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FACTIONISM “Factionism” is neither contagious nor spontaneous. In the modern
world of speed and speedy downfall of human, social, ethical values
insecurity and pessimism is the seed out of which this “factionism” took its
life breath. Terrifying the surroundings and bringing them under the control
is “factionism”. Irrational anger, placidity in thought, complacence in nature
warns “I” to be away only to be safe by oneself. Many may tell the world
has become smaller and is now a global village.
However, the distance between human souls is beyond measure.
“Factionism” is not a worldwide phenomenon when compared to that of
India in general and Andhra Pradesh in particular. Many historical,
geographical and even political factors have interwoven this social disease
Factionism. Now it is deep rooted and strongly erected in a way throwing
challenges to the modern democrats. Is it because of the immeasurable
freedom that is given to the people? Is it because of the loose-composition
of legal law?
Poverty is the hindrance of economy of any country beyond doubt.
However, the peculiarity lies in India. Here poverty is the intensive power
on which the anti-social elements capitalize on. Poor illiterate people are the
physical strength of a factionist. These people want to meet their fingers to
mouth and obviously fall a prey to their caretakers. Those caretakers too
have to rely on the innocent people whose minds are hypnotized and filled
with rage and violence. Their mindsets are tuned and mended to meet the
requirements of their remotes-the leaders-the factionists.
It is not quite astonishing these people live only to carry on the orders
of their remotes at the cost of their own lives including their families.
Factionism is neither an asset nor a liability yet it is transferred like a legacy
from one generation to another. It is not a power but slavery. Slavery in
sense slavery to a social hysteria called factionism. They believe not, in “live
and let live”, they follow “to live only not to let their target live”. Mortal
people make the factionism immortal by making themselves fuel and their
lives propel.
RAYALASEEMA Rayalaseema consists of four districts & it is the geographical centre
located on the southern part of Andhra Pradesh. Though Andhra Pradesh is
formed based on the language, the dialectal variations split the state further
into Telangana, Coastal Andhra & Rayalaseema. Terrorism is an
international phenomenon. Naxalism, Radicalism, Communal riots &
violence have become inseparable from the public life & have been throwing
a challenge to the government.
Though it is difficult whether violence polluted politics or vice versa.
The rivalry in politics results in Groupism, faction leading to murders &
loot. There must be an end for this unrest. A day should come to see faction
only in the books of history.
Once, Srikrishnadevaraya ruled this Rayalaseema. People sold many
precious stones pouring those heaps on the roadside. Therefore, this
Rayalaseema is called “The land of Diamonds and precious stones” History
tells people lived in peace and prosperity. Great people took birth in this soil.
They not only preached but also practiced virtuous lives.
They knew the value of life and worth of living. It is clearly seen in
the works of those writers. Such a great land Rayalaseema is a land of
violence now. Human values are crushed down and buried deep.
Generosity, compassion, tolerance, the life giving value based lives are blur
and almost away from regular life. However, people are living.
Yes, they are living amidst these faction groups making their minds
blunt and inert. The minds never think the happenings around. Because,
they are afraid though not to condemn even to think of the faction. Is it
democracy? Is there protection to common person? Is there any machinery
working to curb this? Unless change comes in the minds of people, neither
the law nor the teachings can change the faction thrill.
Indians are poor but not India. This is the apple of the business eye.
Multination companies from the Far East stepped into India in the name of
trade. Then India was under the rule of many Indian kings. The natural ego
disparities and supremacy paved a way to common rivalry amongst them.
This phenomenon became an advantageous weapon to the non-Indian
traders. They followed “divide and rule”. Religion, culture and language
added fuel to fire called internal wars and the fragmented India in course of
time slipped into the hands of British.
Indian culture is the unbreakable bond which has been keeping Indian
kingdoms, people united even under odds. Unity in diversity is the unique
characteristic of India.
Political scenario in free India after 80s worsens the condition of
morality, ethics and values. It has become the political struggle for
existence. Birds of same feather flock together. Enemy’s enemy is a friend.
Thus, an unbreakable strong wall stood between two groups. Many small
groups merged into either of the major ones.
They run a parallel government in various local areas. In order to
sustain their crushing threatening power, they indulged in violence. The
growing needs of the growing gangs grabbed handful of ways to make
money. This include settlements, land mafia, smuggling. Ultimately, the
lower cadre of the gang has to do all these things to satisfy their chieftain.
Chief looks after the needs of their subordinate’s families.
Thus, the bond has become stronger and stronger day by day and has
reached the state of indivisible. They loot houses, robbed and murdered the
opponent mercilessly.
This violence has its roots in the past. Historical evidences prove that
in the reign of Sri Krishnadevaraya, the authority of the village chieftain
existed. They are the feudal leaders with power and authority appointed by
the king. Their duty was to collect revenue from the people belonging to a
cluster of villages and to remit to the treasury of the king.
There was an unbridgeable gap between the common and the king.
That became advantageous to the chieftains. They started to torture the
people for revenues. Thus, these chieftains became the local rulers. They
used their power to suppress the people. People tried to be in the good
books of these chieftains and nodded their heads in agreement of all nasty
decisions of the local rulers.
They were known as “palegallu” in Rayalaseema, which means those
who rule. They even maintained groups to accompany them while they were
on collection of revenue either to the treasury or for themselves. As there
was a wide gap between the king and the people, the actual suffering of the
people did not reach the king.
Therefore, they were afraid of the local rulers. Now and then, these
local rulers used to fight among themselves for the expansion of their
authority, income and revenue.
There were nearly hundred chieftains in Bellary, Kurnool,
Ananthapuram, Cuddapah, Chittoor and Prakasam Districts. All of them
maintained Groups and even artillery. Therefore, they were in need of
money to spend on these things. The only source left for them was the
village folk. These chieftains competed with one another to fall in the good
looks of the king. Therefore, they worked as liaison officers between the
king and other local leaders.
They even managed to extend their co-operation to the king during
times of war. Slowly, the kings disappeared with the emergence of the
British. Then, few of these chieftains became the subordinates to the British
to safeguard their incomes and power. Few fell a prey to their presentations
and few on their eulogy. British gave them some remuneration and kept
them under their control.
Few of these local rulers left their footprints on the sands of future.
