Cabinet has approved 29th State–Telangana

Union Cabinet has cleared all the blocks for a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.  Cabinet has made it clear that it will send to the President for further approval.

Hyderabad will be shared for 10 years as capital for Telangana and Andhra.  Cabinet has also setup a group of member who will looking at how the division of water, power and revenue division will be done between the states.  This group of ministers will also look to examine on the financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh

The cabinet today cleared major steps for carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad will be shared for 10 years as the capital.

Sources said Union ministers Pallam Raju, K Chiranjeevi and Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy have threatened to resign over the decision.

In Hyderabad, ministers from Seemandhra have said they will ensure that the resolution is not passed by the state legislature. They have the support of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy who is also from Seemandhra.

T-JAC Agenda for the Telangana movement

Telangana Joint Action Committee has released their agenda / plan for the action and proceedings towards the Telangana movement.

T-JAC has decided to make the movement more intense and pressurize the Government to take and decide on the Telangana state.

The agenda for the movement from Sept 27 - Oct 11:

Sept 27 - T-JAC will provide support to the RTC workers in order to participate in the Telangana movement.

Sept 28 - Road Blockage in Hyderabad.

Sept 30 - Hyderabad Bandh

Oct 2, 3, 4 - More support to other organizations.

Oct 9 , 10 , 11 - Rail Roko Andolan across the Telangana region.

TRS Chief KCR decides on indefinite hunger strike.

Finally we see some action from the TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao who has orbeen missing from limelight fm quite sometime on the Telangana state formation agitation.

This time TRS President has decided to go on indefinite fast for separate Telangana statehood. Family members and TRS legislator K Tarakarama Rao told reporters that the party chief is in talks with the senior leaders on how to proceed with the plan for "fast unto death".

The decision is yet to be taken and will be announced by the party chief.

It was in 2009 when KCR went on hunger strike and on the 11th day of the strike, Central Government came into action and decided to start a formal process for the Telangana statehood.  After which we have seen many turnaround by the UPA Government on the issue and trying to avoid the Telangana state.

The TRS leader plans to go on a fast at a time when the Telangana movement has intensified with 'sakala janula samme', or general strike by all sections.

Most of the Government employees, teachers and workers of state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited are on strike for the last eight days and employees of the Road Transport Corporation (RTC) have also joined them.  With lawyers have also decided to boycott their court and other section people are also getting ready to join the movement.

This will give KCR a good boost if he plans on going for indefinite hunger strike.  Again it should be carried on non-violence bases and should not effect the General life of normal person.

Telangana Strikes hit back Andhra Pradesh Government

With the agitation of separate Telangana again getting more active.  The strikes in the Telangana region has hit back AP state very badly. 

The strike which has started from September 13 with participation of pro-Telangana parties like the TRS, and also stating that there will more serious action will be taken if the Government does not decide on the outcome of Telangana state.

With no buses, blocked highways and dharnas by various unions, the Telangana agitation is back in strength and it back in Government to decide what action to be taken. With all the Telangana districts participating in the agitation, the more affected districts are Warangal, Karimnagar and Adilabad and with government implementing the rule of "no work no pay" it has also led the Government employees to join the agitation on the rule.

CM Kiran Reddy has made it clear that Central and State will not take any decision immediately as they are waiting for the report from the committee headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad and will look into the pros and cons.  Then a all party meeting will be done, where the critical decision will taken.

With all this agitation in the state, it is the normal person (as Congress say "AAM AADAMI") who is getting hit badly, the shops, colleges, schools and offices needs to be closed every other day, for no cause as the Central and State Government are not willing to decide on the Telangana State Formation.

It is the political drama that is taking place behind the curtain, and "AAM AADMI" is suffering due to the action taken by them.  The citizens of state, students should understand that instead of violence agitation, why don't they take up the movement in non-violence method and let the "AAM AADMI" lead his normal life.

The best example of work to be done is "ANNA HAZARE Movement Fight against Corruption" Lakhs of people gathered, no violence, no business stoppage, schools and college functioned normally.  Yet he brought down the Government to accept his Lokpal bill.

Telangana Bandh and Jagan Odarpu Yatra

Telangana and Osmania University have requested the Government to delete clause14(f) and declare Hyderabad as free zone for the recruitment can be made from all regions. 

The recruitment test is going to held on Aug 13-14.  JAC has decided to hold a bandh on Aug 8 and then they have decided to postponed it to Aug 13-14.

However, Home minster has stated that deletion of clause decision should be taken by the respective state government and pass a resolution. 

Now the student union has decided to boycott classes from Aug 17 and go on indefinite strike.  The JAC has decided to block highways on Aug 16.

