Delhi Darbar hosts high T

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No one seems to have a clue where the separate statehood issue is heading at this juncture. While the TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is camping in New Delhi apparently for deliberations with the Congress leaders regarding a favourable announcement by the month end, Union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad have categorically stated that nothing’s going to happen in the near future.

The TRS and other pro-Telangana bodies hope that UPA will take a positive decision on Telangana despite the non-committal attitude of the Union ministers. They say that the final decision lies with the UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, and the ministers’ statements were “inconsequential”. TRS is of the opinion that Mr Shinde’s comments were distorted by a section of the media and could not be construed as “UPA policy”.

While Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has not commented on the issue yet, it has drawn a strong rebuke from other TRS leaders, the BJP and other T- supporters. “Mr Shinde is talking like a Seemandhra leader. He should know about the Telangana issue before making such statements. Accelerated development is possible only through smaller states,” said TRS Floor leader in Assembly Mr Etela Rajender. TRS deputy Floor leader Mr T. Harish Rao said Congress will be buried in Telangana if the UPA denied a T-state. “No one can stop the creation of Telangana,” he said.