Telangana and Seemandhra

Proposed New States,

SEEMANDHRA and

TELANGANA (consisting of the 10

districts of Hyderabad, Adilabad,

Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar,

Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad,

Rangareddy, and Warangal)

SEEMANDHRA has the remaining

districts

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Seemandhra is a term now used to refer to the

combined regions of Rayalaseema and Coastal

Andhra in Andhra Pradesh. The term came into wide

use during the Telangana movement, as a way to

refer to the parts of Andhra Pradesh that would

remain after the separation of Telangana.

Seemandhra corresponds to the area of Andhra

State which existed in between 1953 and 1956, and

was merged with the Telangana region to form

current state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956.

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The Congress party’s decision in favour of the

bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana is a

demand pending for the last five decades.

When a separate Andhra State was carved out of

Madras Presidency in 1953 on a linguistic basis, there

was a demand for a separate Telangana State

comprising the Telugu-speaking areas of Hyderabad

State.

The Congress wanted to settle the statehood issue

once and for all.

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The central government will help the Seemandhra

region to build a new capital but is unlikely to change

the status of Hyderabad or make it a Union Territory

as it would create more problem in Telangana region.

The Union Cabinet had decided that Hyderabad will

be joint capital of the two states for 10 years.

During its deliberations, the G o M will elicit response

from ministries of Water Resources, Power, Finance,

Road Transport and a few others on issues

concerning division of assets, sources said.

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The ruling congress party announced its intention to

carve Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh as the 29th

state of India.

Hyderabad will be the common capital of Telangana

and Seemandhra for 10 years.

At present Hyderabad would not be contiguous with

Seemandhra. There is a proposal for Seemandhra

which could resolve the issue of Hyderabad as a

permanent common capital: that if the Nalgonda district

goes to Seemandhra, then this would enable Hyderabad to be a

border city of Telangana and Seemandhra.

Why not Telangana?

Telangana will have integration - linguistic

and social, achieving:

Identity for people in Telangana

Respect, acceptance and tolerance for

language and culture of Telangana

No Diversion of Resources –water, funds,

employment opportunities

No discrimination – in education facilities,

irrigation, employment etc.

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It is a -Democratic wish

Because 99 per cent people in Telangana wanted it. They have a legitimate right to ask for Telangana state.

Parliamentary Democracy accommodates demand for autonomy by separate state.

Integrity is not affected by dividing a Telugu speaking state into two .

Living together as neighbors depends on mutual consent, Telangana and Andhra will live respecting each other. There will be a social contract.

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--- Separate for development of

Andhra demand was growing Andhras unanimously wish unity in

diversity because Telangana does want it.

There is unanimity among Andhras on

United development.

Rayalaseema does want to share with the

development.

Demand was growing for separation to

empower development of each group of

Andhra State.

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---People voted for it

1971 people voted for Telangana by electing 11

of 13 seats to Parliament

2004 people of both Telangana and Andhra

voted out TDP Government which went with

manifesto of United State, gave a positive

verdict for Telangana by electing Congress TRS

with huge margin.

More than 33% People in Telangana in 2009. it is

not necessary to separate Telangana vote

because every party including Prajarajyam

supported Separate Telangana

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---Parties Stated it

All opposition parties agreed to it on Dec.7,

2009 when CM Rosaiah convened a meet.

Congress Legislature Party did not oppose

Telangana and had authorized Mrs Sonia

Gandhi to decide.

Dec 9 Declaration of Telangana was based on

these factual support and political backing for

Telangana, officially in Parliament also.

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---Not a small state

Separation of Telangana from Andhra

Pradesh is just a segregation and not

destruction of integrity.

It is switching back to pre-1956 identifiable,

pre-existing, viable state, which is not new.

Telangana will not be a small state. This

demand does not depend upon the

advocacy for small states.

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---Constitutional Demand

Preamble, DPSP, Articles 37, 41 and 14 together impose an obligation on state to accord equal protection to citizens. Telangana is treated unequal and needs this protection.

Article 16(3): Parliament alone can prescribe residential qualification for jobs under the government of ‘a State’ or a local or other authority within ‘a State”.

Exception is an attempt to reconcile the conflicting claims of equality based on concept of single citizenship and justifiable local demands for local jobs.

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About 45% of the forest area in Andhra Pradesh state

is located in Telangana, spread across five districts.

