State within a state, Yes Telangana, No separation : Andhrangana ? ఫిబ్రవరి 6, 2010
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New solution to break impasse on Telangana?
GS Vasu,
ENS, February 5, 2010
HYDERBAD: Even as the Centre has set up a panel to study the Telangana statehood demand and the opposition to it, there is a new idea being floated so as to meet the aspirations of the people of the region and at the same time address the concerns of coastal Andhra.
In essence, it is the creation of a State within a State, without exactly bifurcating Andhra Pradesh but at the same time granting autonomy to Telangana. Academics and intellectuals who are currently working on this idea see this as a possible impasse-breaking option that could end the uncertainty that has been affecting both regions.
The formula is based on two premises.
1) The purpose of seeking a Telangana state is to enable the people through their elected representatives and the executive to take charge of the development of the region with full control over its resources.
2) But this requires removing the opposition in coastal Andhra to a Separation — primarily the sentiment against division of a linguistic state and apprehension about protection of the interests of people from that region who have settled in Hyderabad and nearby areas. (ఇంకా…)
Srikrishna Telangana Committee gets down to business ఫిబ్రవరి 6, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in 1969, Congress, Hyderabad, Identity, Mulki, Parliament, SRC, Telangana, politics, regionalism.Tags: Mumbai, Srikrishna, Vinod Duggal
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Telangana panel gets down to business
rediffNEWS February 05, 2010 13:45 IST
Setting the Telangana process in motion, the Centre has begun establishing an organisational structure for the Justice B N Srikrishna – headed Telangana committee.
Vinod K Duggal, the committee’s member-secretary, met Home Minister P Chidambaram and Home Secretary G K Pillai on Thursday.
Besides the terms and reference for the committee, the meeting discussed five aspects — title, headquarters, accommodation, administration, finance — concerning the Telangana committee formed to create a roadmap for a separate state carved out from Andhra Pradesh. (ఇంకా…)
AP Congress coordination committee on Telangana, Srikrishna committee next ఫిబ్రవరి 5, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in Andhra, Congress, Identity, Parliament, Rayalaseema, Sonia, Telangana, Y S Jagan, compromise, politics.Tags: bifurcation, consensus, KVP Ramachandra Rao, Rahul, Sonia, Telangana
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Sonia sets up Andhra coordination panel
Express news service
Posted online: Saturday , Feb 06, 2010 at 0155 hrs
New Delhi : Two days after the government formed a five-member committee on Telangana, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday constituted the party’s Coordination Committee for Andhra Pradesh. The nine-member committee, chaired by Law Minister and AICC in-charge of state M Veerappa Moily, includes leaders from both Telangana and non-Telangana regions. (ఇంకా…)
Srikrishna Committee will be to the ’satisfaction of all’ : Jayanthi Natarajan ఫిబ్రవరి 5, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in Andhra, BJP, Congress, Mulki, Parliament, Rayalaseema, Sonia, TDP, TRS, Telangana, politics, regionalism.Tags: Committee, Consultations, Panel, Srikrishna
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Srikrishna heads panel on Telangana
Committee to consult all AP parties * Govt skips announcing time frame * BJP calls it a delaying tactic * TRS answer after terms of reference
Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service, New Delhi, February 3, 2010
Almost two months after Home Minister P Chidambaram made the midnight announcement on the formation of a separate Telangana state that virtually led to chaos in Andhra Pradesh, the government today constituted a five-member expert committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna on the contentious Telangana issue.
The Home Ministry said the committee would hold wide-ranging consultations with all sections of people and different political parties and groups in Andhra Pradesh. Though officially no time frame was announced, sources said the panel had been given three years.
The other members of the committee are Ranbir Singh, Vice- Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi; Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi; Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi; and Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary, who will also function as its Member Secretary.
Being extremely cautious on the issue that had all parties, including the Congress, divided, the government as of now has neither specified the terms of reference nor the time frame of the committee in the carefully-drafted statement, thereby giving an opportunity to the BJP to reject the newly-formed group “lock, stock and barrel”.
