Kiran Kumar Reddy vetoes Telangana demand
Kiran Kumar Reddy vetoes Telangana demand
HYDERABAD: An upbeat chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy asserted on Tuesday that no forward movement on Telangana can happen now as politics cannot be the ground for carving out a separate state. In what is being seen as a missile aimed at the TRS and other political parties and organizations like Telangana political JAC, BJP and CPI who are seeking the division of the state, the chief minister in separate interviews to national English news channels on Tuesday said: "The Telangana issue cannot be seen from the prism of politics. Politics cannot be the ground for the division of the state."
This is the strongest statement issued by Kiran Kumar on the demand for Telangana and comes a few days after his assertion in Krishna district that no state can be divided until there is a consensus for the same and a majority agrees to the proposal. "The CM's statement seems to indicate that he has been given the green signal to be assertive against the demand for Telangana. This appears to have been communicated to him after the successful handling of the Chalo Hyderabad march on September 30," analysts said.
However, the TRS was quick to condemn the CM's statement and indications are that party supremo is all set to return to Hyderabad on Wednesday and take on all who are opposing the demand for Telangana. Confirming to TOI that K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) will return to the state capital on Wednesday, TRS politburo member B Vinod Kumar, who is accompanying the party chief in Delhi, said Kiran Kumar had no locus standi to make such statements. "When everybody including the CM is playing politics, what does he mean by saying that politics cannot be the grounds for dividing the state? If that is the case, why did his party include the creation of Telangana in the 2004 election manifesto? Why was the Srikrishna committee formed? And why did then Union home minister P Chidambaram make a statement on Telangana? Kiran has to justify all these," Vinod Kumar said.
Meanwhile, despite the apparent tension between the TRS and TJAC over holding the Chalo Hyderabad march, several TJAC members turned optimistic after hearing that KCR would return to town on Wednesday. TJAC leader M Swamy Goud said he was hopeful that KCR will once again take the pivotal role in the Telangana movement being carried out by them. "We will appeal to KCR to assume the guiding role for the TJAC as his leadership and guidance is very much needed in the prevailing situation," Goud said.
Reacting to reports of TJAC putting pressure on Telangana ministers in his cabinet to resign and strengthen the movement, the chief minister in his interview said any decision to resign is the individual prerogative of the minister and that he would not tolerate any such pressure being put on them. "Those who want to resign from the cabinet can convey their wish to the party state-in-charge and do so. However, resignations are personal decisions. But, if anybody exerts pressure on them or tries to influence them to resign, it is my responsibility to ensure that the ministers are protected," he said.
HYDERABAD: An upbeat chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy asserted on Tuesday that no forward movement on Telangana can happen now as politics cannot be the ground for carving out a separate state. In what is being seen as a missile aimed at the TRS and other political parties and organizations like Telangana political JAC, BJP and CPI who are seeking the division of the state, the chief minister in separate interviews to national English news channels on Tuesday said: "The Telangana issue cannot be seen from the prism of politics. Politics cannot be the ground for the division of the state."
This is the strongest statement issued by Kiran Kumar on the demand for Telangana and comes a few days after his assertion in Krishna district that no state can be divided until there is a consensus for the same and a majority agrees to the proposal. "The CM's statement seems to indicate that he has been given the green signal to be assertive against the demand for Telangana. This appears to have been communicated to him after the successful handling of the Chalo Hyderabad march on September 30," analysts said.
However, the TRS was quick to condemn the CM's statement and indications are that party supremo is all set to return to Hyderabad on Wednesday and take on all who are opposing the demand for Telangana. Confirming to TOI that K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) will return to the state capital on Wednesday, TRS politburo member B Vinod Kumar, who is accompanying the party chief in Delhi, said Kiran Kumar had no locus standi to make such statements. "When everybody including the CM is playing politics, what does he mean by saying that politics cannot be the grounds for dividing the state? If that is the case, why did his party include the creation of Telangana in the 2004 election manifesto? Why was the Srikrishna committee formed? And why did then Union home minister P Chidambaram make a statement on Telangana? Kiran has to justify all these," Vinod Kumar said.
Meanwhile, despite the apparent tension between the TRS and TJAC over holding the Chalo Hyderabad march, several TJAC members turned optimistic after hearing that KCR would return to town on Wednesday. TJAC leader M Swamy Goud said he was hopeful that KCR will once again take the pivotal role in the Telangana movement being carried out by them. "We will appeal to KCR to assume the guiding role for the TJAC as his leadership and guidance is very much needed in the prevailing situation," Goud said.
Reacting to reports of TJAC putting pressure on Telangana ministers in his cabinet to resign and strengthen the movement, the chief minister in his interview said any decision to resign is the individual prerogative of the minister and that he would not tolerate any such pressure being put on them. "Those who want to resign from the cabinet can convey their wish to the party state-in-charge and do so. However, resignations are personal decisions. But, if anybody exerts pressure on them or tries to influence them to resign, it is my responsibility to ensure that the ministers are protected," he said.
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