They fought on behalf of their people with the British. Few sacrificed their
lives. The patriotic fervor shielded them from threatening and bribing. Those
names and their lives are indelible on the pages of Indian Freedom Struggle.
Forts under the rule of few local rulers.
1. Ananthapuram 2. Rayadurgam
3. Ballari 4. Kamalapadu
5. Nasanakota 6. Kokkanti
7. Gurramkonda 8. Jammalamadugu
9. Tadipatri 10.Udiripikonda
11.Pathikonda 12.Kosigi
LOCAL RULER – UYYALAVAADA Suitability of climatic conditions, abundant natural resources,
attracted many nations. Various nations from the Far East felt it profitable
to do trade with India. Thus, many religions started to come to India. They
mingled with the natives forming families. This intermingling increased the
quality of tolerance among Indians. Slowly India became a nation of multi
religion and multi culture. The number of languages in India too added to a
unique quality where no other nation possesses. All adapted to the Indian
culture with slight and negligible variation.
However, the British who entered India for trade, wanted to occupy
this nation. It was because of the wealth that India had had. Obviously, they
never thought that India was their motherland. The disparities among the
kings in India welcomed them with a red carpet. This made their plan
easier. Then, few of the local leaders under the kings of Kurnool, Cuddapah,
Ananthapuram, and Ballari became troublemakers by not paying the
collected amount. They started a parallel government in the local areas
under their control.
Keeping these problems in mind the Nawab of Nizam leased these
territories to the British. Many of the local rulers were against the will and
pleasure of the people. Few surrendered themselves to the British and
started their lives with the enjoyment of the honorarium provided by the
British. Still among the local rulers, there were different castes, which stood
on their way for a union. Few could not accept the supremacy of the British
over them. British arrested and put them in the jail of Gutti fort.
There is one ever-remembered personality by name Narasimha Reddy
of Nossam area. Jayaramireddy was the local ruler and was the head for 60
villages (Nossam). These villages extended from Jammalamadugu of
Cuddapah district to Koilkuntla of Kurnool. His ancestors had been in the
position since Vijayanagara kings. The ruling of the villages was hereditary
to his family and his turn came. He was a faithful leader and a ruler of
praise. He did not like the British ruling India.
He rebelled against them and they caught him. Nossam went under the
rule of British. His close relative by name Narasimha Reddy lived the
Nossam fort. He received the compensation from the British. Though he was
born in Esanagudi, he was brought up in Uyyalawada. Very few of the local
rulers fought with the British. Narasimhareddy was one amongst them. He
sacrificed his life for the sake of his people.
In 1846, a new Tahasildar by name Raghavachari was sent to Nossam
area. Then, Narasimhareddy was receiving the amount from the British. He
used to take it from the Tahsildar. As usual, he sent his faithful subordinate
by name Obaiah to collect the amount from the Tahasildar. The new
Tahsildar was unaware of the local honour and power of Narsimhareddy.
He called the local leader a beggar and Obaiah a beggar to another beggar.
These words of carelessness and negligence reached Narasimhareddy.
He lost his temperament and sent a letter informing that he would
remove the head of that Tahsildar within 12 hours and his treasury would be
looted. In addition, he threw a challenge to save his life. Narasimhareddy
took the help of Gosai Venkanna of Aakumalla village near Koilkuntla, and
Obaiah and a lightening attack and looted the treasury on 10 July 1846.
He removed the head of Raghavachari and got the head of Thomas,
the treasurer shaved and moved in the streets of the village. This filled
courage in the hearts of villagers. Thus, the fear of British has been
deteriorated in the public.
Narasimhareddy and his army were alert knowing the mentality of the
British. As suspected, Watson the warmonger attacked the Reddy’s fort.
Though the fort was partly damaged, he could not face the Reddy’s army. In
the combat, he lost one of his hands and ran away with defeat. Gosai
Venkanna advised Reddy to vacate the fort and move into under ground.
Reddy and his followers sheltered in Vanadurgam near Ahobila Narasimha
Swamy Shrine in Nallamala Forest.
Peter was a crooked forest Ranger. He was in Rudravaram near
Durgam. He killed a teenage girl the daughter of Jangam mallaiah a native
of Rudravaram. He was a follower of Reddy. Reddy promised him that he
would punish the Ranger. Peter’s head was sliced. This became the hot
cake like news in the local villages. Those villagers also became the
followers of Reddy. Agitation took momentum. Under the leadership of
British Army Captain Norton, Captain Russel of Kurnool, Kakrain the
collector, Joseph the Military commanding officer, Daniel the agent to the
governor announced Rs. 10,000 on the head of Reddy.
Sreenivasareddy, Tahasildar and Narsireddy the son of Rosireddy of
Duvvur conspired to capture Reddy. People sniffed it and they killed them
in the broad daylight. Day by day, the strength of Reddy was increasing and
the amount of threat to the British was equally increasing. Reddy’s network
included few army jawans in British army. It was believed that they used
feed the important information of the British to Reddy. Reddy instigated and
inspired the jagirdars, jamindars, and even nawabs. They too started to think
of the nation and patriotism was being injected in them.
Every dog has a day. Reddy’s brother by name Pedda Mallareddy
who boiling with vengeance against Reddy gave the information of his
brother to the British. As the network of Reddy was so strong, he came to
know about Mallareddy’s brutal plan. Simultaneously British attacked
Durgam and destroyed it. Reddy and few of his army moved to
Erramalakonda for shelter. Kakrain arrested Reddy’s wife and children and
took them to Lal Bunglow.
He threw a challenge to Reddy to relieve his wife and children if he
was so courageous. Reddy received the challenge and reacted in time. He
relieved his wife and children. They were injured. His injured wife wished
the agitation should be a successful one and passed away. Her death
ceremony was done in the secret place of his shelter. He realized that the
time has come to be in public to accelerate the movement. British army
attacked Reddy and his men and massacred all. Only Obaiah was able to
escape with life. Narasimhareddy was hanged to death. This is one of the
inspiring stories of patriotism.
GANG CULTURE Gang culture took its first breath from the local leadership. Those
were the days of “Village Munsiff, Reddy, and Karanam”. These people
enjoyed the power of authority. They continued the suppression in order to
keep the villagers under their grip. When N.T.R. was the chief minister, this
culture ended. However, the violence in the blood has been transfused.
Villagers were grouped. The group leader headed it. Villagers were forced
to be in one or the other group for their requirements and complaints.
