private sector by disturbing the peace and tranquillity in the State, which resulted in exodus of companies from the State


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Employment and Law& Order problems

More than a million youth, including 2 lakhs engineers, are coming out of graduation every year in the State Separatists propaganda of jobs to every household in a new State is far from truthPromise of jobs to all, if not implemented, will lead to frustration. Hence, separatists will shift the blame on to business and industrial community, located in Hyderabad, which is from different regions of State and country, resulting into anarchy and closing down of industriesThey will provoke gullible youth that the Settlers are the main reason behind all their woes, which would create major Law and Order problem in the country

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% of Non-Local Zonal Employees is within

LimitsS.No. Region Population (%)

2001 census Govt. jobs (%) % of more jobs -compared to the ratio of population

1 Telangana 40.6 47.23 16.332 Andhra 41.2 35.66 (-) 13.453 Rayalaseema 18.2 17.11 (-) 5.99

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if separate States are formed, 6.1 lakh existing Telangana employees would remain in the original State, i.e., Telangana. These Employees are more than sufficient to run truncated Telangana State

Zone Total LocalsNon-Locals in open Quota

EligibleNon-locals

Total Employees% of

Non-locals% of EligibleNon-locals

5th Zone 57934 4288 1222 63,956 6.71 1.916th Zone 45617 3885 1495 50997 7.61 2.93Districts in the region of State CapitalRangareddy 8899 1171 1347 11417 10.26 11.80Hyderabad 33156 7309 13245 53710 13.61 24.66

Details of non-locals in Zone V & VI of Telangana regionState Govt. employees (non-gazetted, Class IV and others in 2001)

District-wise and Zonal-wise details of Employees


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10 Historical and Valid Scientific Reasons for United

AP1. Business and industrial climate will be disturbed - loss of

employment, if separated2. State revenue loss - Welfare and development will be

effected One State – One Capital – Less Establishment Cost

3. River Water claims4. Importance in federal setup: Inter State disputes, viz.,

water, irrigation projects, etc., becoming more and more complex, stronger and bigger AP State can handle better than truncated states.

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5. Disastrous Consequences of separation on the basis of

SentimentIf, Telugu Bond is forcefully broken, it will not end with 2 States but as many as 5 States need to be created to start withTribals are demanding separate Manyaseema. Rayalaseema and Uttarandhra may demand separate States because they are the most backward regions in the State In the long-run each District in the truncated State may ask for the separate State on the ground that they are not getting the opportunity for self-rule It will be an unending process. Whole State will be divided into bits and pieces Hence, it will not end with 5 States but many more unviable and ungovernable States


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6. Consequences on the country

There are more than 22 demands for separate State in the country. There will be more and more such ‘Sentiment’ demands in future. All the separated States will be divided into bits and piecesIf we accept self-rule and self-respect as grounds for formation of a State, we will end up having more States than what we have integrated in 1947-48 Every District may demand a separate State and consequently it may turn into demand for separate countryTamil Nadu, Punjab, Nagaland


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7. Political instability If AP State is divided, the transition in State politics from the level of National and State parties to smaller and more narrowly-based sub-regional parties would become inevitable and we will only have the fractured mandate. It will not only cause a lot of political instability but also jeopardize the security and development of the region The highest number of Seats won by the single largest Party (i.e., Congress) in Telangana was 48 out of 107 Seats in 2004 and 50 Seats out of 119 Seats in 2009 Assembly Election, which was a way below the half-way mark.

No. of Seats won by the Parties in Telangana Region

Assembly

elections

Cong-Ress TDP TRS CPI CPM BJP MIM LoK

Satta PRP

2004 48 11 26 4 6 1 4 - -2009 50 39 10 4 1 2 7 1 2


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8. Religious fundamentalism and

extremist activities in a volatile and Politically

Instable StateThe envisaged political instability, coupled with extremism in Telangana, would be a lethal combination and will act as a breeding ground for religious fundamentalism to flourish because of sharp communal divide exist in the regionTelangana with or without Hyderabad would experience religious fundamentalism and extremist activities, which will be detrimental to the interest of Telangana and entire India and, more so, the neighbouring State, especially Andhra

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9. Hyderabad revenues

At present around 45% of the income of the State comes from Hyderabad and it has been utilized to take care of the needs of all the 23 Districts, because it is the legitimate right of all the 8.5 crore TelugusIf 40% of the Population wants to take away the lion’s share of revenues, it would lead to imbalance in revenues, making the rest of the part as economically unviable.It is pertinent to note that regional disturbances have already affected growth and development in the united AP itself, which intern affects SC/ST/BC/Minorities in every District cutting across the regions.

