Pranab calls for Telangana meet on June 15th
The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has convened a meeting of Congress elected representatives from Telangana on June 15 to discuss the separate statehood issue.
Information to this effect has been communicated to all the representatives of the region and the convenor of state Congress MPs’ forum, Mr Ponnam Prabhakar, also confirmed the meeting. Since AP Congress affairs in-charge Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, will be back from his US trip on June 14, the meeting has been scheduled for the next day. Apart from Mr Azad, Mr Ahmed Patel and Union minister of petroleum, Mr Jaipal Reddy, are slated to attend.
This is the first time that the Congress Central leadership has convened a joint meeting of all elected representatives from the region on the issue and it seems that the central Congress leadership has finally agreed to look into the statehood issue before the next Parliament Session. Mr Mukherjee had earlier sought time for addressing the issue after Assembly polls in May.
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Jun 7, 2011 (12 hours ago)
We will bow our head before High Command’s decision on T : Botsa
Newly-appointed Andhra Pradesh Congress committee president Botsa Satyanarayana has said that taking everybody along and improving the coordination between the party and the government will be among his top priorities. He said his target would be to win the 2014 elections.
Satyanarayana, popularly known as Satti Babu, on Tuesday arrived to a rousing reception from his supporters, including a few ministers and MLAs, at the Hyderabad airport.
Talking to the media Satyanarayana, who hails form Vizianagaram district in coastal Andhra, said that on Telangana issue final decision will be that of the party High Command. “We will bow our head before whatever decision high command takes”, he said.
The remark assumes significance because Satyanarayana is known to be favourably inclined towards the division of Andhra Pradesh. He has often said that there was nothing wrong if the demand of Telangana people for a separate Telangana state was conceded.
Satyanarayana has been appointed in place of D Srinivas of Telangana who had completed two terms as the party president in the state. Satyanarayana’s choice has come as a surprise to some as the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy was known to be against his appointment.
Satyanrayana was earlier in the race for the post of the Chief Minister in which his younger colleague N Kiran Kumar Reddy piped him. He was also bitter that Kiran Kumar Reddy had given him a less significant portfolio of transport when he formed his cabinet in November last year.
Kiran Kumar Reddy was understood to be apprehensive that a much stronger and aggressive Satyanrayana will emerge as a rival power centre in the party creating new problems for him. The chief minister was in favour of either Ponnala Lakshmaiah or D Sridhar Babu (both from Telangana) taking over as the state Congress chief.
However the High command seems to have been convinced by the argument of Satyanarayana that the Congress should also give opportunity to the members of other castes to over come the image that it was the party of Reddys only.
Botsa Satyanarayana belong to the Kapu community, same as film star Chiranjeevi, whose Praja Rajyam Party is all set to merge in to Congress. Party sources said that Satyanarayana and Chiranjeevi have promised to the high command to work together to strengthen the Congress and bring Kapus closer to the Congress party. It is significant because many important Kapu leaders in Andhra region were supporting rebel leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.
The appointment of new PCC President is part of the wider game plan of the Congress high command to set party’s house in order in Andhra Pradesh. It has already filled the key positions of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and the Chairman of legislative council.
The formal announcement of the appointment of a Deputy Chief Minister will be the next in the list. It is already known that the party high command has chosen a scheduled caste leader form Telangana Damodar Rajanarasimha for the post of the deputy Chief Minister.
After this the high command was expected to give its nod for the expansion and reshuffle of the cabinet, giving three berths to the Praja Rajyam Party. The formal merger of Congress and PRP was expected as soon the Central Election commission gives its clearance.
However Telangana continues to be a major headache for the Congress leadership. Party MP Madhu Yashki again reiterated that if no decision was taken on Telangana state issue this month, all the Telangana Congress MPs will resign. He told a group of Telangana lawyers, who had held a demonstration at his residence on Tuesday demanding his resignation that a meeting of Telangana Congress leaders will be held on June 21 in which the future course of action will be decided.
Another Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar said that solving Telangana problem will be the responsibility of the four top leaders Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana, Speaker D Manohar and Legislative Council Chairman R Chakrapani. All of them belong to Andhra and Rayala Seema region.
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Jun 7, 2011 (23 hours ago)
Telangana is not an easy issue to solve : Azad
During an interaction with journalists in Delhi, AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said he had heard the opinions of leaders of both the regions for two days when he visited Hyderabad recently. “Telangana leaders wanted a separate state and Andhra leaders insisted that the state remain united. It is a problem which cannot be solved easily,” he said.
He also disapproved of deadlines that Congress MPs had been setting for the party leadership to make an announcement on Telangana. He wanted them to “realise the compulsions of a national party before raising a demand.” He said he would talk to them.
Reacting to Azad’s comments, TRS leader Etela Rajender said “by saying that division of the state is not easy, the Congress has once again made its stand known that it is against Telangana,” and asked: “If Telangana is not easy, why did the Congress forge an electoral alliance with us in 2004? Why did they make the Dec 9, 2009 announcement?”.
Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao, who is leading the Congress MPs from Telangana region, said: “Azad did not say Telangana will not be given. He merely said it will take time.” But he also said any delay might cause irreparable damage to the party’s prospects in the region.
“If a decision is announced now, it might not harm the prospects of the party in Andhra region,” he opined.
“In Kadapa, we lost deposit in the by-elections. Has the delay in announcement of Telangana helped us there?” he questioned and maintained that all the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the region would go to the Congress in 2014 if the party announces a decision in favour of Telangana.
He reiterated the resolve of the Congress MPs to press for the cause. “We will go to Delhi on June 10 and impress upon the party high command the need for an early announcement on Telangana.
We will meet again on June 25 to decide our future course of action,” he said.
Nagam Janardhan Reddy said if the Centre delayed Telangana anymore, people would not allow Congress leaders to visit villages. “They will be externed from villages,” he warned and said he would raise the issue at the Telangana Nagara to be held in Adilabad on June 13.
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Jun 7, 2011 (yesterday)
Charlotte Telangana Association – Khelo Telangana 2011 Picnic
Charlotte Telangana Association is proud to announce its Second Summer Picnic (KHELO TELANGANA 2011) for our fellow Telanganites living in Greater Charlotte Area. Its a full day ‘fun in the sun’ event that includes games for the entire family, Telangana lingo qiuz, Grilling, Grand potluck, ice cream and more…
On behalf of CTA, we invite you to join the annual picnic event – KHELO TELANGANA 2011.
Date: June 11th, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30AM through 7:00PM
Location:
Website: http://www.charlottetelangana.com
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On behalf of CTA, we invite you to join the annual picnic event – KHELO TELANGANA 2011.