The necessity of the people became advantageous to the leaders. It
has become ridiculous inseparable bond of the necessity and opportunity.
False prestige, competitiveness, increased the thirst of the expansion of the
individual groups. It became the struggle for existence for all the groups.
Village folk too enjoyed sharing the activities of the group and security.
GANG LEADERS
A tight bond prevailed between the members of the group. They used
to call each other with some relationship, which fastened their group further.
The group and its members shared all festivals, and auspicious and
inauspicious occasions. This created random sacrifice in the mind of
members. They were ready to die for the sake of their leader. Thus, those
leaders were able to impress their members.
They too were ready to do anything for their members. Therefore, no
individual was neutral. This was nothing but the unexposed fear of life and
living changed into a link in the chain of faction group. The leaders knew the
strength of the chain lies in its weakest link. Therefore, they were taking
precautious measures to keep them in tact by making him strong mentally.
Leaders treated their members better than that of their families.
PARTY
Those groups were called “Parties”. They were not political parties
but, faction parties (groups). In the tense villages or on the occurrence of
violence police pickets were staked. They were punitive stations. The
expenditure of station and their dearness allowances were collected from the
faction leaders of that locality or area. They might have thought that the
additional burden of money would change their mindsets. When they
register the cases, they used to refer them to farther courts.
The faction leaders used to bear the total expenditure of the cases.
They used to go to courts on foot, on bullock carts etc. Even the group
members shared the expenditure incurred in the courts and traveling. There
were leaders of faction who sacrificed their families, their properties, for the
sake of their prestige. This character we find hereditary. People had high
honour to the word given.
They lived as if their lives are meant to serve their leader. It may be
because of their poverty, illiteracy, craze for luxurious living etc. They were
brave, courageous, and even happily plunged into life sacrifice to their
group. They targeted the main opponents only. They were careful in their
riots. Other innocent people should not be hurt was their motto.
The amazing fact in their inhuman deeds was their human values
hidden in them. They stuck on to certain principles in their riots and violent
activities. Ethics and principles were strictly followed. May be the inherent
quality of Indians in their pre-dated wars was being reflected. Women on
both groups were kept aside from attacks. There was no evidence for their
rude behavior towards the women and children. Faction was in its
submissive facet of the hard core.
ELECTIONS
Political contestants never visit individual houses requesting for votes.
They visited the leader of one group and were able to assess the actual
number of votes they could get. The members proved their trust towards
their leaders by casting their votes to the person who the leader told. During
the polling if, any agent was not there in some booth, even the opponent
contestant used to pass on the information to his opponent.
That was an astonishing quality of those leaders. Leaders too extended
their help and cooperation to the faction leaders who helped them in their
elections. It was bilateral and mutual.
Gradually few of these leaders changed their attitudes. They thought
why should not they enter into politics instead of rendering their helping
hand to others and make them rulers. Political scenario gradually changed.
Local leaders started to move earth and heaven to become rulers. There
were leaders who came out of faction tried to serve the people with their
power and authority.
In the contemporary political scene many number of faction leaders
are in disguise of rulers (M.L.As, M.Ps ). They used all the vice practices to
win and grab the ruling seat. Distribution of liquor, rigging, and nabbing,
blackmailing, bribing, money disbursement became the common
phenomenon in the general elections. They enjoy guards from government.
While enjoying all the benefits from the government they are amassing
wealth beyond account.
The amount spent during the elections should be earned, and earn for
the next elections. Expansion of his group is given the priority. Political
image and position, authority and command, made their wealth making easy.
Favoritism basing on caste, religion, and relationship played important role.
They never tried to educate their group or followers. It may be because ruler
should not allow another ruler to grow under him.
MAKING OF GUNS AND BOMBS
They used to make the local guns and bombs. Every group has one or
two blacksmiths who are trusty worthy. They would be in charge of making
the guns. Within their permitted knowledge, they prepared bombs with
mixtures of glass pieces and dust, potash, iron pieces that are quite
dangerous when they blast as they pierce through the bodies.
Gradually, they made their bombs more powerful by using capes and
detonators. These were done in the houses. Many lost their lives owing to
the negligence in making the bombs. Blasting took place when the ratios
were wrong. Many lost their limbs and became handicapped. At times roofs
were too blown off and damaged the lives and properties.
Generally, these things took place in the fields farther to the villages.
When something unwanted occurred, they used to clear the place without
any evidence of the activity.
In the recent days, the same thing occurred in a political leader’s
house. Many lost their lives in the incident. They cleaned the area as if
nothing happened there, before the police arrived. Even the villagers were
hesitant to complaint. Police were helpless.
In the year 1988 at a village near Tadipatri, one of the groups hides
the bombs in a house fearing to the police search. There was a boy by name
Raghavanaidu. His age was 4 years then. After 22 years, coming from the
prison that group came to the village. He wanted to renovate his house.
When the walls were being removed, the hidden bombs blasted and he lost
both of his hands. There are number of stories like this.
CONTEMPORARY FACTION CULTURE The faction past and present are beyond comparison. Now it is used to
meet the selfish ends, to grab the power and authority, to amass wealth.
Modern faction is under the protected cover of government security and as
well as private security. Now the number of security and image creating
throngs have became a symbol of status. These faction leaders live in their
whims and fancies and crave to lead lives like that of dictators.
These dictators are camouflaged under the mask of democracy.
These leaders are the liaison links between the voters and voted, executed
and elected unions and capitalists. These leaders enjoy the sovereignty. It is
no more in the hands of the government or in the hands of the voters. The
government has become a puppet in the hands of the leaders. It is a vicious
circle. They too are in need of funds. Therefore, they occupied mines, sand,
trees etc, and the natural resources. Amassing the wealth through various
vice means gave them strength to expand their groups.
Obviously, the faction tendency has been deep rooted stood erect and
branched out. Contracts are in the hands of faction leaders or in the hands of
their subordinates.
Faction slowly changed into a passion of life to a sect of people.
Above all many have taken this an earning for their subsistence security for
their existence. For many cinema faction has become the nucleus. The
ultimate pleasure to the viewer is from the torture, violence, loot and
murders in cinema.
Samarasimhareddy, Chennakesavareddy, Narasimhanayuidu,
Rayalaseema Ramannachowadary are the replicas of faction and violence.