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10. How a developed region can demand for a

separation?It has been established beyond doubt that the Telangana region is more developed than other regionsIf, demand of a well developed region to separate it from the underdeveloped region is agreed, then there will be more such demands elsewhere in the countryThis is against the spirit of ‘inclusive and equitable growth’.

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Way ForwardSrikrishna Committee’s only recommendationCommission for Development of Backward areas National Policy on Rational Reorganisation of States

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Srikrishna Committee Report

With the consent of all the political parties Srikrishna Committee was constituted by Govt. of India. The committee has done extensive work by interacting with all the stakeholders including those living in distant rural areas and poorest of the poor and has submitted its ReportThrough its appreciable efforts, the Srikrishna Committee has done justice to the task given to it and came out with a comprehensive impartial Report and has suggested 6 options, but made only one recommendation, i.e., ‘Keeping the State united’, which is the sixth option. It is pertinent to note that only at the request of all the political parties, the Committee was formed and all the political parties, except BJP, met the Committee and presented their view-point and stand. Therefore, recommendations of the Committee are binding on all the political parties. Hence, Central Govt. has to accept the obvious recommendation of the Committee and take the bold decision of keeping the State united, which, definitely, would be widely appreciated in the entire State.


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Commission for Backward areas

Act is already in place to constitute a Commission for Development of Backward areas in Andhra Pradesh (Act 19 of 2008)There are backward regions within the identified developed Districts and very developed regions within the backward DistrictsHence, Mandal-wise Backward Areas can be identified and a package can be announced for developing those Mandals at par with the developed Areas across the StateThe Legislation can be further be amended to strengthen the powers and responsibilities of the Commission suitable for the present day requirements and necessities constitute the Commission immediately


National Policy on Rational Reorganisation

of StatesOn the important issue like formation of New States under Art 3 of the Constitution of India, the Central Government must first come up with a policy of its own for future States’ reorganization instead of addressing the issues selectively as and when the agitational demands crop upThere should be finality for these issues. Common people should not be put to confusion and tension

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DuringFreedom Movement

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India in 2011

1 Country

35 States/ UTs 574 Districts

5488 Blocks7 lakh Villages

Sentiments of linguistic and cultural identity leading to unity should be encouraged. Otherwise, adhocism in organization of states can spell the beginning of the end of the Union

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Future political Map of India if any new State is conceded on

agitational demand Redrawing of boundaries of the State has to be on valid scientific reasons, viz., 2nd SRC, etc.

Sentiments of separatism’s logical extension leads to disintegration of the country. some States may demand for separate country on the pretext that no PM was made from their home State or their culture is different from rest of the country

if any new State is created on the basis of agitations, each District may agitate for separate State on the pretext of self-rule or self-respect

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No-End to END: Inevitable Future of India, if

500 odd New States are Created

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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar“Hyderabad and Secunderabad, including Bollaram has to be made a SEPARATE STATE under Chief Commissioner and should be made as second capital of India.. Andhra Areas of Hyderabad State (Telangana) must be divided and merged with Andhra State and Andhras historical city of Wanrangal can be the Joint Capital of Andhras” - 23.4.1953. “ Babasahed Dr. Ambedkar Writings and Speeches Part 1 (T)”

“The formation of linguistic States cannot be decided by hooliganism. It must be solved by cold blooded reasoning. What the SRC has created is not a mere disparity between the States by leaving UP and Bihar as they are, by adding them to a new and a bigger MP with Rajasthan, it creates a new problem of

North versus South. Consolidation of the north India and balkanisation of the South is not the way”- “Thoughts on Linguistic States” by Dr Anbedkar

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Mahatma Gandhi“If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence”

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