Date: June 11th, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30AM through 7:00PM
Location:
Latta Planatation & Nature Preserve, Shelter # 15225, Sample Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
For further details, please contact:
“Santhosh Pasula”
Phone: 704-905-1939
Website: http://www.charlottetelangana.com
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Jun 7, 2011 (yesterday)
Telangana movement gets a newspaper to advocate its cause
Namasthe Telangana rolled off the presses on Monday, seeking to galvanize the region’s campaign for separation from Andhra Pradesh and to provide a platform for activists who complain the mainstream media is biased against the cause of Telangana statehood.
Namaste Telangana will start with a print run of 750,000 copies across seven editions, said Katta Shekar Reddy, chief executive officer of Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd. The daily—a 12-page broadsheet with a 16-page tabloid supplement containing local news—will have 800 employees including 210 journalists, he said.
It will be priced at Rs.3 on weekdays and Rs.3.50 on Sundays—the same as the cover price of the most read paper in the state, Eenadu.
In Hyderabad, public buses have been emblazoned with the sloganTelangana gunde chappudu (Telangana’s heartbeat) as the publishers and staff prepare for the newspaper’s first edition inside a four-storey building on Road No. 10, Banjara Hills.
It will be the latest entrant in a crowded industry that already has seven Telugu mainstream newspapers competing for readership and advertising.Eenadu, Sakshi, Andhra Jyothi, Vaartha, Andhra Bhoomi, Andhra Prabha andPrajasakti have a combined average issue readership in excess of 14 million, according to the Indian Readership Survey for the fourth quarter of 2010.
“There is no newspaper that supports the Telangana cause,” Shekar Reddy said on Thursday in his third-floor office. “We need a paper to support the cause and to rejuvenate our culture, history and social traditions.”
The mainstream media, dominated by publishers from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, is biased against the Telangana movement, said Shekar Reddy, a 23-year journalism veteran who moved to the newspaper from Mahaa TV, although he didn’t cite specific instances of this bias. The media tends to “belittle” the movement and Telangana leaders, he said.
News developments in the state have been seen through “the eyes of the Seemandhra (coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema) media” because Telangana has lacked a newspaper to promote the region and its interests, he said, adding: “Now we want to show our own picture of issues.”
Many journalists came to the newspaper from existing newspapers on their own, out of a zeal to work for a Telangana publication, he said. Most are backers of the movement. Some 45 of the 210 journalists have been trained at Namaste Telangana itself.
Editor Allam Narayana has moved to Namaste Telangana after working as an assistant editor at Andhra Jyothi. “I have joined Namaste Telangana for the cause of Telangana,” he said.
Shekar Reddy said the publication of the newspaper involves an investment of Rs.40-50 crore and Rs.20-30 crore of initial operating capital. Some of the money came in the form of bank loans, he said.
Four people, including Chandrasekhara Rao, are partners in the project, according to D. Damodar Rao, managing director of Telangana Publications and a partner himself.
Public response has been so good that the newspaper stopped a subscription drive well in advance of the publication date, said Damodar Rao, a tax lawyer.
“We never thought we would get this kind of response,” he said.
To be sure, other Telugu newspapers have their own political sympathies, as do newspapers published in other states.
Sakshi, for instance, is published by Congress party rebel Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who also runs a channel of the same name. Eenadu has traditionally been perceived to be close to the Telugu Desam Party, the main opposition, having backed it in its initial years under the late N.T. Rama Rao, a former movie star, who parlayed his slogan of fighting for Telugu pride into political power.
“Any new entrant has to cut into existing readership, but a new readership is also coming into the market” with the launch of Namaste Telangana, said the editor of a mainstream newspaper, who belongs to Telangana, but did not want to be identified by his name or publication. A challenge the new “movement newspaper” will face is to remain relevant going beyond the Telangana campaign, the editor said.
Shekar Reddy has that figured out. If and when a state of Telangana is formed, the newspaper will switch to setting “the agenda for the development of Telangana”, he said. Both Shekar Reddy and Damodar Rao say Namaste Telangana will be a business proposition as much as it will be a mouthpiece of the Telangana movement. Initially, though, the newspaper is looking to circulation than advertising.
“Initially, we are not expecting much corporate support, because we have to establish our numbers; we have to get the ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation certification) and all those things,” Shekar Reddy said. When the newspaper establishes itself, it will venture into the metros, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata, in search of corporate advertising, he said.
Analysts say there is space for a regional newspaper focused on Telangana and the movement for statehood given its vast population and public sentiment.
“The regional movement has generated more political consciousness,” said K. Nageshwar, a professor of journalism at Osmania University who is also an independent member of the legislative council. “Literacy rates are expanding. It is fertile ground for media to grow. It (Telangana) has an almost four crore population—bigger than that of many states like Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, and Assam.”
“There is market space. Given the fragmentation of the ad cake, whether ad revenue comes in depends on other factors—who reads it, what is their socio-economic background, consumption behaviour,” he said.
As the numbers get crunched, Namaste Telangana publishers are trying to introduce a bit of emotion to the opening ceremony. The mothers of two Osmania University students who committed suicide for the cause of Telangana have been invited to preside over the ceremony, said Shekar Reddy.
Source : LiveMint
Jun 4, 2011 (4 days ago)
Panel to Study Employment for Telanganites
A one-man commission has been constituted on Friday by the state government to study the implementation of the Presidnetial order in providing employment to Telangana people in all government departments. The commission is constituted in accordance with the agreement reached between the state government and Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC) of employees, teachers and workers following the non-cooperation movement launched in March this year.
According to an order issued by chief secretary S V Prasad, a retired judge of the AP High Court will head the commission and the terms of reference for it along with the name of the judge will be announced soon. The tenure of the commission will be initially for a period of one year. The chief secretary also issued two other orders in pursuance of the same agreement under which heads of departments and heads of offices, as specified in the Presidential Order, have been directed to review all deputations and appointments made by transfer in violation of the order.
The government took three months to constitute the commission after it reached an agreement with the JAC which threatened to re-launch its agitation if the government did not concede its demands including statehood for Telangana.
The Telangana aspirators say, this is another delay tactic by the state and central govt. to delay the formation of T and time given to the panel is one complete year, meaning another one year of wait and watch after SKC.
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According to an order issued by chief secretary S V Prasad, a retired judge of the AP High Court will head the commission and the terms of reference for it along with the name of the judge will be announced soon. The tenure of the commission will be initially for a period of one year. The chief secretary also issued two other orders in pursuance of the same agreement under which heads of departments and heads of offices, as specified in the Presidential Order, have been directed to review all deputations and appointments made by transfer in violation of the order.