The stories are not fictions but are facts and real lives.
The followers name their leaders with that of cruel animals and with
their sounds. This eulogy is like intoxication to the leaders. To prove
themselves unto the praise of their followers they behave not better than
those animals. Thus, the human values have been vanished and the leaders
opened a new era with that of primitive man.
Political parties always try to suppress the opponent and to establish
their upper hand. Ruling party and the opposition party behave like rivals.
As nothing in the world is permanent except change, these political parties
also change their stand and the results vice versa. Even the Police Officers
known for their honesty are kept aside.
Many are transferred to other places and to other branches as soon as
there is a change in the seat of a leader in politics. Wherever their strength
has to be retained, they use to post their faithful police officer in order to
manage the filing the cases against their opponents. Those police too are
loyal not to the government but to the leader or leaders or a political party.
They no more do their duty as public servants. Police stations have become
the protective centers for the ruling parties. At times, they are taking the job
of mediation arbitration and settlements too.
They with all their power and authority try to reduce the income
sources of the opponent to make him depend on the ruling party. The one
killed now was a killer in the past and the one kills now will be killed
tomorrow. This cycle has strong links, which can never be shattered or
broken.
PRIVATE ARMIES Few abandoned organizations are creating havoc and public
insecurity. These organizations always hide from the police and live away
from social life. Whenever police and these antisocial elements come face
to face, firing breaks up. Many lose their lives. These organizations are
stick on to certain principles and they never swerve from them. They have
no opportunity to come into open to propagate their ideologies into public.
However, the unbearable thing is that of the few who have been
maintaining their private security (private army as they bear weapons).
Naxalism, radicalism and Maoism always oppose the government and are of
in total thirst of bloodshed. Even these hard nuts are tamed by the political
leaders and are being used in their private security / army. When the
opponents are killed, these shadow organizations attribute the murder for
themselves. They are underground. Police fail or delay in finding them. In
the meantime, actual culprit escapes from the crime and eventually plans for
another crime.
BLASTING THROUGH MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Revolutionary change in the technology changed the bomb-blasting
scenario. Bomb making locally has become obsolete and out dated. They
used the advanced technology and development of science for their brutal
motives. They started to prepare powerful bombs and mines and used them
on their rivals. The expertise of these things has been brought from the
leaders of the abandoned groups.
Most of these bombs were used in Rayalaseema in general and
Ananthapur in particular. Almost every family tells with shameless pride the
loss of their people. The blast of land mines in Tadipatri and Dharmavaram
are the major examples, which shook the common person. In an incident,
remote keeper of the land mine has lost his own life because of his lack of
knowledge in blasting. T.V bomb, Car bomb created threatening alarm to
peaceful life and living. Words fall less to push forth the treachery, violence
and agony in these blasts.
BLASTS IN PUBLIC PLACES
Faction is spreading faster than its control and remedial measures.
Many innocent people became the victims. No one can expect the blasts.
This may occur at any place at any time. Now this is baseless aimless and
without a particular target. There are some blasts to disturb the main life of
people. Generally, they keep these things in an unseen place like parks or
playgrounds.
The police rides are futile and cannot trace out them. In Tadipatri an
incident took place. Few children were playing without knowing the
difference between a ball and bomb took a bomb and started to play.
Suddenly there a blast and children were no more. The condition of their
parents is beyond imagination. In Kadiri one targeted their rival in a bus
stand. However, the rival escaped and three innocent people fell dead.
In Maddela Cheruvu village children anxiously gathered to watch the
new T.V. It blasted and those children lost their lives. Near the filmnagar
few journalists died in a car blast when they were on their duty. This was a
car blast. A political and his bodyguards were mercilessly put to death in the
party office.
Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Mrs.
Sonia Gandhi visited Bandlapalle village in Ananthapur district to introduce
few welfare activities including guarantee of work. When they left, people
were returning from the meeting. Rival groups threw bombs and killed
many. Nothing could change the mindsets of these faction leaders and its
members. They could not quench their thirst of bloodshed, arson and
violence with the welfare activities that the governments are propagating.
This faction culture has become an inseparable one from life and incurable
throughout ages.
SOURCES OF INCOME
Money is the hub around which every thing revolves round.
Moneymaking is also an important activity for these faction leaders.
Agriculture, business units are unable to meet the growing expenditures of
the faction activities. The alternative methods are given importance. Real
estate, contracts and mines are the suitable substitutes for their earning for
illegal activities of faction.
The strength of faction leaders depends on the money. Small scale
and large-scale projects are in the hands of these faction leaders. Roads,
tolls, cement factories, iron and steel plants, mines, tenders for civil supplies,
electricity production projects, irrigation canals and liquor auctions etc are
the most preferred ones for their easy earning.
Faction leaders indulge in various activities. They keep the
moneymaking machinery in the hands of trusted and unidentified names to
hide themselves and to conceal their activities. Even the I.T. department
fails to identify the culprits of black money. They threaten the bidders in
tenders and they quote different tenders.
As all the tenders are from the same group with different names,
contracts are confirmed with their names, which in turn flow into the hands
of the faction leaders. Such confirmed contracts are sold out, leased out, or
settled with some percentage to others. It is an ever-easy way of
moneymaking.
In the private sector, these things are quite easy for the faction leaders.
The owners, engineers and other government officers are in the clutches of
the faction leaders. Members of the faction group entertain these things.
These faction leaders provide cars of same colour to the political leaders in
convoys to strengthen their identity and to be in the good books of the
leaders. They provide luxurious guesthouses in posh areas like Banjarahills
to the Political leaders.
They appointed few caretakers to look after their guesthouses. They
are ready to spend lavishly during the elections. They pay to the gangs to
capture booths and rigging. This indirectly falls on the public.
SETTLEMENTS
Settlements and its income are placed high. They create the necessity
of settlement where there is no such need. This settlement business entered
into cities like Hyderabad, Vizag, Bangalore and Tirupati. Now it is deep
rooted and branched out. The members are in constant search of lands within
the city limits or on out skirts. When they come across such land
immediately, they land in to dig out the facts of the land.
Even the negligible errors that moved in will be magnified. With the
power and authority, they threaten the landowner either through local
authorities or through his rivals. Then settlement conference is arranged in
which these leaders demand certain percentage in the land value. Where
ever necessary Local Police is influenced to support the faction leaders.
