Telengana issue: All will be happy at the end, with Hyderabad going to the Centre

By O.J.George

Andhra Pradesh is on the boil regarding bifurcation of the State into Andhra and Telangana, for which the Centre has given the green signal following the 11-day fast of TRS leader K.Chandrasekhara Rao.

Both ways there would be turmoil, either if it is kept a single entity or divided into two. Telangana has a grouse that the needs of the people in the region are not properly attended to. There is a grain of truth in it.

In Kerala, Pathanamthitta used to be in the erstwhile Quilon district for which at the developmental conferences two issues loomed large, fishermen’s and cashew workers’.

Pathanamthitta areas had neither of the two concerns. After years of neglect, Pathanamthitta district was carved out from major portions of Quilon and a little bit of Alleppey.

When a separate Telengana comes into being, the people of that area may get better attention.

But they cannot insist on retaining the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad with it. Neither can Andhra region people. The best way would be to retain this as a Union Territory like Chandigarh, Delhi etc.

When Haryana was formed, Chandigarh came into being as a Union Territory.

In the end, the problems of Andhra Pradesh would be solved like this only.

Now Telengana formation leaders and those against it are working out their own strategies. Let us hope there may not be blood-shed over this.