With the state issue catching up, Jagan has decided to start his "Odarpu Yatra" from Aug 15 in order console the familites in Krishna district which will be go on for 16 days and ending on Aug 31 with huge meeting.

During this Yatra Jagan will be covering 1150 km and also unveil 160 statues of Rajasekhar Reddy at various places.

Telangana state talks fails and TJAC decide to go on strike

Hone Minister P Chindabaram has mentioend that UPA Government would not like to take any decision on the state hood of Telangana.  The party is in talks with the state parties on the issues.  However, Ghulam Nabi Azad did mention to the Telangana MPs that he will consulting with the Central and get results in 2 months.

Chindabaram also stated the NDA Government has also opposed for the Telangana state issue in 2002.  With the talks going on with the parties, he stated that out 8 main parties in the state only few are supporting the state hood issue.

With the Congress leader not willing to take back their resignations and supporting the formation of Telangana state. 

The Congress leaders has decide to go on a one-day hunger-strike in Hyderabad on the August 11, protesting the delay in deletion of clause 14 (f) of the Presidential Order dealing with administrative recruitments.

Congress leaders are also planning to hoist the Telangana Flag on Aug 15.

Now the state and Central Government employees in the Telangana region have decided to go on hunger strike from Aug 17.  This is has been due to talks failing with the Government and also moving out of police from certain areas and offices.   The unions later announced the agitation would resume from August 8 in various forms and will turn into a full-fledged, indefinite strike from August 17 as scheduled.

Telangana MPs stay away from Parliament Session

With the monsoon started in both the house of the Parliament and this session being the crucial one, with as many 36 important bills to discuss and passed by both the houses.

The Telangana statehood issue is also one of such discussion that needs to taken into this session by the Congress party and draft the bill for the same.  In view of this most the Telangana MPs did not attend the Parliament session.

Though Congress spokeperson Ghulam Nabi Azad has made all the attempts with the T-minister in order to take their resignation back, however, it did not reap any results.

The Congress MPs, two Lok Sabha members from Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Telugu Desam, and one Rajya Sabha member from Telugu Desam also stayed away from the Parliament.  A total of nine members of the Lok Sabha (lower house) and one member of Rajya Sabha (upper house) stayed away.

With no action taken on the Telangana issue, KCR has threaten that he will consume poison and die if there is no outcome. 

With this TTDP went on day long dharna at the Indira Park, and also stated that If Sonia Gandhi says, that she will create Telangana state and ChandraBabu Naidu writes a letter for the same.  They are ready to take back their resignation.

Here you go, thought the minister have submitted their resignations to the Government, still they are getting paid for the duties which they are not performing for the citizens of State.  Government has mentioned unless their resignation are accepted by the respective party leader or ruling Government they will be paid their salaries, whether perform their duties or not. 

IT IS WIN WIN SITUATION FOR THE MINISTERS, NO WORK GET PAID. Now whose money is the Government paying to them?

Jagan declares his support for Telangana Sentiments

Y Jagan Reddy in his Preliminary meeting has declared that they support the Telangana Sentiments and the people

Speaking on the Telangana Issue: Y Jagan Reddy has made it clear that it is very sensitive issue, they do not have the power to form the state or do not have power to stop the state formation.  We are not like other parties who have manifesto during the election, that if they come in power they will work on formation of the Telangana state.  However, they step back as it is not possible.

Telangana state can be formed only on the decision taken by the Central Government and we support the sentiments of the Telangana.  Division of the state into two parts is like playing with the sentiments and life of the citizens.

YSR Congress party will fight for the rights of the farmers and also its citizens.

Telangana Talks to begin : More ministers ready to resign.

With the 48 hours bandh called by the T-JAC and TRS parties from Tuesday in protest for the Telangana statehood and action on the same by the Central Government and Congress team.

It was turn of more minister to submit their resignation to the assembly and lok sabha speaker on Tuesday, with the first person being MP Vijayshanthi, TRS who has always been pro-active and said that she will be first person to submit her resignation if the process begins.  She has faxed her resignation to the Speaker, joining her was TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, who also faxed his resignation to the speaker.

From Delhi it was the turn of the Telugu Desam MPs Nama Nageswara Rao and Ramesh Rathod also called on Ms. Kumar and tendered their resignations. With all parties joining hands and going forward with submission of their resignation 4 MLA of CPI and 2 from BJP which included the State President G. Kishan Reddy. 

J. Ranga Reddy (CPI), mentioned that the resignation submitted by parties which are non-congress will no put any pressure on the central Government and now Minister P Shankar Rao has also submitted his papers.