Landowners approach this land mafia for settlements. It is because of future
protection and security for their land and buildings.
Thus, in this democratic set up Autocracy is placed on the thrown.
People are no better than slaves are. These faction members enter into rented
houses and create problems to the owner by not paying rents. Tenants
become owners and sell the houses even without the knowledge of the
owners.
If it is questioned, murders and loot follows. At times leaders enter
into the litigation and settle the matter by forcing the owner to sell to a low
price to the tenant his follower. Innumerable number of incidents constantly
occurs under the faction leaders.
CABLE NET
It is not paradoxical to say that there is no house without T.V. This
serves as a permanent source of income. Therefore, these faction leaders
grabbed these cable connections in mandal levels. Their members maintain
this connection net work. This raised the curtain for local war between
groups. Always the powerful has the upper hand.
The ruling part leaders are also members in the cable net connections.
In some places, they are the sleeping partners. Local net work tussle changed
into political war. It is evident that many cable operators and its partners
have become the constant visitors of police stations and courts.
LIQUOR BUSINESS
Arrack, toddy and liquor are another important branch of earning.
Many faction leaders focused their view towards this business. They
invested and expanded their business, income and group too. Larger the
group greater the advantage during the elections was the aim of the faction
groups. In the year, the then Chief Minister N.T.Ramarao imposed 1994
prohibition. Later on, arrack is prohibited totally.
The demand for cheap liquor expanded. In the government tenders for
liquor shops, few of the faction leaders and members formed into syndicates
and sell liquor more than the MRP. Government could not control this
phenomenon. They grow to a stage to command and dictate terms to the
government. Because, they are the blessed ones in the hands of political
leaders where police and excise departments can do nothing. There are few
peculiar amalgamations take place among these rival faction groups.
In Rayalaseema, both the rival faction groups join hands in forming
syndicates to sell liquor at higher prices. Thus, the liquor selling has gone
into the hands of monopolists. Here we find no ethics but only money
earning. In addition, we find the clear-cut difference between those groups
of olden and the contemporary groups of now a day. When the ruling and
opposition parties join in robbing the public, the public has wonderstruck.
Here we find the aim of these faction groups is revenge on its minor part and
money making and grabbing the political power is the major part.
Youth has become puppets in the modern scenario of faction. They
too started settlements of land and are becoming part of land mafia. They
come across many people and their circle has been increasing making them
more and more powerful. They are ready to kidnap children, threaten the
rich, for want of money.
They are misleading the youth too. Youth become a part of faction
groups. They are settling the small and moderate land issues. They are the
real strength of the faction and political leaders as well. They are in
kidnapping children, rich people for want money. They are indulged in
murders and loot. Murderers from other places and are settling under the
safe guard of these faction groups and political leaders.
Thus, the society is not only filled with filth and insecurity, but also
polluted from root to fruit beyond cleansing.
Gangula narayanareddy Ex.MLA opponents 1-6-83
Anantapur
Umasankarreddy MLC opponents 25-12-84
Chittoor
Mahabaleswargupta MLA opponents 21-5-85 Kurnool
Sane Chennareddy MLA Naxalites 7-5-91
Anantapur
P.Sivareddy MLA opponents 7-8-93 Cuddapah
P.Venkatapathi Ex.Samithi
President
opponents 26-8-95
Ananthapur
Sehireddy Ex. MLA opponents 18-4-96 Kurnool
Y.S.Rajareddy YSR’s
father
opponents 23-5-98
Cuddapah
S.V.Ramanareddy +
another
Ex. MLA opponents 22-8-98
Ananthapur
Paritalaravindhra + MLA opponents 24-1-2005
Two more Ananthapur
Suryapratapreddy Ex. MLA opponents 18-4-2006
Ananthapur
Vaikuntam Sreemulu Ex.Samithi
President
opponents 18-11-2006
Kurnool
Kapatralavenkatappa
Naidu
Ex.
President
Mandal
opponents 17-5-2008
Kurnool
1. Landmines at Obulanayanapalle resulted in three lives in 1992 in
Ananthapur
2. T.V.Bomb took 5 lives at Maddelacheruvu on 24-10-93 in Ananthapur
3. Land mine took 8 lives at Chikkepalle in 1995 in Ananthapur
4. Landmine took 3 liv es on 1-7-97 at Vemulapadu in Ananthapur
5. Car bomb killed 26 people in Jublee hills in Hyderabad on 19-11-97.
FACTION AND ITS IMPACT
1. Once in a district in Rayalaseema one of the faction leaders was
traveling with his convoy on a metal road. There was an old lorry moving in
front of the convoy. The driver of the lorry could not hear the horn of the
convoy and was unaware of the cars coming behind him. When he observed
the convoy, he moved to his extreme left and gave way to the convoy. The
faction leader, who thought that he was second to none, burst in rage and
opened fire. The poor driver died on the spot in a pool of blood. Is this not
the result of faction?
2. Tadipatri is an MLA constituency located between Cuddapah and
Ananthapur districts. People believed there was a demon by name Tataki
lived in that area. She was known for her cruelty. That is why that area got
its name by the name of the demon. The army of Srikrishnadevaraya used to
put on tents in that area at the time of war. The dialect of that area is
different from that of Cuddapah and Ananthapur. Even the social culture in
that area was different. The people of that area were in the clutches of the
faction since a long time.
3. We don’t find tussle between castes. The main fight prevails between
two groups. Many in the groups have lost their properties to retain their
prestige. Now there are faction leaders who amassed wealth under the
faction cover. There is a political leader known for his simplicity and
nobility. He was elected continuously few decades ago, and wanders like an
ordinary citizen now. His name was Challa Subbarayudu. The skirmish
atmosphere of faction was not there before. J.C.Diwakar Reddy was elected
MLA and became a minister.
He rose to the level of a dictator of the district who got total control over
the district congress party. The rapid change in the political atmosphere
paved way for his growth vertically and horizontally. Transport, Arrack and
liquor business made him mint money. This is an added advantage for his
faction activities. The only opposition party is Telugu Desam. The non co-
operation ego and jealousy in Telugu Desam party turned advantageous to
Diwakar Reddy.