The government took three months to constitute the commission after it reached an agreement with the JAC which threatened to re-launch its agitation if the government did not concede its demands including statehood for Telangana.
The Telangana aspirators say, this is another delay tactic by the state and central govt. to delay the formation of T and time given to the panel is one complete year, meaning another one year of wait and watch after SKC.
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Jun 3, 2011 (5 days ago)
Wither T’Traitors!
The Congress and TDP legislators of Telangana are proving to be the most detestable traitors to Telangana cause. They have become the proverbial millstones around the neck of Telangana. Except a couple of them, all are in league with their ‘alien’ controllers to sabotage Telangana State, in their own treacherous way. The T-TDP have even started resorting to ‘adding insult to injury’ to Telangana people in collaboration with the enemy. They are not even a 100 in all, yet they are able to keep the gargantuan effort of 4 crore Telangana people at bay, with the log jam created by their bosses Sonia and CBN.
T’Congress:
Ministers:
All the Ministers from Telangana except one are incorrigible camp followers of adhishtanam. They sing different tunes when in the cabinet and when they are out of it. The one, who has resigned from the ministry after some drama and long procrastination, still sings in praise of Sonia Gandhi, and says she is infallible. He is also reluctant to lose his MLA ship and thinks asininely that his ‘abhiyan’makes it possible to change the mindset of his adhishtanam.Though we don’t know what would be the end result of his ‘abhiyan’, at least he came out of the ‘andhra’ cabinet and sent a message to his adhishtanam and his colleagues.
The rest of 13 ministers, have constantly indulged in treason against Telangana. They were hand in glove with Andhra cabinet to implement every anti-telangana activity since 9, December, 2009.Infact sometimes, like in case of Sridhar Babu, they have shown more loyal than the king’ attitude in dealing with anti-telangana measures of the cabinet. The trio Mukesh, Narsimha and Nagendar are the worst examples of treason to their own people. They never were able to support legitimate demands of Telangana people and simply followed suit to andhra administration’s draconian rule against Telangana.It is very difficult to find such instances of treason against their own constituency in independent India. We may have to seek examples from medieval history. They are shoddier than ‘Ambhi’ and ‘Jaichand’ of our history. There is no hope of them demanding Telangana from their ‘adhishtanam’ as long as they remain in the cabinet, or they do not face elections for themselves. Their subservience to powers that be is so ultimate. Their obstinate refusal to come out in support of Telangana is an incredible paradox.
MPs:
Our congress MPs are a motley crowd. A couple of them like Vinodh and G S Reddy sound very sincere. KK’s cacophonous theatrics, S.Rajiah’s insincere loud barkings, Rajagopal’s specious utterances, do not inspire much confidence. If questioned closely likes of Yashky and Mantha, become truculent and claim that they are doing much more than anybody else, despite being in the ruling party as if to mean that they are doing ‘meherbani’ to Telangana people. Rest of them shows a varying degree of fidelity to Telangana cause, depending on the developments in Delhi. They indulge in the empty rhetoric that, they are prepared to do anything for Telangana. But, they do precious little, certainly not enough for their patronizing attitude.
But, as a group the C-MP’s are in the focus, keeping alive the issue in parliament. Yet, they were not able to achieve anything tangible on the matter. Probably their stock with the ‘adhishtanam’ is not high enough to show any desired result. They are also keeping a lot of faith in Sonia Gandhi, the silent ‘madonna’.They want to believe the false assurances of ‘Coterie’ time and again and are willing to go along their ever changing schedule of the elusive decision on Telangana. Perhaps they are game for these kinds of subterfuges till 2014.To prove it wrong and to show that they are committed for Telangana irrevocably, they have to act decisively against their ‘adhishtanam’.
MLAs & MLCs:
This group is big and very important. Yet, the response from this group to Telangana state is very lackadaisical. All of them look towards adhishtanam. Adhishtanam is the ‘Mecca’ for them. Sonia Gandhi is their shepherd and they are her sheep. A few of them keep the rhetoric of Telangana alive intermittently here and there. Likes of Damodar Reddy, Rajiah, Jeevan Reddy, the MLAs; Yadava Reddy, Bhanu Prasad, Kamalakar Rao MLCs; blow hot and cold as per the exigency. Now a days they seem to have exhausted their ammunition and cooling their heels at home, looking towards Delhi for deliverance. The behavior of this group is the testimony for the systematic political emasculation of Telangana congress by andhra congress and adhishtanam since merger and they are now using it to the hilt. Their acting against their adhishtanam full 3 years before elections is a moot point. Generally it will not happen; unless an extra ordinary political situation develops, forcing them to act. They are like their ministerial colleagues pushing themselves in to ‘do or die’ mode. This group is the biggest millstone around the neck of Telangana.
T’TDP:
MPs:
The lone MP from T-TDP Nama is an andhra in the guise of a telanganite. He is part of the andhra ‘money mafia’, exploiting Telangana. There is no Telangana state agenda in his mind. He is the camp follower of CBN and a votary of samaikyandhra to the core.
MLAs & MLCS:
This group of T-TDP is quite large and is important in the reckoning of Telangana. Some perverse political turmoil is taking place in this group. CBN like a ring master in a circus making this group of ‘biped hounds’ play to his macabre political gamesmanship. He has unleashed these hounds on Telangana people to intimidate them with his perfidious ‘two eyed theory’. He will know what will be the consequence of this most bizarre political skullduggery in future. Mean while, fortunately some of the group understood the game plan of CBN and there was a cleavage in the monolithic group.
Pocharam is the first, who in a right royal way left TDP and plumped for Telangana, with all his heart. He is an excellent example of value based politics in this present day murky political atmosphere.Nagam, Hareeshwar and Ramanna have raised the banner of revolt against CBN, in favor of Telangana. Venugopalachary and a few others may follow suit in the coming days.
Yet, CBN continues his mad cap politics. He is encouraging his T-TDP hounds to go after these rebels with money and muscle support. The andhra govt. is also providing police support in an unlimited way wherever required.CBN has resorted to ‘Goondagiri’ on lawyers, students, people of Telangana many a times. Showing chappal to telanganavadulu at Karimnagar and beating a student with chappal in Mahanadu are the heights of CBN’s vicious politics. These incidents will be acting like stings of a scorpion on the conscience of telalangana people.CBN and his cohorts will have to pay a price for this. The antics of the CBN’s hounds would be of interest to watch in the coming days. The majority of T-TDP group is likely to remain with this incorrigible CBN and try to create confusion in the minds of the people. Though the group by itself is not germane to the formation of Telangana state, its allegiance to the infamous ‘two eyed theory’ will be used by Congress in the procrastination.