The tally has reached to 99 (out of 119 in Telangana). 12 Ministers and 14 MPs, including a Rajya Sabha member, too have resigned. Many ministers and MPs from Hyderabad had refused to resign and this led to demonstration of Telangana activists in the Assembly.

With the bandh going on peacefully across the city, there were some violence seen at the Osmania Campus, with Police coming into action, firing tear gas and lathi charge also arresting Nagam Janardhan Reddy from the Campus region.

The center has come into action, with several meeting being held across the board between the Congress spokeperson Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee on what action to taken.  The MPs and MLAs have also met Pranab Mukherjee and Azad in order to discuss on the statehood issue.  None of the resignation have yet been accepted by the party or speaker..

However, Azad has mentioned that instead of jumping to the conclusion, they will like to meet the people of Andhra Pradesh and know their views and feedback.  Then they will held all parties and decide on the outcome of the same.

48 hour Telangana Bandh called by T-JAC

Telangana region gears up for the 48 hours Telangana Bandh called the Telangana Joint Action Committe and Telangana Rastra Samithi.

With the bandh called for net 48 hours, this may affect very badly on services for the APSRTC, and autorickshaw will off the road, the South Central Railway suspending its Secunderabad-Falaknuma MMTS services. Shamshabad airport authorities suspending Aeroexpress services.

Many of the IT Companies have decided their schedule on the week long and also provide guidelines to their employees as their will disruption of traffic and also not working of Metro rail. There are several private schools who have already declared holiday for the next two days, and also citizens have started piling up stocks of food and vegetables as their no deadline for the protest when will it will end.

Long queues were seen on the petrol pump and traffic jams were seen across the city, with heavy rush in all markets.  South Central have decided that MTS service will closed from 12 am to 12 pm on July 5 and then decide further.  Auto unions, motor workers and trucks would not operate through the city as the 48 hour bandh call.

APSRTC will not operate through Osmania Campus and has sent circular to the district authorities on the operation of buses.  Most the Entertainment sector, Theatre wil remain closed for the next two days.

Telangana Rastra Samithi Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has declared that if the Central does not take an action on the Telangana state hood then agitation will move further will Rail Roko on July 8th and 9th, which will lead breakage of the rail link between the South and other states of Country.

78 MLAs and 10 MPs resign from the post for Telangana issue

In the high drama, of ministers and MPs planning to resign if no decision is taken on the Telangana statehood, with T-JAC giving a deadline of June 25 and then the minister decide it as July 4.

Now the Telangana issue, has changed its face with 78 MLA's and 10 MP's across all the parties in the state have submitted their resignation and also called a 48 hour bandh in the city, which will affect the normal life of the people.  There are more minister and MP's to join the group with D Nageswar Rao and Ramesh Rathod planning to submit their resignation on Tuesday.

As many as 39 Congress MLAs and 11 ministers with 34 TDP MLAs have submitted their resignation to the Governor, this is hard blow to CM Kiran Reddy Government.  Though the resignation are not yet accepted by the Governor and Chief Minister.

With the resignation count on increase, the Central quickly turned into action and stated that the rule 1975 clause will be discussed, which will provide preferences to local candidate in the police department and also to make Hyderbad a free zone for employment. Home Minister P Chindabaram also mentioned that he understand this is complex issue and we will start plan of action on it.

However, the bandh is not called off and is supported by T-JAC and TRS parties.  This is going to affect the normal life, with people already stocking up the required food and vegetables, Government employees returning back home, the rail and road will also be affected in the region.

Telangana gets ready for next phase of movement

Telangana movement was slow down due to Election in other states, examination and also a promise of the central Government that decision will be taken after the 5 state election are completed.

Now the Center Government has taken a U turn and not ready to work on any kind of plan on the Telangana statehood issue.  Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has not decided to taken the movement into next phase with making it more intensified and also getting major ministers, pressurizing Government to decide on it.

Prof. Kondandaram has decided that after the death of K Shankar, who is known as the father of the Telangana movement,  which made delays of their plans on the protest.  The deadline stipulated for the resignation submission of the T-Minister was June 25, which was not a success and every day attacks on the T-ministers, stoppage of convoy across the region has also raised question.

TJAC has now decided for protest in different ways:

• Plans to block roads, Rail Roko and General strike in the coming days,
• Again a million march to Hyderabad for the statehood decision. 
• TJAC has also decided to put pressure on the T-Ministers to support and TDP leader to quit the assembly proceedings. 
• TJAC is also looking out to work with TRS and BJP and join their protest make it success.
• Telangana Congress ministers had decided to go on fast on July 5 at the Delhi in order to draft and take action on the Telangana state hood issue.
• With TDP also being spilt into two camps, N Janardhan Reddy taking up the Telangana issue and criticizing the party leader and also has decided to take two day fast rally at the capital Hyderabad on July 3-4.

