BJP shifts stance on Telangana
"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," veteran Rajya Sabha member M Venkaiah Naidu said.
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HYDERABAD: United Andhra protagonists may take heart: the Bharatiya Janata Party will not support the Telangana Bill unless concerns ofSeemandhra people are addressed, a move that could delay the formation of the new state.
With BJP voicing Seemandhra concerns openly, the Congress, which was to place a comprehensive cabinet note containing substantive and procedural issues for formation of Telangana, is suddenly unsure of unstinted support from the main opposition on the issue.
"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," veteran Rajya Sabha member M Venkaiah Naidu told TOI, while accusing the Congress of mishandling the whole issue.
The nuance in the BJP's stand follows Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Hyderabad, said some analysts. They said this was to balance K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Congress which are expected to sweep Telangana in the upcoming polls.
The BJP has criticized the government for failing to quell the increasing resentment in Seemandhra, 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.
Earlier this week, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,Sushma Swaraj, had said that the 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.
The BJP, although committed to the cause of Telangana, is not ready to support the Bill based on its old Kakinada "one-vote-two-states" resolution, saying the Congress has mishandled the issue and triggered discontent among people.
The Congress high command has also sensed the BJP mood, sources within the Congress admit, saying it was trying to find ways to resolve the crisis.
While BJP spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman denied the BJP has set any condition on the Bill, Swaraj told the reporters in Delhi that Congress was 'playing games' and there was uncertainty in Andhra and disbelief in Telangana.
"We demand that the Congress bring the Telangana Bill in the extended monsoon session," she added.
Seemandhra Congress leaders, having failed to prevail upon the party high command to revoke the CWC resolution on Telangana, are now looking up to the Saffron party's numerical power in Parliament to thwart the bifurcation of the state.
"Venkaiah Naidu is the 'Brahmastr' of Seemandhra Congress leaders. It is unlikely to to miss the target. The BJPs capacity to stall the T-process was evident when Sushma Swaraj scuttled the suspension motion of Seemandhra leaders on one occassion last Thusday," added a Congress MP.
With BJP voicing Seemandhra concerns openly, the Congress, which was to place a comprehensive cabinet note containing substantive and procedural issues for formation of Telangana, is suddenly unsure of unstinted support from the main opposition on the issue.
"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," veteran Rajya Sabha member M Venkaiah Naidu told TOI, while accusing the Congress of mishandling the whole issue.
The nuance in the BJP's stand follows Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Hyderabad, said some analysts. They said this was to balance K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Congress which are expected to sweep Telangana in the upcoming polls.
The BJP has criticized the government for failing to quell the increasing resentment in Seemandhra, 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.
Earlier this week, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha,Sushma Swaraj, had said that the 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.
The BJP, although committed to the cause of Telangana, is not ready to support the Bill based on its old Kakinada "one-vote-two-states" resolution, saying the Congress has mishandled the issue and triggered discontent among people.
The Congress high command has also sensed the BJP mood, sources within the Congress admit, saying it was trying to find ways to resolve the crisis.
While BJP spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman denied the BJP has set any condition on the Bill, Swaraj told the reporters in Delhi that Congress was 'playing games' and there was uncertainty in Andhra and disbelief in Telangana.
"We demand that the Congress bring the Telangana Bill in the extended monsoon session," she added.
Seemandhra Congress leaders, having failed to prevail upon the party high command to revoke the CWC resolution on Telangana, are now looking up to the Saffron party's numerical power in Parliament to thwart the bifurcation of the state.
"Venkaiah Naidu is the 'Brahmastr' of Seemandhra Congress leaders. It is unlikely to to miss the target. The BJPs capacity to stall the T-process was evident when Sushma Swaraj scuttled the suspension motion of Seemandhra leaders on one occassion last Thusday," added a Congress MP.
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