Difference of opinion widened the gap between YSR and Diwakar
Reddy. Ketireddi Suryapratapreddy was the president of Mandal Praja
Parishad. He was neutral between YSR and Diwakarreddy. He expressed his
support to YSR and deviated from Diwakarreddy. Thus, the district congress
split into two groups headed by Diwakarreddy and Ketireddy Brothers. Both
struggled hard to establish themselves more than the other in the villages did
and groups established did.
Diwakarreddy kept the police in his hands and influenced them to file
criminal cases against the group of Kethireddy. Lanka Venkateswarlu,
inspector of police helped Diwakarrreddy as his right hand. He tried to
weaken the group of Kethireddy by criminal cases. People were aware of the
facts. Kethireddi and Diwakarreddy’s stands became more and more
dangerous. Public is afraid of their mutual attacks.
Tadipathri was like a war field. One of the D.S.P has extended his
helping hand to the Minister and tried to corner Kethireddy and his group.
Knowing this Suryaprathapreddy attacked the Officer in the broad day light
in the middle of the street and killed him. This incident shook every one.
When these attacks are on, one of the groups tried to hide their weapons
and bombs. They thought public place like garden would be the right place
for that. Immediately they put their bombs and other explosives in a bush
near a fence. Small children were playing there. They saw balls like things
in the bush. They thought that they could play with them and took them and
started to play throwing them on one another. They blasted and few
schoolchildren had lost their lives.
This incident could not bring any change in the faction groups. Police
kept mum. This incident mirrors the result of the faction war.
MASSACRE
Guttakindapalle is a village in Ananthapur district. It is very close to
Pulivendula. A hamlet of villages is seen over there. It is near Kadiri.
Venkatramireddy of Guttakindapalle was a peasant. He entered into politics
in 1982. Since then, struggle started. Many murders took place until 1994.
Rivals of Venkatramireddy attacked him in Kadiri town near a lodge. In that,
chaos of bomb blasts Venkatramireddy escaped.
This attack took the lives of two innocent people. One was cloth
hawker and other was an employee in a ayurveda department by name Nese
krishnappa. Bombs did their duty irrespective of they are meant for.
Venkatramanappa Chetty was the first rival to Venkatramireddy. He
belongs to Kummarollapalle. He has a groundnut factory. As he was the
owner, he has to manage the same. Peasants from villages bring their
produce and supply them to Venkatramanappa Chetty. He too sleeps there
only in the factory. One night in 1994, Rival group with its hundreds of
members surrounded the factory.
They threw bombs and opened fire mercilessly. In that firing, more
than seven lost their lives. They were no way connected to faction rivalry.
Few have lost their limbs and badly affected. Venkatramanappa Chetty, the
target of the rivals died on the spot. This incident threw a challenge to the
government and mimicked the law and order by the police. On the other
hand, this incident gave enormous strength to Venkatramireddy in the
expansion of his group in the villages.
In the year 2006, Indukuru Narasimhareddy and Venkatramireddy
have lost their lives. Their own activities boomeranged. Faction kills every
one. It has no partiality. It is a great leveler. Faction has become immortal
from the face of public. What a pitiable thing it is!
Sri. Marri Chennareddy and Sri Nedurumalli Janardhanreddy were the
Chief Ministers during the period 1989-93. Sri. Y.S.Rajasekharreddy was
also an eminent congress leader. They were able to obtain licenses for the
rifles and pistols for their group very easily. The faction leaders used to
carry them publicly. Threatening the people on various issues was a
common thing in those days. A leader from Kurnool had had his vehicle
filled and denied to pay the bill.
He threatened the people concerned with the gun. It was the talk of
public in those days. The display of their guns and other weapons was there
on every occasion good or bad. People gradually started to lose their
patience and unrest started to prevail. Sniffing this, the then Chief Minister
Sri. Kotla Vijayabhaskarreddy cancelled the licenses and restricted the new
ones. Thus, he was successful in controlling the weapon carrying faction
leaders.
Once there was film shooting in the film-nagar near Hyderabad. That
belonged to a faction leader. His opponents planned to kill him. On the day
of shooting, many people were watching the film making activity. There
were many cars moving here and there. Faction in the form of a car bomb
blasted and took away 26 lives and left many crippled. Journalists moved
forward to gather the information. They too lost their lives in the blast.
The deceased never even dreamt the havoc. Here the victims are the
innocent people, but not the faction leaders or their members.
T.V. bomb incident took place in a village in Ananthapur district. T.V.
The owner sent his T.V. for repair. His opponents waiting for the
opportunity, managed to fix a bomb in the T.V. When the T.V. came many
thronged over it to watch. All of a sudden, blast occurred and five lives
including children have gone.
The died did not know that the entertainment would stop their breath
and would send them to permanent sleep. Here the deceased were innocent
and were not in faction group.
Kappatrala is a village in Devanakonda Mandal in Kurnool district.
Varam Kishtappa was a moneylender. He belonged to a socially backward
community. He used to collect interests from his clients. When they could
not pay the same, he used to file suits against them in court and trouble
them. Slowly he brought the village into hands and grew politically. He
became the Panchayat Sarpanch and continued for a long time. In course of
time, the Boya community gained its strength.
Venkatappanaidu was the leader of the community. He won in the
elections on Kishtappa. This widened the gap between them and gradually
public split into two groups. Venkatappanaidu defeated Kishtappa in
Devarakonda Panchayat also. Thus, Venkatappanaidu gained political
strength. Son-in-law of Kishtappa was the reddy in Kappatrala Panchayati
and Yogananda was the Karanam. Both started to support kishtappa
indirectly and tried to reduce the name of Venkatappanaidu.
Venkatappanaidu murdered the Karanam Yogannda the follower of Varam
Kishtappa and sent a warning to the opponents.
As Venkatappanaidu was in power, he was able to strengthen his
faction group well and Kishtappa’s strength started to deteriorate. Kishtappa
could no longer stay in Kappatrala village and moved to Laddagiri village.
Sankaramma was the elder daughter of Kishtappa. One day she led a
huge number of people from laddagiri and attacked Venkatappanaidu, her
father’s rival. However, he escaped and his brother bojjappanaidu was
killed. Fearing the revenge, Kishtappa’s group went to Kotakonda village to
hide themselves for some time. There Ganti ranganna was a faithful follower
of Sankaramma. Again, she tried to attack Venkatappanaidu. In that, Ganti
Ranganna and his four brothers lost their lives. Again, venkatappanaidu
escaped.