Around 20% of the coal deposits of India are found in

Telangana. The Singareni Collieries Company

excavates coal for industrial purposes and for fuelling

power generating plants. The power generated here

supplies the entire south India. There are limestone

deposits in the area, which are exploited by cement

factories. Telangana has deposits of bauxite and

mica.

---Guarantee from C A

Guarantee from Constituent Assembly:

"the Constitution Assembly while guaranteeing fundamental rights in the matter of employment under the State, took notice of this vast disparity in the development of various States and felt it imperative to continue that protection in the matter of employment afforded on the basis of residence within the State and made provision under Article 35 (b) of the Constitution for the continuance of those laws."

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Telangana is a plateau. Godavari and Krishna, flow

through the area, but most of the land is arid.

Northern Telangana gets between 900 to 1500mm

rainfall per year from the southwest monsoons.

Various soil types abound here, including chalks, red

sandy soils, deep red loamy soils, and very deep b.c.

soils that facilitate planting mangoes, oranges and

flowers. Southern Telangana gets 700 to 900mm

rainfall per year, also from the southwest monsoons.

The red earths with loamy sub-soils (chalkas) in these

parts facilitate planting oranges, mangoes,

vegetables, sapotas and flowers.

---New opportunities for Telangana?

Hyderabad State was one among the several

other Princely States of India. Now, there will

be adequate Educational facilities , and

opportunities available to the people of the

Region to enter public service in competition

with others from outside the State. They will

be trained and work hard for Telangana.

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Urdu will not be used as the Official Language , as

it is not the language of nearly ninety per cent of the

people. However, Urdu would be useful with

Devanagari script in dealing with Raj bhasha of

Union government. No Telugu exam as qualifying

exam for Telangana employees was required earlier.

Now, it would have to be taken up during training

phase to read and write as an Official Language.

Due share in employment to Telangana requires

education for literacy, numeracy and information

technology.

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New Delhi, Oct 4: Home Minister

Sushilkumar Shinde today described the

protests in Seemandhra region against bifurcation of Andhra

Pradesh as quite natural. We will take them into confidence. We

will try our level best. After all, wherever there is bifurcation of any

state, such feelings are there. It is natural. No one can avoid

these. But we have to console.

October 26, 2013

As the Group of Ministers (GoM) are working out modalities for

state's bifurcation, the Chief Minister urged President and P M,

to understand our feeling of desperation and discrimination in the

manner in which, the whole exercise is being carried out.

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Climate

Telangana is a semi-arid area within Andhra Pradesh

and has a predominantly hot and dry climate.

Summers start in March, and peak in May with

average high temperatures in the 42 °C (108 °F)

range. The monsoon arrives in June and lasts until

September with about 755 mm (29.7-inch) of

precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in late November

and lasts until early February. With little humidity and

average temperatures in the 22–23 °C (72–73 °F)

range, this is the most comfortable time of the year.

Response to proposed formation of Telangana

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The C M pointed out that the process to create Chhattisgarh,

Jharkhand and Uttarakhand was initiated only after

assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

passed unanimous resolutions.

The chief minister highlighted the concerns of Seemandhra

with respect to sharing of irrigation water and management of

major dams.

"Accessibility to employment, education and medical

infrastructure developed in the capital city of Hyderabad and

the status of Hyderabad which got transformed into an island

of opportunities for entire Telugu people are other major

concerns that demand solutions.

about the capital city of Hyderabad

"There was also no precedent where an

existing capital as such was given away to a

newly created State.

Government of India so far did not listen to

various stakeholders nor worked towards

finding solutions to any of these issues," he

wrote.

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"Pursuing division process, without doing any

homework by Government of India is creating

anxiety and apprehensions in the minds of majority

of the population," he added.

He pointed out that Sri Krishna Committee report

was neither discussed in Parliament nor its

recommendations were considered.

He also said Antony Committee appointed by the

party did not complete its task of consulting various

stakeholders.

"Why G o I is not willing to wait for the committee's

report nor is open to debate and discussion in

Parliament about such an important matter is

something that we cannot understand."

He alleged that the note also was brought before

cabinet apparently waiving due consultation

process with the related ministries in a hurried

manner on the pretext that the composition of

Group of Ministers covers all the important

ministries that are expected to be consulted

Telangana resolution could be defeated in Assembly

October 25, 2013

The resolution could be defeated in the state assembly,

but it is hoped that Parliament would vote in favour of

Telangana.

"The Seemandhra MLAs constitute majority in the A P

assembly with more than 170 seats while the Telangana

region comprises of only 119 MLAs. Since the majority

of the number matters, the resolution could be defeated

in the state assembly," it was told to reporters at a press

conference in Delhi.