While Sonia Gandhi and CBN are the architects of the Telangana logjam, our own T-congress and T-TDP legislators are the traitors, who built the logjam. Telangana people should target these traitors to break the logjam. Let us not dither any more on it. Let’s do it, to bring our traitors on to their knees.
Thanks Janardhan Janumpalli for sharing
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T’Congress:
Ministers:
All the Ministers from Telangana except one are incorrigible camp followers of adhishtanam. They sing different tunes when in the cabinet and when they are out of it. The one, who has resigned from the ministry after some drama and long procrastination, still sings in praise of Sonia Gandhi, and says she is infallible. He is also reluctant to lose his MLA ship and thinks asininely that his ‘abhiyan’makes it possible to change the mindset of his adhishtanam.Though we don’t know what would be the end result of his ‘abhiyan’, at least he came out of the ‘andhra’ cabinet and sent a message to his adhishtanam and his colleagues.
The rest of 13 ministers, have constantly indulged in treason against Telangana. They were hand in glove with Andhra cabinet to implement every anti-telangana activity since 9, December, 2009.Infact sometimes, like in case of Sridhar Babu, they have shown more loyal than the king’ attitude in dealing with anti-telangana measures of the cabinet. The trio Mukesh, Narsimha and Nagendar are the worst examples of treason to their own people. They never were able to support legitimate demands of Telangana people and simply followed suit to andhra administration’s draconian rule against Telangana.It is very difficult to find such instances of treason against their own constituency in independent India. We may have to seek examples from medieval history. They are shoddier than ‘Ambhi’ and ‘Jaichand’ of our history. There is no hope of them demanding Telangana from their ‘adhishtanam’ as long as they remain in the cabinet, or they do not face elections for themselves. Their subservience to powers that be is so ultimate. Their obstinate refusal to come out in support of Telangana is an incredible paradox.
MPs:
Our congress MPs are a motley crowd. A couple of them like Vinodh and G S Reddy sound very sincere. KK’s cacophonous theatrics, S.Rajiah’s insincere loud barkings, Rajagopal’s specious utterances, do not inspire much confidence. If questioned closely likes of Yashky and Mantha, become truculent and claim that they are doing much more than anybody else, despite being in the ruling party as if to mean that they are doing ‘meherbani’ to Telangana people. Rest of them shows a varying degree of fidelity to Telangana cause, depending on the developments in Delhi. They indulge in the empty rhetoric that, they are prepared to do anything for Telangana. But, they do precious little, certainly not enough for their patronizing attitude.
But, as a group the C-MP’s are in the focus, keeping alive the issue in parliament. Yet, they were not able to achieve anything tangible on the matter. Probably their stock with the ‘adhishtanam’ is not high enough to show any desired result. They are also keeping a lot of faith in Sonia Gandhi, the silent ‘madonna’.They want to believe the false assurances of ‘Coterie’ time and again and are willing to go along their ever changing schedule of the elusive decision on Telangana. Perhaps they are game for these kinds of subterfuges till 2014.To prove it wrong and to show that they are committed for Telangana irrevocably, they have to act decisively against their ‘adhishtanam’.
MLAs & MLCs:
This group is big and very important. Yet, the response from this group to Telangana state is very lackadaisical. All of them look towards adhishtanam. Adhishtanam is the ‘Mecca’ for them. Sonia Gandhi is their shepherd and they are her sheep. A few of them keep the rhetoric of Telangana alive intermittently here and there. Likes of Damodar Reddy, Rajiah, Jeevan Reddy, the MLAs; Yadava Reddy, Bhanu Prasad, Kamalakar Rao MLCs; blow hot and cold as per the exigency. Now a days they seem to have exhausted their ammunition and cooling their heels at home, looking towards Delhi for deliverance. The behavior of this group is the testimony for the systematic political emasculation of Telangana congress by andhra congress and adhishtanam since merger and they are now using it to the hilt. Their acting against their adhishtanam full 3 years before elections is a moot point. Generally it will not happen; unless an extra ordinary political situation develops, forcing them to act. They are like their ministerial colleagues pushing themselves in to ‘do or die’ mode. This group is the biggest millstone around the neck of Telangana.
T’TDP:
MPs:
The lone MP from T-TDP Nama is an andhra in the guise of a telanganite. He is part of the andhra ‘money mafia’, exploiting Telangana. There is no Telangana state agenda in his mind. He is the camp follower of CBN and a votary of samaikyandhra to the core.
MLAs & MLCS:
This group of T-TDP is quite large and is important in the reckoning of Telangana. Some perverse political turmoil is taking place in this group. CBN like a ring master in a circus making this group of ‘biped hounds’ play to his macabre political gamesmanship. He has unleashed these hounds on Telangana people to intimidate them with his perfidious ‘two eyed theory’. He will know what will be the consequence of this most bizarre political skullduggery in future. Mean while, fortunately some of the group understood the game plan of CBN and there was a cleavage in the monolithic group.
Pocharam is the first, who in a right royal way left TDP and plumped for Telangana, with all his heart. He is an excellent example of value based politics in this present day murky political atmosphere.Nagam, Hareeshwar and Ramanna have raised the banner of revolt against CBN, in favor of Telangana. Venugopalachary and a few others may follow suit in the coming days.
Yet, CBN continues his mad cap politics. He is encouraging his T-TDP hounds to go after these rebels with money and muscle support. The andhra govt. is also providing police support in an unlimited way wherever required.CBN has resorted to ‘Goondagiri’ on lawyers, students, people of Telangana many a times. Showing chappal to telanganavadulu at Karimnagar and beating a student with chappal in Mahanadu are the heights of CBN’s vicious politics. These incidents will be acting like stings of a scorpion on the conscience of telalangana people.CBN and his cohorts will have to pay a price for this. The antics of the CBN’s hounds would be of interest to watch in the coming days. The majority of T-TDP group is likely to remain with this incorrigible CBN and try to create confusion in the minds of the people. Though the group by itself is not germane to the formation of Telangana state, its allegiance to the infamous ‘two eyed theory’ will be used by Congress in the procrastination.
While Sonia Gandhi and CBN are the architects of the Telangana logjam, our own T-congress and T-TDP legislators are the traitors, who built the logjam. Telangana people should target these traitors to break the logjam. Let us not dither any more on it. Let’s do it, to bring our traitors on to their knees.