Srinivasulu the elder son of Kishtappa was away from that faction
environment, had his education up to graduation, and settled away. Second
son Munirangadu wanted to take revenge against Venkatappanaidu and was
waiting for the opportunity. Kappatrala and Kotakonda became rival
villages. The origin of this faction had its roots in two families and now it is
ready to flame both the villages. Sankaramma used to attack
venkatappanaidu frequently.
Every time she used to hide in villages. Once, when she was at
muddanur Sankaramma lost her life in the attack of her rival group of
Venkatappanaidu. Every attempt made by Munirangadu was a failure. He
could not take his revenge against his father opponent Venkatappanaidu.
Those failures became raising steps to venkatappanaidu and he grew to the
level of a district leader.
Telugu Desam part came into being. In 1983 elections, Tammireddy
won from pathikonda MLA constituency. Devanakonda mandal was split
and merged into two constituencies Pathikonda and Done respectively. This
changed all the political equations. In 1985, Mahabaleswargupta won on
Ramakrishnareddy. Venkatappanaidu supported and helped
Ramakrishnareddy and K.E. brothers extended their support to
Mahabaleswargupta.
It is believed that the group led by Ramakrishnareddy murdered
Mahabaleswaragupta. Practically Mr. Gupta had no faction links. Yet, he
had to sacrifice his life to faction. Enemy’s enemy is a friend. Father of
Mahabaleswar Gupta joined hands with Munirangadu the second son of
Varam Kishtappa. It was a successful sketch.
Unidentified persons murdered Ramakrishnareddy in the broad day
light in one of the main centres of Kurnool. Ramakrishnareddy was the
Samithi President at the time of his death. Venkatappanaidu was the vice
president. Venkatappanaidu became the Samithi president after the death of
Ramakrishnareddy. Mahabaleswar Gupta’s wife contested in the elections
and became an MLA. She was away from the faction atmosphere. Gupta’s
brother was killed as revenge. Gupta’s father killed Nallareddy and his wife
the followers of Ramakrishna reddy with the help of Munirangadu. These
faction murders are unending.
Lakshmireddi and his brothers are rivals of Venkatappanaidu. They
belong to Lakkasagaram village near kappatrala village. Erikala Kishtappa
of Kappatrala used to visit Lakkasagaram village frequently.
Venkatappanaidu suspected and sent him out of Kappatrala village. All
believed that he took the patronage of Kotla group and benefited.
At this stage, Erikala Kishtappa and Munirangadu joined hands and
planned to put an end to Venkatappanaidu. Bombing went on for two hours
in Kappatrala village. People of Kotakonda village supported
Venkatappanaidu and opposed the bombing. In this clash, nearly ten of the
Kotakonda villagers lost their lives.
Opponent group tells that Munirangadu was shot dead by the police in
an encounter near Tuggali. After the reign of Munirangadu, Padmakka
daughter of Kishtappa took the lead. Erikala Kishtappa joined Kotla group.
She tried to kill Venkatappanaidu by a land mine. It was a failure.
Rangappanaidu was a close relative of Venkatappanaidu. He was the right
hand to Venkatappanaidu. Difference of opinion regarding few money
matters creep in. It is believed that Venkatappanaidu killed Rangappanaidu
with the help of his brother’s son Bhaskar naidu.
Seetharamanjaneyulu took charge as S.P. to Kurnool district. He tried
his level best to curb the faction in the villages. In a counseling session, he
revealed that the police killed Erikala Krishtappa and other three in an
encounter. Maddiletinayudu was the son of the deceased Rangappnaidu
wanted to take revenge on his father’s murder. Padmakka pooled up the
gang with the members hurt by Venkatappanaidu.
It is believed that she sketched to murder Venkatappanaidu. In the
flash attack, Venkatappanaidu escaped and the villagers rebelled against the
Padmakka group. Villagers killed nearly six of the members of the group. It
is recorded in the police station.
This was great shocking news. Venkatappanaidu lost the seat of the
Chairman of Zillaparishad. Padmakka kept quiet for some time. During the
reign of Y.S.Rajasekharareddy all, the opponents of Venkatappanaidu
returned to Kappatrala village. Again, Padmakka grouped them. Everybody
aimed at the death of Venkatappanaidu. It is believed that Maddiletinaidu
murdered Venkatappanaidu on 17th May2008 in revenge of his brothers and
father. It is not the end.
After the era of Venkatappanaidu, his elder brother Papayyanaidu’s
son parappanaidu took the leadership of Venkatappanaidu’s faction group.
Varam Pdmakka and Maddiletinaidu were banished from the village as they
were facing allegations against them. Many times Venkatappanaidu escaped
death narrowly. When his death came, he took away the lives of his gunman
and eight others. Even after death as if he might need them. Gunman and the
driver, who were on duty unrelated to the faction, lost their lives. Faction
kills not only the members of the groups but also the innocents.
Final statistics reveal the deaths numbering more than 200. Three
decades faction left the place undeveloped, with many physically
handicapped and widows parentless children and child lost parents. Though
there is loss everywhere, faction is not lost.
Guntakal is one of the important railway junctions in Rayalaseema.
They conduct tender bidding for the repair work on the railway track in the
South Central Railway. One day it was packed with people as it was the day
of tender bidding. There was a leader of the scheduled castes by name
J.B.Suresh. He thought that contract work would give him enough earning
to lead his family. Faction groups sniffed his intent and threatened to
withdraw from the bidding. He decided not to.
Immediate reaction was the bomb blast. He lost his hand. He was a
labour leader. Faction has no mercy and no priority. It took away the life of
an innocent who wanted to settle in his life through bidding in railway
contract.
Another such incident took place in Muddanur in Cuddapah district.
One of the faction leaders entered into Mandala Prajaparishad Office. His
rivals blasted a bomb. The blast took away the life of Ankalamma the
maidservant of the office. In what way she was responsible. Why should she
lose her life? Is it not the result of faction grudges? A poor woman, living on
her meager salary never expected that she would never return home.
Cherukampalle is a small village near Kumarkalva in Cuddapah
district. The hamlet of five villages considers that May 31 was unforgettable.
The Grama Panchayat elections, created violence and left them divided. All
the villagers in Cherukampalle, Kkumarakalva and Addalamarri split into
two groups. Gangaiahnaidu, Sathyanarayana and Obulareddy lead one group
and the other was lead by Subbareddy.
