T-Fever

The Telangana issue has become a sour grape for the centre and especially for Chidambaram who is involved in the mediation process in the Telangana issue. The centre has already sent enough hints that the statehood for Telangana is not going occur in the near future. Deployment of large battalions of army calling two members from each party for the meet Summoning of the Telangana congress MP's to Delhi all the above are more or less indications that Telangana state is still a dream far away.

Home Minister Chidambaram has invited the eight recognized parties from Andhra Pradesh on 6th January to participate in the discussions on the Telangana issue and specifically asked the parties to send two member delegations to New Delhi. But unlike in 2009 this time TRS and BJP did not like the idea of two member delegation for the discussions and threatened to boycott the all party meet scheduled for 6th January. The TRS question the motive of calling two members again from each party which will only result in fractioned opinion. Meanwhile, unfazed by the bickering of TRS and BJP, Home minister Chidambaram sounded optimistic about the all party meet. He said that any number of members can attend the all party meet and it doesn't matter whether it is one or two.

Chidambaram also asserted that it is not possible to come to a conclusion on Telangana very easily. He has put total responsibility on the state parties by saying ‘It is the state political parties who has to come to one understanding on the Telangana issue and until unless it doesn't happen Telangana cannot be resolved in the near future’ said Chidambaram. Chidambaram reiterated that in spite of calling two members from each party the discussions are not going to become one sided and there is always a possibility for a collective conclusion. But, is it possible for the parties to come to a collective conclusion with just few hours of meeting? How is it possible for the leaders to study the 600 page Sri Krishna report in just few hours?Probably this is what Chidambaram is trying to tell us by saying that it is not possible to come to a conclusion on Telangana so easily. The all party meet will surely end up inconclusively with Samaikhyandhra leaders asking more time to study the report and react.

If TRS and BJP abstains from the all party meet then there will no credibility for the Jan 6th meeting in New Delhi. The signs are clear that the centre is not ready as of now to give the Telangana state and it remains to be seen whether this decision will backfire or not?

Unitedworld Executive.