Thanks Janardhan Janumpalli for sharing
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Jun 3, 2011 (5 days ago)
Rajanarasimha is the Deputy CM
C. Damodar Rajanarasimha, Minister for Higher Education, has been officially sounded out to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in a chain of political developments triggered by the sudden decision of the government to convene a brief session of the Assembly and Council on June 4. The 52-year-old Dalit leader represents Andole Assembly constituency in Medak district of Telangana.
As expected, the Congress leadership has also decided to elevate Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar as Speaker of the Assembly, a post lying vacant since Kiran Kumar Reddy became Chief Minister in November last. Mr. Manohar tendered his resignation as Deputy Speaker on Thursday evening to pave the way for the Congress MLAs to propose his name for the Speakership.
Mr. Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, presently Government Chief Whip, is likely to step into Mr. Manohar’s shoes as he has been summoned to the State capital from Kakinada. In the Council, A. Chakrapani is tipped for a second term as Chairman although there is no clarity yet on who will be his deputy as the Congress leadership is undecided between Mohd. Jani and S. Jagadishwar Reddy.
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan has appointed senior Congress member J.C. Diwakar Reddy as pro tem Speaker, who will have the onerous responsibility of conducting the Speaker’s election. The Assembly has been convened to meet at 11 a.m. and the Council at 4 p.m., both on Saturday.
Immediately seizing the opportunity, a TDP delegation led by E. Dayakar Rao and Tummala Nageswara Rao submitted a notice of no-confidence motion to the Legislature Secretary S. Rajasadaram with the request for extending the House beyond the two days proposed by the government to facilitate a thorough debate on the government’s failures, particularly on the farmers’ front.
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Jun 3, 2011 (5 days ago)
No need for all-party meet on Telangana
TRS MLA T Harish Rao said that if the Congress-led UPA government was not ready to deliver Telangana state, the Congress party may lose its political base in the region and people would intensify the movement to achieve their target.
In reaction to the Union Home minister P Chidambaram’s statement that the Centre would call for an all-party meeting again on Telangana, Harish Rao said that there was no need for it as all the parties had already expressed their stand and it was now time for the Centre to make a decision. He said that Congress MPs should also take a decision with sincerity and simply extending deadlines would not help the future of the party.
TRS MLA and party leader E Rajendar was of the opinion that a lack of decision on part of the UPA government would strengthen BJP in the region. This was evident from the success of the public meeting held by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj at Karimnagar on Tuesday, he said. “BJP has credibility among the masses as it was the BJP-led NDA government that formed three new states,” he said.
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Jun 3, 2011 (5 days ago)
TDP to move no trust motion against Congress government
The principal opposition party TDP has announced its plans to move a no-confidence motion against the Congress government, which is already grappling with the contentious Telangana statehood demand and dissidence.
As the budget session resumes on June 4, the TDP led by its chief N Chandrababu Naidu will move a no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government on problems faced by farmers in the state.
Though the TDP does not have enough numbers to pull down the Congress government, its objective in moving the no-trust motion appears to be part of its strategy to regain the lost ground, particularly in the wake of the Telangana statehood struggle, and also “expose” YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, political observers feel.
Parties like TRS and BJP have made it clear that they would support a no-confidence motion against the government brought by anyone.
With its own strength of 90 MLAs, the TDP can muster support of 11 TRS, four CPI, two BJP and one CPM taking the total to 111 in the 294-member assembly.
The Congress, on the other hand, has a strength of 154 MLAs of its own and can count on the support of 17 Praja Rajyam and seven Majlis legislators besides three “associate” members.
The lone Lok Satta MLA is expected to remain neutral. The YSR Congress officially has only one MLA in the AP assembly though about a dozen Congress, two TDP MLA and one of PRP are backing him in violation of their respective parties.
Source : TOI
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As the budget session resumes on June 4, the TDP led by its chief N Chandrababu Naidu will move a no-confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government on problems faced by farmers in the state.
Though the TDP does not have enough numbers to pull down the Congress government, its objective in moving the no-trust motion appears to be part of its strategy to regain the lost ground, particularly in the wake of the Telangana statehood struggle, and also “expose” YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, political observers feel.
Parties like TRS and BJP have made it clear that they would support a no-confidence motion against the government brought by anyone.
With its own strength of 90 MLAs, the TDP can muster support of 11 TRS, four CPI, two BJP and one CPM taking the total to 111 in the 294-member assembly.
The Congress, on the other hand, has a strength of 154 MLAs of its own and can count on the support of 17 Praja Rajyam and seven Majlis legislators besides three “associate” members.
The lone Lok Satta MLA is expected to remain neutral. The YSR Congress officially has only one MLA in the AP assembly though about a dozen Congress, two TDP MLA and one of PRP are backing him in violation of their respective parties.
Source : TOI
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Jun 2, 2011 (6 days ago)
BJP’s fortunes revived with its support for Telangana
With a massive public meeting in support of the formation of a Telangana state, the marginalised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has managed to claw its way onto the centre stage. The meeting proved a grand success as the attendance exceeded the expectations of the party leaders. While BJP leaders had said they expect 25,0000-30,000 people, the number of people who attended the meeting is estimated at more than 50,000 with thousands of people who could not enter the stadium lingered outside it.
The ‘Telangana Poru’ meeting addressed by Sushma Swaraj, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, was an impressive show of strength by the party whose fortunes in the state have been waning for a long time.
Swaraj not only succeeded in sending a message to the Telangana masses that her party was clear in its stand that the Telangana state should have been formed by now; she also managed to put the Congress and other parties on the defensive.
Swaraj demanded that the Congress-led central government table a Telangana state bill in the coming session of Parliament.
“The NDA will extend full support to ensure the passage of the bill. Otherwise the BJP will form the Telangana state after it returns to power in 2014,” she declared. “This will be the first act of the BJP after it comes to power.”
A huge number of people from different districts of Telangana gathered in Ambedkar Stadium to listen to Swaraj and other BJP state leaders.
The senior BJP leader also targeted the Congress party for its “repeated betrayal” of the people of Telangana and said that the Srikrishna committee report was another example of this.
She criticised the panel for making “secret” the eighth chapter of its report and said that this was the first time that a panel has made recommendations against the very cause for which it was set up.
She criticised the secret chapter for allegedly claiming that Maoists and the BJP would dominate the newly-formed Telangana state. She also ridiculed TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s statement that he will give a letter of support for Telangana only after the central government announces the state’s formation.
