Dhaka (Bangladesh), June 14: Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar tried to enter Bangladesh on Wedne..
Telangana: UPA in a mess, is President’s rule on cards?

After a prolonged stalemate, there’s some movement on the Telangana front. It’s too early to conclude that it would lead to the end of the impasse over the course of action on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh but the sense urgency on both sides — the UPA and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) — is visible.
However, the priorities for both are different. The UPA is focussed on ending the 26-day-old strike by pro-Telangana protesters which has virtually paralysed life in the region. Government employees, transport staff and coal workers have struck work, triggering a crisis of unusual dimensions. Electricity production has been hit after close to 50,000 workers at the Singareni Coal unit stayed off work; everything else has virtually come to a standstill. Unless the government finds a way out immediately the damage could hurtle beyond control. It ma to go
The TRS is trying to address the political worries of the Congress and the UPA’s trouble over the status of Hyderabad after the division of Andhra Pradesh, the core issue in the Telangana debate.
According to a report in the Indian Express, which quoted Harish Rao, nephew of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, the party was ready to discuss merger with the Congress if it agreed to create the Telangana state. He also said the TRS did not have a problem accepting Hyderabad as a joint capital till a new capital was developed for Andhra Pradesh.
However, the Congress is not likely to bite the bait, not immediately at least. Its first concern is to protect its political future in the state, one of its last strongholds in the country and find the best way out. Any hurried decision would certainly land it in big trouble in the general elections of 2014.
Meanwhile, the party is busy holding hectic consultations to quell the Telangana fire. On Friday evening, the party’s core committee members, including Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel, AICC chief Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, met in New Delhi to discuss the issue. However, the meeting failed to reach any conclusion. Last week, Azad had held discussions with Congress leaders from Telangana, Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra and submitted his report to Sonia Gandhi.
The challenge for the Congress at the moment is two-fold: first, end the ongoing strike and second, come up with some position which would be satisfactory to the members of the Telangana Joint Action Committee, which is spreaheading the movement. The second one is intended to buy more time. The UPA and the Congress need it desperately — the creation of Telangana is almost unstoppable now; both have to ensure it works to their advantage.
The party is expected to discuss the issue with renewed urgency today as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Reddy and state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana have been summoned to New Delhi. Governor ESL Narasimhan is likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too to discuss the issue.
According to a report in the CNN-IBN, there is speculation of imposition of President’s Rule in the state. Such a decision might be necessitated in view of the current state of impasse in the state due to the strike by pro-Telangana agitators. But it is not likely solve the problem. It could aggravate it instead.
Share Your View via Facebook
top trend
-
Bangladesh restricts illegally intruding Rohingya Muslims: Says we are overburdened
-
Bhushan Paid Price for Being Pro-Pak on Kashmir: Sena
While the entire political class and social workers are exhibiting their reverence to non-violence and are condemning the ..
-
Swadeshi is a Mindset of Self-Confidence - KN Govindacharya
"Those who want to transform India cannot do so by learning about it on the internet or through books, but only by ..
-
NASA to echo Sanskrit in space, website confirms its Mission Sanskrit
Agra: Very soon the traditional Indian language Sanskrit will be a part of the space, with the United States of America ..
-
PIL at Supreme Court to bring back 2.5 billion francs from Rajiv Gandhi s Swiss bank account
The mantra that L K Advani began to chant in 2009 General Election, one that was transformed into the aspiration of mill..
what next
-
-
"Coal allocations since 1993 are arbitrary and illegal", Says Supreme Court
-
Palestine, 6 billion people and second hand opinions
-
Malegaon 2006 vs. Malegaon 2008 - Blast Politics
-
Who will investigate Chidambaram & Co for the Dabhol Loot?
-
Narendra Modi prepares to climb the ramparts of the Red Fort
-
The Great Jindal Swindle
-
AAP's insidious anti-Hindu agenda
-
Nagma - Sonia Gandhi's Star Soldier
-
Aam Aadmi Party : Anti-Modi stalking horse
-
What in God's name is Teesta Setalvad's agenda?
-
-
-
Time to rethink : Saffron surge and the secular debacle - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
-
India's Wishlist for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
-
My first meeting with Narendra Modi - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
-
Telangana - Divide and Rule?
-
Myths vs Facts about RSS
-
The Two States: Telangana and Seemandhra
-
Answering Media on Questions to Narendra Modi, but will they venture into responding these queries?
-
#AAPCon : Dilli ke log ban gaye Mamu
-
Secularism is just synonymous with Sanatan Dharm
-
Beware of the Hoax called Aam Aadmi Party
-
IBTL Gallery
-
-
An untold story of Terrorism, Hawala and Corruption Crusader Vineet Narain
-
Gujarat Election manifesto, a commitment to inclusive development of Gujarat
-
Discovery of Higgs Boson 'God Particle' : IBTL Exclusive Interview with Dr Meenakshi Narain
-
Bharat, Land of a Thousand Hues : Each color has its own significance
-
Comments (Leave a Reply)