Parliament would vote in favour of Telangana with the

support of Congress besides the BJP, which has

favoured carving out of a new state. He, however,

wondered what the Seemandhra representatives may

achieve by defeating the resolution in the Assembly.

"By defeating the bill in the assembly, they

(Seemandhra MLAs) can cry that it was defeated in

the assembly though the high command has given its

consent for Telangana. This is the excuse that the

Seemandhra MLAs will give to the local people," said

the MP from the Telangana region.

NEW DELHI: The CPI welcomed the

Centre's decision on creation of Telangana state

but said the it should also assure people of

Seemandhra and Rayalaseema that their issues

will get priority. Yesterday's decision by the central

Cabinet on Telangana is in the right direction. We

appreciate it and welcome it, though this is a very

delayed decision. They accepted the justified demand

of people of Telangana,“ Communist Party of India

(CPI) General Secretary G Sudhakar Reddy told PTI.

Reddy said the Union Government should take

initiative and build confidence of coastal

Andhra and Rayalaseema by replying to their

concerns and assuring them that justice

will be done to them on the issue of the capital city

"and employment potential will be shared even with

coastal Andhra people".

"There is some opposition. There are some genuine

apprehensions about water distribution, employment

potentiality, about their future in Hyderabad," said

Reddy.

The ministerial panel will look into the sharing of

river water, irrigation resources and other natural

resources, especially coal, water, oil and gas

between the two states and also inter-se with other

states, including the declaration of Polavaram

Irrigation Project as a national project.

Decisions will also be taken by GoM on issues

arising on account of distribution of assets, public

finance, public corporations and liabilities between

the two states

Oct 14, 2013,

Union Minister MM Pallam Raju faced the ire

of Seemandhra agitators on his visit to his Lok

Sabha constituency here. The agitators

greeted him with black flags when he travelled

between Annavaram town and Kakinada, his

Lok Sabha constituency.

Soon after reaching Kakinada, Raju was

gheraoed by leaders and members of Joint

Action Committee (JAC), comprising

government employees, who staged a

demonstration near his residence and asked

him to clarify his stand on the ongoing agitation

against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

The Minister made a brief speech at a nearby spot and

explained to the agitators circumstances leading to the Union

Cabinet's nod early this month to Telangana creation and his

resignation in protest.

Raju said he had to remain silent and not press for acceptance

of his resignation on advice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

He assured the slogan-shouting crowd he would strive to ensure

justice to Seemandhra people on key issues such as drinking

water, irrigation, education and employment by placing "facts"

before the Group of Ministers, looking into modalities of carving

out a separate state of Telangana.

Speaking to the media at his residence, the Congress

leader said he was confident the party high command

and the Centre would do justice to the Seemandhra

region. Raju made it clear he was in favour of a

united Andhra Pradesh but had to abide by the high

command's decision on Telangana. "The decision on

bifurcation was taken after all parties gave green

signal in writing. Hence, the Government was going

ahead with formation of separate Telangana state.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N

Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday that he

would launch an indefinite hunger strike in

New Delhi from October 7 against the

bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. "Congress has

ruined the country and Andhra Pradesh. It has

sought to bifurcate the state without

addressing the concerns of Telugu people.

Hence, I will go on an indefinite fast to expose

Congress," he said.

Oct 11, 2013

Telugu Desam Party chief

N Chandrababu Naidu

said he's in favour of Telangana

but wants justice for Seemandhra people

as well. The TDP chief said, 'You cannot divide state

without delivering justice to everyone.'

Seemandhra without Telangana can also focus on its

core strengths like ports, fisheries etc. As for

Hyderabad it's an overrated city, Vishakapatnam can

easily become a BPO.

The mood was different in Visakhapatnam district.

―We have been out on the streets for two months, but

no Delhi newspaper or TV channel looked at us. When

there is violence against Sonia Gandhi‘s man Botsa

Satyanarayana (the much-maligned state Congress

chief), you came running,‖ said school teacher G

Rajeswari. Durga Prasad, a local farmer, was very

clear why he didn‘t want Telangana. ―We will not get

water if Telangana happens, and this prosperous

region will become barren in a few years. All the major

rivers flow from Telangana to Seemandhra.