The official statement on the formation of the committee also made no mention of the word Telangana. The ministry said terms and references were being drafted and would be finalised in consultation with the chairman of the committee and announced shortly. However, the BJP called it a delaying tactic and futile exercise as no time frame or terms of reference had been spelt out for the committee. The party also termed as “irrelevant” the appointment of former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna as head of the committee in a matter that was purely political. BJP spokesman Prakash Javedekar said: “Bifurcation of Andhra and creation of two separate states — Telangana and Andhra — is essentially a political issue, which requires firm political decision and action by the Central government. Instead of deciding the time frame to carve out the two states, the government has abdicated its constitutional obligation by shifting its responsibility on the shoulder of the committee.”
Defending the government, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said the announcement made today was part of the setting into motion the process. “I’m extremely sure that in this sensitive matter, a decision will be taken to the satisfaction of all,” she said. (ఇంకా…)
Justice Srikrishna Committee on Telangana, TOR yet to be drafted ఫిబ్రవరి 3, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in Andhra, Congress, Identity, JAC, Parliament, Rayalaseema, Telangana, politics, regionalism.Tags: Committee, Separate, Srikrishna, TOR
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Centre constitutes 5-member Telangana committee
Rediff News: February 03, 2010
The central government on Wednesday constituted a five-member expert committee on Telangana issue headed by former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna.
A Home Ministry spokesperson said the committee will hold wide-ranging consultations with all sections of people and different political parties and groups in Andhra Pradesh.
The other members of the Committee are Prof (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi, Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi, Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi and Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary, who will also function as its Member Secretary.
The spokesman said the terms and references are being drafted and will be finalised in consultation with the chairman of the Committee and announced shortly. (ఇంకా…)
Supreme court rejects a PIL pleading acceptance of invalid resignations ఫిబ్రవరి 1, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in BJP, Identity, Parliament, Sonia, TDP, agitation, drama, elections, fast, politics, struggle, suicide.Tags: bogus, rejection, resignations, Speaker, Telangana
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Telangana: SC rejects ex-MP’s PIL on resignations
rediff NEWS, February 01, 2010 19:55 IST
Questioning the locus standi of the petitioner, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by former Member of Parliament M Narayana Reddy seeking a direction to the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker to accept the resignation submitted by 139 MLAs on the Telangana issue.
“Who are you? It is very strange that such a petition is being filed. You are not an MLA or MP. What are you? What is the public interest involved in it? Who gave you the right to present petition,” the bench told Reddy while dismissing the PIL.
The petition comes in the backdrop of reports that the speaker had already turned down the resignation submitted by the legislators of political parties in the state.
Reddy in his PIL had contended that the resignation submitted by the MLAs on the issue of Telangana be deemed to have been accepted by the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh assembly. (ఇంకా…)
Resignation drama of AP MLAs ends జనవరి 31, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in Andhra, BJP, Congress, JAC, Parliament, TDP, TRS, Telangana, bandh, compromise, elections, politics, regionalism.Tags: fast, rejection, Speaker, suicides
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AP MLAs’ resignations rejected
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N. Kirankumar Reddy on Saturday rejected the resignations tendered by 129 MLAs on “technical grounds”, terming them “not in order” as per the rules and procedures of the House.
This has brought to conclusion the resignation drama enacted by MLAs cutting across party lines following the announcement of the formation of Telangana by the Centre. (ఇంకా…)
Only one out of 130 resignations is proper, TRS to submit again జనవరి 31, 2010
Posted by Telangana Utsav in Andhra, JAC, Parliament, Telangana, agitation, drama, elections, fast, politics, suicide.Tags: Committee, delay, invalid, proper, resignations, Speaker, tactics
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Telangana: AP Speaker Rejects Resignations of 129 MLAs
Outlook, Hyderabad, Jan 30, 2010 22:59 IST
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kirankumar Reddy today rejected the resignation letters of 129 MLAs, out of 130, submitted to him over the demand of formation of Telangana state.
Reddy said he received resignations of 222 members belonging to various parties on Telangana issue. However, since 92 were withdrawn, 130 letters were pending with him.
“I had personally examined every resignation letter and carefully went through Constitution rules. I rejected 129 letters as they are not as per rule. I will call the member whose resignation letter is in order and discuss with him,” the Speaker told mediapersons. (ఇంకా…)