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Jun 2, 2011 (6 days ago)
Governor accepts Jupalli’s resignation
Governor E S L Narasimhan today accepted the resignation of State Endowments Minister Jupalli Krishna Rao, who quit over the Telangana issue.”On the advice of the Chief Minister, the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of Jupalli Krishna Rao with effect from June 1,” a press communique from the Raj Bhavan said. Rao met the Governor yesterday and submitted his resignation.
In fact, Jupalli had forwarded a letter to party President Sonia Gandhi in March, saying he would step down as Minister if Telangana state was not created.Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister called on the Governor in the Raj Bhavan. Officials described the meeting as a “routine courtesy call” but indicated that Jupalli’s resignation issue came up for discussion.Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah, currently on an official trip to Israel, has been handed over additional charge of Endowments Department till alternative arrangements are made.
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Jun 1, 2011 10:31 PM
TRS will vote against Congress if no-trust motion moved
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) said it would vote against it if a no-confidence is moved on the floor of Assembly.”Not just Jagan, whoever comes forward, we will vote against the government,” TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s son and party MLA K T Rama Rao told reporters.
The Congress government, led by N Kiran Kumar Reddy, has lost the confidence of Telangana people, he said while replying to a query on the war of words between Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy and TDP. Reddy had said that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the major opposition party in the state, was not moving a no-confidence motion against the Congress government following a clandestine understanding between the two. TDP said in its reply that it was prepared to move a no-trust motion against the Reddy government on farmers’ issues if Jagan paraded the MLAs loyal to him before Andhra Pradesh Governor, if he wanted to dethrone the government.
Rama Rao today submitted three letters to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy regarding the delinking of upper Manair project from Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project, problems of weavers in his assembly constituency of Sircilla and a loan waiver for the cooperative societies of weavers.
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Jun 1, 2011 10:31 PM
Telangana hots up
With the resignation of Endowment Minister Jupally Krishna Rao in Congress and three MLAs coming out openly in support of Janardhan Reddy in TDP, the Telangana issue has come to the center stage again and its time for creation of the separate state, feel many.
Krishna Rao has submitted his resignation to the governor ESL Narasimhan. Later he told the media that he had sent his resignation from the cabinet to the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on March 3 but he did not accept it. “Now I have decided to directly submit it to the governor”, he said.
Krishna Rao, who belongs to Mehbubnagar district of Telangana, took the step just a day before he was to resume his Padyatra in the district to press the demand for Telangana state. He had to adjourn his Padyatra on May 23 after it was opposed by another minister from the same district D K Aruna saying Kirshna Rao had not consulted her.
Krishna Rao’s resignation letter to the governor is also being seen as a fall out of the government’s failure in granting permission to his Padyatra. The minister has already created a stir in the Congress party as his Padyatra has got the support of several Congress MPs from Telangana region. At least one minister from the region K Venkat Reddy has also come out with his support.
The developments have come close on the heel of the Congress MPs threatening to resign from the Parliament if the central government does not take a positive decision on Telangana issue in the month of June.
TROUBLE IN TDP
Meanwhile, Telugu Desam party is also having its own share of trouble on Telangana issue suspended party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy today got a shot in the arm with three MLAs coming out openly in his support.
Janardhan Reddy, who was most vocal supporter of Telangana in the party was suspended from TDP last week. Three MLAs K Harishwar Reddy, Jogu Ramanna and Venugopala Chary were among the party leaders who attended a meeting today convened by Janardhan Reddy. The meeting discussed the proposed meeting of Nagam Janardhan Reddy in Adilabad district.
On the other hand the Telugu Desam Telangana Forum, comprising of the supporters of TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu also demanded the central government to immediately announce the formation of Telangana state. Forum convenor and MLA E Dayakar Rao and other legislators told the media in Hyderabad today the entire confusion was arising because of the double talk by the Congress party and central government.
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Jun 1, 2011 9:30 PM
Will Jaipal Reddy quit Cabinet for T ?
Caught between a rock and a hard place, petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy is mulling quitting the Manmohan Singh cabinet. Though an agonisingly slow decision- maker, Jaipal is expected to take a call in the next few days and it might possibly be to make an exit.
Jaipal has already announced that he would not contest the 2014 polls. “His mission now is to ensure that Telangana happens before the next elections. Only an extreme step like quitting the cabinet and plunging into state politics can help achieve that,” the sources said. Jaipal’s new zeal for Telangana is surprising to many because publicly he has hitherto maintained a pro-united state stance.
Other factors too are said to have prompted Jaipal to take the decision. “The fast changing scenario in the state including the floating of new political party YSR Congress by Jaganmohan Reddy and his desire to enter Telangana is also acting as a contributory factor,” said the sources. They claimed that senior leaders and close aides like panchayat raj minister K Jana Reddy, PCC chief D Srinivas, Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao and a few other MPs convinced him to take the plunge in state politics and force the Centre’s hand on the T issue. Jaipal has been desirous of becoming CM of the state for long but he has not been able to make his claim decisively. Developments in New Delhi too could have prompted him to take the extreme step, said the sources. “Although he was sent to the powerful petroleum ministry, Jaipal was not consulted over the recent hike in petrol prices. He had fiercely opposed the hike soon after the assembly elections,” said an aide.
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Jun 1, 2011 9:30 PM
Time for Telangana
It is time for the Congress to take the plunge and carve the state of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. There are many reasons to do so, not least the fact that historically, state boundaries get drawn and redrawn many times. When it became a republic, India was composed of 14 states. Now, at 28, it has double the number. Many states like Andhra Pradesh itself, were carved out of bigger entities after linguistic or ethnic movements. The three newest states, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, were created as recently as 2000. State boundaries are not carved in stone, but need to adjust to local needs and politics. The argument for Telangana is simple: the region’s people want out and a new state of their own. Statehood might give the backward region a chance to run things better. Indeed, there is evidence to show that smaller states carved out of bigger ones tend to do better than their parent states: in 2008-09, the average person in Jharkhand was 50% better off than the average Bihari, the average Chhattisgarh resident was 54% better off than someone in Madhya Pradesh and income per head in Uttarakhand was 95% more than that in Uttar Pradesh. Why should we doubt that Telangana, home to much forest and mineral wealth, could take off on a similar trajectory after becoming a state?
Most of the reasons for the Congress’ chicken-hearted dither over Telangana do not exist any more. Its powerful chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy , an opponent of the idea of Telangana, is no more. Son Jaganmohan is a rebel who has just beaten the Congress in recent bypolls. The main opposition party, the TDP , oscillates opportunistically between pro- and anti-Telangana postures.
