UPA meet on Wed to push for Telangana

Jul 29, 2013 |

Age Correspondent

The Congress Party appears to be moving forward towards the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. It will call a a UPA coordination meeting on July 31 and later convene a CWC session to endorse the decision to create a Telangana state.

This is, however, unlikely to be a smooth affair due to sharp divisions in the state, cutting across party lines. “Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh states were created because of the resolutions of the Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh Assemblies. But such a resolution will not be passed by the Andhra Assembly,” party insiders said, fearing the move may set off a violent reaction.
Any Parliament resolution on this will be perceived as forcing the decision on Andhra Pradesh, which played a key role in bringing the Congress back to power at the Centre in 2004 and had elected the highest number of MPs in 2009. Barring Karnataka, the Congress is not seen as a strong party in South India despite being in power in Kerala, and it is likely to lose in Andhra.
A spell of instability is likely to begin in Andhra Pradesh once the UPA coordination committee favours a separate Telangana state. The NCP and RLD favour smaller states, that give space to smaller parties.
The BJP on Sunday voiced support for the bifurcation of Andhra. “We support the Telangana cause. The BJP is committed to forming the state... the government should grant it immediately,” BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters.

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