Now with Telangana protestors deciding on their action.  Pro-telangana activists has also decided to come into action with meeting the leader at the Center and requesting them not to take an action on the Telangana statehood issue.

Be ready see more action on the Telangana movement in coming days

Telangana statehood gets support from UP CM Mayawati.

UP Chief Minister Mayawati has mentioned she will support Telangana state issue if it is been discussed in the Parliament.

Bahujan Samaj Party will provide it support in the parliament as Scheduled caste presence is more when compared to other classes in the region.  Scheduled Caste, Tribes and other backward classes are numerically high in number in the Telangana region.

She also mentioned that it has always been an issue with the new state formation in the country with Congress and BJP Government in power.  If the BSP, comes to power in the centre then a new state formation will not be any issue and settled at one go.

Mayawati also presented her roadmap in order to get more support in Andhra Pradesh, also stated that BSP will fight lonely on all the seats of the state on its own. She has also hit back on the price rise of Diesel, Kerosene and LPG Gas by the Government.

Speaking about the Black money, she mentioned that if it is brought back, the poverty in India will be eradicated.

T-Ministers defer from their resignation submission on T-issue

With the resignation deadline being ended on 26th June, now there is riff between the Telangana ministers who are present in the Cabinet post. Now most of the ministers has slated that they will wait till the Central Government decides or give a decision on the Telagnana state hood issue. 

Congress has asked all its Telangana minister to keep quite on the resignation issued and also not to speak about the Telangana statehood issue.  One of the reason could be with the expansion of cabinet to done, some of the MP are expecting or can bargain for cabinet with state hood issue.

Now with change of minds with the Central ministers, Telangana minister just turned around stating that they have not yet decided the date for beginning the agitation which they mentioned before on July 5.

However, now the decision on the future agitation which includes hunger strike and resignation will be taken at their next meeting here on July 1.  As V Hanumantha Rao and Malkajgiri MP Sarve Satyanarayana are looking for cabinet post during the cabinet expansion which is going to happen.

Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar, MPs Balaram Naik and S Rajaiah  are still willing for  separate statehood.

Vanta-Vaarpu programme a grand success.

Telangana employees, households and many activists joined the Vanta-Vaarpu held across all the Telangana region on 19th June Sunday.  The program was very successful with no violence and carried on peaceful across the region.

All roads in 150 municipal division in the state were turned into Community kitchens with thousands of people, cooking and eating their food on the roads.  This agitation was held by the Telangana people in order introduce the Telangana bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament for statehood.

The programme was supported by TJAC,TNGO, TRS and TDP also other political parties with pressurizing the UPA Government in order to think on the Telangana statehood issue. The community kitchens was big success and many people were on the streets representing their support for the Telangana issue and also demanding for separate state.

With many leaders visiting the Gun Park at Basheerbagh to pay their respect for the martyrs who have sacrificed their life in order to get the state.  TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao also made his presence felt in the Vanta-Vaarpu programme which was held near the Basava Tarakama Memorial Cancer Hospital in Banjara Hills.  He mentioned that if the T Congress leader submit their resignation for the Telangana state hood.  It will not affect their political career and UPA Government will not think of accepting them.

In many other regions, the Vanta-Vaarpu programme was held by different party leaders.

Siricilla Legislator K Taraka Rama Rao attended many temporary kitchens and had his meals.  He has made a statement that if Government does react to the issue, then the movement will take its place right in front of their residence after July 1.

Gadar, made his presence felt at Basheerbagh in the city where he was attending a programme call "Hyderabad lo vantalu, Delhi lo mantalu".

There were many temporary kitchen setup across the city at Osmania Medical College, OU University, LB Nagar, Malakpet, Clock Tower and Mint Compound.  Many leader also participated in the program from their respective location such E Rajendar setup a up huge kitchen at Alwal area, TRS MP Vijayshanthi, Vishnuvardhan, Harish Rao had their lunch at Hi-tech city.

The Vanta-Vaarpu programme was overall a successful event, and there was no violence or much work to be done by either police department.

Congress plans Gorkhaland action to Telangana region

Congress has decided not give a separate statehood for the Telangana.  They are not willing to divide the state though there is intense pressure from the MP and MLA of their party and willing to step down if no action is taken.

