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Government defers Telangana decision; BJP, TRS
slam betrayal
Monday January 28, 2013 08:52:06 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi/Hyderabad: The Telengana issue flared up again Sunday with the central
government deferring a decision on a separate state ahead of its
own Jan 28 deadline, saying consultations were on and more time
was needed. Pro-Telangana groups were up in arms, calling it a
betrayal.
The announcement was however hailed by proponents of an united
Andhra Pradesh.
"The consultation process on Telangana issue is on. It may take
little more time to reach a final decision," union Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde said in a brief statement in the national
capital after it appeared certain that the Jan 28 deadline set by
him to decide on the issue would be missed.
The minister Monday flies to Dhaka to sign the India-Bangladesh
extradition treaty.
At an all-party meeting Dec 28, Shinde had said the government
will decide on the issue within a month.
"More consultations are needed on the issue," said union Health
Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Azad, who is in
charge of Andhra Pradesh.
Azad said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, state
Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayan and senior state leaders from
all regions of the state to Delhi for further consultations.
"It was for the union home ministry to fix a real time-limit for a
decision on the vexed issue," he said.
The BJP accused the Congress of "betrayal" saying it was "playing
with the sentiments" of the people of Telangana.
"This is nothing but betrayal. The will of the people of Telangana
who are protesting in a democratic and sane manner is not being
respected. The Congress and centre are making the whole process a
mockery," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters in
Delhi.
Accusing the Congress of once again betraying the people, the
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) decided to launch an agitation
targeting Congress ministers, MPs and state legislators in the
Telangana region.
TRS leader K. Tarakarama Rao demanded resignation of all Congress
MPs and ministers to pressurize the central government to concede
their demand.
Leaders of Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), which launched
two-day protest in Hyderabad Sunday, the BJP, Communist Party of
India (CPI) and Telangana leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
condemned the statements of Shinde and Azad.
Hundreds of Telengana activists gathered after police granted
permission to the Telangana JAC to hold demonstrations in the
Andhra capital till Monday.
There were mixed reactions to their statements from the Congress
leaders in Telangana. Some MPs said they were disappointed but
hoped that the centre would soon take a positive decision. "We
will meet to chalk out our future course of action," said S.
Rajaiah, one of the MPs.
State minister K. Jana Reddy was hopeful that despite the delay,
Congress would take a decision in tune with the aspirations of the
people of Telangana.
Congress leaders from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions),
who were actively lobbying against the state's division, hailed
the central government's announcement. State minister G. Srinivasa
Rao said it was clear from Shinde's statement that the state would
remain undivided.
Shinde's announcement came a day after the Congress core group
including party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh discussed the issue Saturday with Shinde, Azad and Gandhi's
political secretary Ahmed Patel.
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