The current administration headed by Kiran Reddy has no platform. Creating Telangana will win the Congress many hearts and votes in the region, and stem the losses in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra. It will also create the opportunity to create a new capital, with all the new spending and infrastructure that’s required, away from Hyderabad. There is precious little to lose – and much to gain, from creating Telangana state. Get on with it.
Most of the reasons for the Congress’ chicken-hearted dither over Telangana do not exist any more. Its powerful chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy , an opponent of the idea of Telangana, is no more. Son Jaganmohan is a rebel who has just beaten the Congress in recent bypolls. The main opposition party, the TDP , oscillates opportunistically between pro- and anti-Telangana postures.
The current administration headed by Kiran Reddy has no platform. Creating Telangana will win the Congress many hearts and votes in the region, and stem the losses in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra. It will also create the opportunity to create a new capital, with all the new spending and infrastructure that’s required, away from Hyderabad. There is precious little to lose – and much to gain, from creating Telangana state. Get on with it.
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May 28, 2011 10:53 AM
Deputy CM from Telangana, PCC Chief from Andhra
The Congress high command has come to a decision to appoint a leader from Telangana as Deputy Chief Minister and higher education minister Damodar Rajanarasimha is considered to be the party’s hot favourite for the post. The party has also decided to appoint someone from Andhra as PCC president and is examining who, between two front runners housing minister Kanna Lakshminarayana and transport minister Botsa Satyanaryana, fits the bill better.
The announcement on appointment of the new PCC chief is likely to be made in the next four to five days.
Though chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy reportedly wanted the PCC president to be from Telangana, the central leadership appears to have the interests of the party in coastal Andhra uppermost in its mind in the wake of the humiliating defeat YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had inflicted on the Congress in the by-elections and his efforts to emerge as a major threat to the Congress in Andhra and Rayalaseema.
In the meanwhile, Telangana MPs, who appeared to have been rattled by the violence in Karimnagar on Wednesday, are veering to the conclusion that they should do something dramatic or they will be forced to go into political exile.
They are planning to go on an indefinite hunger strike after June 15. If the party does not respond positively even then, they will resign as a last resort.
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May 28, 2011 10:53 AM
తెలగాణ రణ రధం
తెలగాణ రణ రధం
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కదిలింది కదిలింది తెలగాణ రణ రథం
ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర పోరు పథం !! కది !!
సిధాంతకర్త ‘జయ శంకర’ భీష్మ పిత
తెలగాణ ‘జాతి పిత’ అయి ఆశీర్వదించగా …
ప్రచండ భాస్కరుడు ‘చంద్రశేఖరుడు’ తోడు రాగ
కొండంత అండ ‘కోదండ రాము’ సారధి ఆయె !! కది !!
తెలగాణ కురుక్షేత్ర వీర పుత్రులు ‘తారక’ ‘హరీషు’లు అశ్వముల కాగా ..
ఉద్యోగ JAC జండా పై కపిరాజు ఆయె.
వీర విధ్యార్ది JAC వీరాత్వం అలుమగా …
ఘర్జించిన గద్డరన్న గాండీవం మాయే !! కది !!
దాశరథి కవితా జోరు వారసుడు మన ‘దేశపతి’
కాళోజీ కాలానికి పునర్జన్మ మన ‘అంధేశ్రీ’
బడుగు ప్రజా నాడి ప్రతి ధ్వని మన ‘నందిని’
కవులందరు చేరి రణ శంఖము పూరించగా !! కది !!
బళ్ళెం అయి దిగదా ‘అల్లం’ రాసిన వ్యాసం
దివిటిగా మారి దారి చుపదా ‘లక్ష్మయ్య’ వాఖ్యానం
గణ గణ గంటల ఘర్జన ల మోత ‘గంటా’ చెక్రాపాణి గళం
జన నాడి జాడ ఎరిగి నగారా మోగించిన ‘నాగం’
పోరు పాట చురకత్తులు ‘రసమయీ’ ‘విమలక్క’లు
రాటు దేలిన పాటల తూటాలు మన రమా కిశోర్ లు…
సంస్కృతి కాపాడ యువత వెన్ను తట్టి లేపె మన జాగృతి ‘కవిత’ !! కది !!
కవులు కళా కారులందరు కాకలు తీరిన వీరులు
మలి దశ ఉద్యమాన మడిమలు తిప్పని యోధులు
లేరా వీరందరు మనకు..కారా ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర సాధన ధీరులు
కదిలింది తెలంగాణా ర ణ రధం
ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర పోరు పథం !!
—- సుధీంద్ర భార్గవ
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కదిలింది కదిలింది తెలగాణ రణ రథం
ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర పోరు పథం !! కది !!
సిధాంతకర్త ‘జయ శంకర’ భీష్మ పిత
తెలగాణ ‘జాతి పిత’ అయి ఆశీర్వదించగా …
ప్రచండ భాస్కరుడు ‘చంద్రశేఖరుడు’ తోడు రాగ
కొండంత అండ ‘కోదండ రాము’ సారధి ఆయె !! కది !!
తెలగాణ కురుక్షేత్ర వీర పుత్రులు ‘తారక’ ‘హరీషు’లు అశ్వముల కాగా ..
ఉద్యోగ JAC జండా పై కపిరాజు ఆయె.
వీర విధ్యార్ది JAC వీరాత్వం అలుమగా …
ఘర్జించిన గద్డరన్న గాండీవం మాయే !! కది !!
దాశరథి కవితా జోరు వారసుడు మన ‘దేశపతి’
కాళోజీ కాలానికి పునర్జన్మ మన ‘అంధేశ్రీ’
బడుగు ప్రజా నాడి ప్రతి ధ్వని మన ‘నందిని’
కవులందరు చేరి రణ శంఖము పూరించగా !! కది !!
బళ్ళెం అయి దిగదా ‘అల్లం’ రాసిన వ్యాసం
దివిటిగా మారి దారి చుపదా ‘లక్ష్మయ్య’ వాఖ్యానం
గణ గణ గంటల ఘర్జన ల మోత ‘గంటా’ చెక్రాపాణి గళం
జన నాడి జాడ ఎరిగి నగారా మోగించిన ‘నాగం’
పోరు పాట చురకత్తులు ‘రసమయీ’ ‘విమలక్క’లు
రాటు దేలిన పాటల తూటాలు మన రమా కిశోర్ లు…
సంస్కృతి కాపాడ యువత వెన్ను తట్టి లేపె మన జాగృతి ‘కవిత’ !! కది !!