Sonia Gandhi has decided to roll out the plan as they have done for the Gorkhaland by providing autonomy and benefits such as formation of a council with wide-ranging powers and a big financial package.  This is the last suggestion provided in the Sri Krishna Committee report in 2010. The SriKrishna committee suggested certain safeguard methods for Telangana including the TRC agreements in 1956.

Congress party has taken complete a U turn and not willing to take any action on the Telangana statehood issue and instead have appointed Ghulam Nabi Azad to speak with the Telangana MP who are going to meet him in next 2 weeks at New Delhi. The suggestion has come out for the kitty of Sonia Gandhi, to go with the Darjeeling model for Telangana issue and is not supporting any kind of regionalism or sub-regionalism in the state.

With this news out, TJAC, TRS and JAC have all got into action and hit back to the central stating the when the States Reorganization Commission has accepted the report for the separate state and Congress too declared that they will work on the separate state formation, why they are changing their minds.  They have planned to increase the pressure on the Central with their intensifying agitation in the state.

What is Darjeeling Model?

Namasthe Telangana reveals Chapter 8 Secret of SKC report

With the launch of the Namasthe Telangana paper by TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao.  The news paper was launched in most of the Telangana districts at one go.

With it launch, Namasthe Telangana has revealed the secret of the Chapter 8 in the Sri Krishna Report, which has been the most talking point at the Central and state Government.

Courtesy : Namasthe Telangana Paper

With this revelation made the Namasthe Telangana, we will need to wait and watch the response of the Government and also the reaction of the Telangana people.

Deputy CM appointed for Andhra Pradesh

With Telangana issue on the rise, TDP, TJAC, TRS beginning to start new plan of action on the new state formation.

Congress has rolled their dice, with giving permission to appoint a Deputy Chief Minister for Andhra Pradesh, who will be represented from Telangana region.  After the discussion with the CM Kiran Reddy and his suggestion to the state governor makes Damodar Rajanarasimha as the Deputy CM for AP.

Damodar Rajanarasimha (Damu) is from Telangana region and was state higher education  minister with charge of agriculture during YSR term. With this move Congress has made it clear that they are in no mood of separate state and also their stand towards Telangana people and also scheduled caste.  Damodar belongs to the scheduled caste.  He is 52 years old.

This was move from Central Government, when MP from Telangana have met Prime Minister and made it clear that they will not be able to continue with their positions if the Government is not clear with their stand on the Telangana issue.

Get to know more about Deputy CM Damodar RajaNarasimha

Damodar RajaNarasimha sworn as Deputy CM for AP

Damodar RajaNarasimha has been sworned as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister for the Andhra Pradesh State.

C Damodar RajaNarasimha was born on 5th December 1958 and currently with Congress and elected as MLA from Andole Constitutency.  He is incharge of the Education and agriculture portfolio.

Know more about your Deputy CM Damodar RajaNarasimha:

Name	C Damodar RajaNarasimha
Father Name	C Rajanarasimha
Caste	Schedule Caste
Address:	Plot. No. 60, Vidyanagar Colony, Pothireddy 'X' Roads, Sangareddy, Medak District.
Date and Birth Place	5 December 1958 in Medak
Education	B.E
Profession	Engineer and Politician
Hobbies	Reading, Playing, Cricket, Football.
Married to	Smt C Padmini

Damodar Rajanarasimha, has contested from Andole Constitutency and been elected 3 times, has always been a front runner for the Deputy CM Position of Andhra Pradesh.  With the announcement made from Central and recommedation of CM Kiran Reddy to the Governor.  He has become the Deputy CM on June 10, 2011.

Telangana Congress Leaders stand on T-State.

With Ghulam Nabi Azad, making it clear that the Telangana issue is not very easy to resolve.  This has hit hard to the Telangana activists who were expecting a announcement from the Congress on the state issue.

Azad has made it clear that after the meet with the Congress leaders of both region, T-leaders needed a separate state and other minister needs united state.  He mentioned that it is very difficult to divided the state and all the announcement made by the respective T-Congress leaders are not right.  He has always mentioned, that it will take time and cannot be done immediately.

With comments from Azad, TRS and TDP leader Nagan Janardhan Reddy have reacted and K Keshava Rao, Congress spokeperson on Telangana region mentioned that if there is announcement made, then it may not harm the Congress image in the state, who lost deposit in the Cuddapah by-election.  With election on schedule in 2014, Congress will really need to take some decision on it.

TRS and TJAC are going to announced their fresh action plans on the Telangana issue and also planning to meet the Central Government on June 10.

Full course of action will be decided on June 25.

TDP Nagam Janardhan Reddy also made it clear, that if no decision is taken on the issue, then he will raise the issue in Adilabad on June 13 at the Telangana Nagara.