United Andhra protagonists can take heart as the Bharatiya Janata Party will not support the Telangana bill unless concerns of Seemandhra people are addressed, a move that could delay the process of forming the new state.
In the next step towards forming the new state, the ruling Congress is supposed to place a comprehensive cabinet note, containing substantive and procedural issues for formation of Telangana, but with BJP lately voicing Seemandhra concerns openly, the Congress is suddenly unsure of unstinted support from the main opposition party on this issue and is therefore delaying the process, sources said.
“There are certain issues which need to be urgently tackled. As a national party, we have to take care of interests of the people of all regions. Still we demand the government to move the Telangana bill in Parliament,” RS member M Venkaiah Naidu said, while accusing the Congress of mishandling the whole issue.
The BJP has openly criticized the government for failing to quell the increasing resentment in Seemandhra region, and they say it is the duty of the government to address the concerns of people from the roiled region and see if their fears are real or perceived. “The BJP has taken a principled stand on Telangana. But at the same we cannot be insensitive to the issues raised by the people of other regions,” he said, while denying that the BJP has diluted its stand on Telangana.
Earlier this week, opposition leader in Parliament Sushma Swaraj mentioned that people in bifurcated states under the NDA regime in 2000 were all distributing sweets, highlighting the failure of the Congress to gauge the anger among people in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
A subtle change in the BJP stand came after the recent tour of Hyderabad by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, said some analysts, after learning that it would be the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS and the Congress, which would sweep Telangana region in the upcoming polls.
In the next step towards forming the new state, the ruling Congress is supposed to place a comprehensive cabinet note, containing substantive and procedural issues for formation of Telangana, but with BJP lately voicing Seemandhra concerns openly, the Congress is suddenly unsure of unstinted support from the main opposition party on this issue and is therefore delaying the process, sources said.
“There are certain issues which need to be urgently tackled. As a national party, we have to take care of interests of the people of all regions. Still we demand the government to move the Telangana bill in Parliament,” RS member M Venkaiah Naidu said, while accusing the Congress of mishandling the whole issue.
The BJP has openly criticized the government for failing to quell the increasing resentment in Seemandhra region, and they say it is the duty of the government to address the concerns of people from the roiled region and see if their fears are real or perceived. “The BJP has taken a principled stand on Telangana. But at the same we cannot be insensitive to the issues raised by the people of other regions,” he said, while denying that the BJP has diluted its stand on Telangana.
Earlier this week, opposition leader in Parliament Sushma Swaraj mentioned that people in bifurcated states under the NDA regime in 2000 were all distributing sweets, highlighting the failure of the Congress to gauge the anger among people in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
A subtle change in the BJP stand came after the recent tour of Hyderabad by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, said some analysts, after learning that it would be the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS and the Congress, which would sweep Telangana region in the upcoming polls.
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