AVOIDED BY EARLIER CHIEF MINISTER

Telangana

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Rajsekhar Reddy’s avoidance

Besides blocking the Union’s promise to form Telangana, Chief Minister Rajsekhar Reddy deliberately chose non-state Advocate to represent State, who did not bring relevant issues before SC to give a wrong judgment on Hyderabad free zone

Without proper study of the problem Supreme Court gave baseless judgment.

Strong Andhra lobbyists & strategic CM misled SC to do injustice to Telangana

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Political vacuum? _ Alleged

1. Clever Andhra leaders, both Congress and TDP diverted resources,

2. Telangana ministers of those parties remained mute spectators, they lacked in commitment

3. Corrupt Bureaucracy who also support corrupt Andhra political leaders

4. Telangana bureaucrats – less in number and very few with commitment, some saleable, or silent suffering minority in every office.

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…Rivers hijacked(?) from Telangana

Constitution provided redress to

Interstate river water disputes

But, No mechanism for intra-state river

water allocation, or resolution, left totally

to executive discretion which favoured

Andhra at cost of Telangana for decades.

No solution for deprivation of Telangana

by diversion of rivers, within AP under the

Constitution.

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WHY SHOULD PEOPLE SUFFER?

Telangana

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Why people should suffer?

Ultimately people are victimized by both

Andhra and Telangana leaders.

Why should they suffer because of these

politicians?

Why not their identity as distinct state as

before 1956 is restored?

It is not going to be a small state, a fairly

big state, viable and resourceful.

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…Hyderabad for who?

Hyderabad as a capital is not viable for many

distant districts in AP.

Concentration of so called development in

Hyderabad not benefitted Telangana, even in

generating employment for them.

Hyderabad alone should not be center of

development among 23 districts

There should be decentralization, by creating

another capital separately

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…Telangana insecure in capital

Real minority in Hyderabad is Telangana

people. Old city drives Hindus out, new

city is dominated by Andhras. Andhra

houses in Hyderabad prohibited Telangana

tenants, now in this atmosphere.

Telangana is insecure in Andhra

dominated Hyderabad.

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…Asking for Autonomy

Demand for self rule and autonomy is

genuine and democratic.

Autonomous council is better answer to

separatist demands, eg. J & K and North-

east

Decentralization is federal character, and

essential for a vast country like India.

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IF TELANGANA IS FORMED….

Telangana

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If Telangana is formed

Telugu people tolerate each other, and be friends, with animosities disappearing

All resources of ten districts will be used within the ten districts

Both Andhra and Telangana states will be rich and there is a wide scope for harmony and brotherhood among separated brothers

Water can be objectively divided and scientifically used to irrigate both states.

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Water for Telangana

Telangana needs water for drinking and irrigation which was denied so far

Water disputes are common and need to be tackled either between AP and other states or Andhra, Telangana and other states.

When two hostile countries can share water of international rivers, it is not impossible for two Telugu states to share interstate rivers.

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Decongestion

Will help decongestion of Hyderabad and

decentralization of power

Help decentralization of urbanization and

many destinations for migration

Creating more resource centers and

development centers in 23 districts.

Faith in Parliamentary democracy,

credibility for promise in parliament will

increase.

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Peaceful

Problems of extremism and communalism

can be effectively tackled

Development is the major answer to

naxalism, and lack of it is reason.

Communalism is sponsored by

treacherous politicians, for instance, to

unseat a congress CM old city was set to

flames of riots in 1979 and recently in

2010 to bring down present CM.

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Baseless apprehensions

To say that Maoists gain strength in

Telangana is baseless, because it is

common to big or small, combined or

separated state.

To say Islamic fundamentalism in old city

will increase is meaningless because

pampering policies are the reasons for it.

It depends on objective rule of parties

and not the size of the state.

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STRENGTHEN INDIA

Develop Telangana and Seemandhra

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They have been struggling for more than 15 years. As

a matter of fact it a 50-year old demand and

unfortunately a large number of people in coastal

Andhra and Rayalaseema are opposing it. The Union

Government should take initiative and build confidence

of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema by replying to

their concerns and assuring them that justice will be

done to them on the issue of the capital city, and

employment potential will be shared even with coastal

Andhra people.

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There is some opposition. There are some genuine

apprehensions about water distribution, employment

potentiality, about their future in Hyderabad.

This is a justified demand of the Telangana people and

we appeal to the coastal Andhra NGOs, teachers,

students and others sections of people to reconcile to

the reality and withdraw their agitation. We wish that

the Telugu people though politically divided into two

states should continue as brothers and solidarity

among them should remain unaffected.