కవులు కళా కారులందరు కాకలు తీరిన వీరులు
మలి దశ ఉద్యమాన మడిమలు తిప్పని యోధులు
లేరా వీరందరు మనకు..కారా ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర సాధన ధీరులు
కదిలింది తెలంగాణా ర ణ రధం
ప్రత్యేక రాష్ట్ర పోరు పథం !!
—- సుధీంద్ర భార్గవ
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May 27, 2011 10:56 AM
TRS, YSR Congress woo Nagam
After being suspended Tuesday from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the party’s politburo member and senior leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy is mulling his future action as opposition parties are wooing him.
Nagam began consultations with his colleagues and followers Thursday as Telanga Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and YSR Congress party initiated efforts to woo him to their ranks. But the former minister is keeping his cards close to his chest.
With the TDP also planning to urge assembly Deputy Speaker N. Manohar to disqualify Nagam as legislator, the senior leader from Mahabubnagar district is contemplating to quit the assembly.
Two TDP legislators from the Telangana region, Harishwar Reddy and Jogi Ramna, have already thrown their weight behind Nagam. Harishwar has even claimed that 25-30 legislators would join hands with them.
Nagam, who served as minister for 12 years in the Andhra Pradesh cabinets led by the late N.T. Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu, told reporters that he would decide on his future action after consultations with other like-minded leaders and followers.
At its emergency meeting Tuesday night, the TDP politburo suspended Nagam for what it called anti-party activities.
For the last few days, the senior leader had been targeting party president Chandrababu Naidu for his “u-turn” on the demand for separate Telangana state. He even organised two public meetings without party flag.
“I only want Mr. Naidu to abide by the stand taken by the party before last elections,” said Nagam.
Continuing his tirade against Naidu, he said by suspending him Naidu had proved himself a leader of seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions).
He said if Naidu goes on suspending leaders for raising the demand for Telangana, the party would have no future in Telangana.
Meanwhile, TRS leader Jitender Reddy called on Nagam and reportedly requested him to join the party. YSR Congress party leader Gone Prakash Rao also called on the suspended TDP leader to join the newly-floated outfit.
News making rounds is that Nagam has been offered the post of working president in the TRS party.
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May 26, 2011 11:13 AM
Is it Ranabheri or Goonda Bheri?
Telangana Telugu Desam Forum’s Ranabheri in Karimnagar, its maiden public meeting for Telangana cause, was marred by large scale violence on Wednesday.
In the evening, amidst tight security, the TDP organised the public meeting where the speakers targeted TRS leaders and TDP rebel Nagam Janardhan Reddy.
Telangana activists demanded that Chandrababu Naidu spell out his stand on Telangana issue without beating around the bush with his two-eyed policy and that he should send a letter to the Centre that the TDP was committed to the Telangana cause.
TDP Telangana leader Revanth Reddy was seen carrying a rifle to the meeting.
The fact that the people from Andhra region settled in Hyderabad were mobilised for the public meeting and several goondas from Seemandhra region were summoned to provide protection to TDP leaders, has added fuel to the fire.
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In the evening, amidst tight security, the TDP organised the public meeting where the speakers targeted TRS leaders and TDP rebel Nagam Janardhan Reddy.
Telangana activists demanded that Chandrababu Naidu spell out his stand on Telangana issue without beating around the bush with his two-eyed policy and that he should send a letter to the Centre that the TDP was committed to the Telangana cause.
TDP Telangana leader Revanth Reddy was seen carrying a rifle to the meeting.
The fact that the people from Andhra region settled in Hyderabad were mobilised for the public meeting and several goondas from Seemandhra region were summoned to provide protection to TDP leaders, has added fuel to the fire.
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May 26, 2011 11:13 AM
Nagam suspended. Says babu did not allow him to fight for T.
The TDP Politburo, which met at party president N Chandrababu Naidu’s residence soon after the conclusion of party’s Ranabheri in Karimnagar on Wednesday, endorsed the recommendation of the Telangana Telugu Desam Forum (TTDF) made three days ago that the Nagarkurnool legislator be suspended.
It is for the first time in the TDP that a Politburo member was suspended without being served a show-cause notice. Janardhan Reddy was a minister for 12 years in the cabinets of NTR and Chandrababu.
After the end of the meeting, TDP Politburo member P Chandrasekhar said action was taken against Nagam for making uncharitable comments not only on Chandrababu, but also on the TDP leadership. The Politburo did not mention the period of his suspension.
In the mean while, Nagam Janardhan Reddy suspected implementation of the contents in the Eighth Chapter of Srikrishna Committee report by both the Congress and TDP. “Why should Seemandhra people from Hyderabad be mobilised for Karimnagar Ranabheri if the meeting is meant for Telangana cause? I am ready to resign my MLA post. A decision will be taken in a day or two after consulting the people of my Nagarkurnool constituency. In reality, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu did not give me enough freedom to fight for the Telangana cause,” he said.
Talking to newsmen at the TDLP office earlier in the day, he urged Babu to rein in Telangana Telugu Desam Forum (TTDF) members from resorting to violence at Ranabheri as some members went to the meeting with their licensed firearms.
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May 24, 2011 12:11 PM
Stage set for suspension of Nagam
The stage is set for action against Nagam Janardhan Reddy before TDP’s Mahanadu, with the Telangana Telugu Desam Forum adopting a unanimous resolution seeking his suspension accusing him of resorting to anti-party activities.
Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Forum, its convenor, E. Dayakar Rao, said the resolution would be sent to party president N. Chandrababu Naidu. Accusing Dr. Janardhan Reddy of working as an “agent and covert” of YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, he said by his actions, he was damaging the interests of the party and Telangana.
The Forum’s resolution could deepen the crisis within the party as Dr. Janardhan Reddy enjoyed the support of four MLAs. One of them, Parigi MLA K. Harishwar Reddy, earlier in the day, warned that there would be serious consequences if the leadership proceeded against Dr. Janardhan Reddy.
Mr. Harishwar Reddy shot off an open letter to the Forum questioning its authority to take or demand action against Dr. Janardhan Reddy. He wanted the Forum to clarify if its meetings were meant for taking such “dubious decisions” against senior party colleagues or chalking out programmes for achieving separate Telangana.
He wondered how action could be taken against Dr. Janardhan Reddy when the leadership did nothing after Mr. Dayakar Rao campaigned without carrying the party flag during the by-elections. No action was taken either against Andhra/Rayalseema MLAs who resigned in protest after Mr. Chidambaram’s announcement of Telangana on December 9, took out a ‘bus yatra’ in their region, and held placards in the Assembly in the budget session. Another supporter, Adilabad MLA, Jogu Ramulu said Dr. Janardhan Reddy continued to be his leader.
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