Thus, two faction groups took the elections a prestigious one. Poling
booth was in Kumarakalva village. Other village voters had come to
Kumarakalva to exercise their franchise. Other villagers thought,
Kumarakalva villagers might create violence with weapons and bombs.
Villagers of Kumarakalva too thought that others might attack them with
bombs. A pinch of doubt in the minds of faction groups lead to a greater
damage and wider violence. War burst out.
Nine people lost their lives. It is not the leaders of faction groups who
lost the lives, but the innocent people. Nearly more than hundred were taken
hospital. The filed case came to hearing in 1973. The judgment dismissed
the case considering the accused opened fire for self-protection.
In the olden days kings used to wage wars to prove their mettle. Now
every faction group tries to curb human values, unity and integration to
satisfy their mean utilities. Getting into power, amassing wealth, are the
aims of the most political and faction leaders. More over the faction
resembles the primitive cult of struggle for existence.
Few of the people realize now the result of faction and are settling
down by creating a congenial atmosphere of mutual help and co-operation.
They swerve away from their path of violence and fastidious lives and on the
way of peace and prosperity.
YOUTH INDULGENCE
India is rich in human resource. Youth is the real strength of a nation.
Majority of the youth are in villages. They all depend on agriculture.
Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh depends on rain for the agriculture, as there
are no perennial rivers. The few rivers in Rayalaseema are rain fed and
seasonal. Ground water is meager. Canals and storage tanks are very less.
Most of the agricultural lands are become arid and left uncultivated.
There are no industries to provide employment to the youth.
Therefore, unemployment prevails. Ultimately, youth were attracted
towards fast earning. This includes settlement of lands, tender lobbying,
kidnaps, threatening, and murders of real estate people. Few societies of
social welfare, few true leaders, and few preachers, are constantly on their
work of social change.
This has been bringing a moderate change in the thought and attitude
of the youth. If the government determines to put a stop the faction culture,
it can be done. The need in the area is noble and honest leaders who can lead
the innocent people to the state of harmony and peaceful co-existence.
BALEFUL APPEALS
Murders and loot news is familiar to the readers of Cuddapah.
Viswanathareddy and Maheswarreddy of Chapadu mandal have lost their
lives in Nakkaladinne village. Culprits hacked them to death with axes and
swords. Police registered a case against eight accused.
Family quarrels, ego, difference of opinions in business, political
rivalry are changing into faction disputes and leading to murders, kidnaps,
and loot. This results in loss of life and property. This leads to careworn
families. Chinnadandluru village of Yarraguntla mandal was soaked with
blood on 2 October 2001. Faction groups hacked K.Nagalingareddy’s son to
death. He was 20 years old and got married few months before. Seeing his
son’s death Nagalingareddy fell ill with paralysis.
Until this day, he is dying everyday to live. On the same day, another
murder took place in the fields. They killed Choutupalle Chowdappa aged
45 years. His two sons were studying 10th and 7th. Hearing the shocking
news, they ran to the fields and saw their father lying dead in a pool of blood
in their fields. Now those two boys, who were studying when their father
was killed, are now coolies. They could not study, as they have no one to
help.
AUTHORITY ACQUISITION CARES NO
RELATIONSHIP
Chippagiri is a small village in Kurnool District. There are two rich
groups and a submissive poor group. They were living happily until 1955.
Later the scene of serenity of the village changed into faction and violence.
Virupakshareddy belonging to one of the groups started to raise high
politically and became a notable person in the district.
The other group could not digest the growth of Virupakshareddy.
Vaikuntam Nagappa and Chandrappa belong to another group. They
suspected that their future would be powerless and Virupakshareddy would
suppress them and maintain his upper hand. The actually struggle started
between Virupakshareddy and Anjinayya belonging to Beldona village.
Lataer it was fanned up to a huge flame called faction violence. Nagappa
and chandrappa finally decided to put an end to Virupakshareddy.
Chippagiri is small village in Ananthapur District eight kilometers
away from Guntakal. One day Virupakshareddy was on his way to the
station. Nagappa and Seenappa settee and few others of the opponent gang
sniffed the movement of Virupakshareddy. It is believed that this gang
murdered Virupakshareddy attacking his vehicle.
Though the murders are very common, Virupakshareddy a well-noted
person’s murder became stunning news. Police registered a case against
many accused. Court gave them hanging orders. When they approached high
court, high court too supported the judgment of the lower court.
Again, they went to Supreme Court, where few of them were
exempted and the President of India Babu Rajendraprasad exonerated the
main accused. One of the children of the accused is named Rajendraprasad
in memory of his mercy.
Vaikuntam Lakshmanna, brother of Nagappa became the immediate
target of Virupakshareddy’s group. Lakshmanna lost his life in the attack of
the opponents. The village split into two groups. In the MPTC elections wife
of the diseased Virupakshareddy won, his son Timmareddy won and became
the sarpanch.
After 1980, there was a split in the Vaikuntam brothers. Two more
groups sprouted one under Nagappa and the other under Chandrappa.
Beldona is an adjacent village. There was a communal rivalry between
Anjinayya and other community. Vaikuntam Chandrappa and his brothers
supported Anjinayya and Nagappa supported the Golla community, widened
the gap, and converted them into a burning problem of violence and hatred.
In the local election of the Co-operative society Anjinayya’s son
Prabhakar from TDP and Nagappa’s son Narayanaswamy from Congress
contested. Even before the commencement of elections, there was an attack
against Vaikuntam chandrappa’s son Venkateswarlu and Prabhakar when
they were on their way to Guntakal. Venkateswarlu died on the spot and
Prabhakar died after ten days. Ravi was the brother of Prabhakar. His dead
body was found on railway track. Villagers believed that another brother of
Prabhakar by name Ashok did it.
Ashok trickily he continued good contacts with TDP and Congress
and became strong vertically and horizontally. He earned a lot. Ashok’s
brother-in-law Sivaprasad, and babu became his partners in the business. It
flourished in the beginning. Later on the difference of opinions split them.
Sivaprasad and Babu started their own business separately. The competition
in the business changed into personal rivalry and slowly changed into
groups. The ultimate result is same.
Ashok was found dead on the way to Guntakal. Police registered a
case against the accusedon 22-05-2002. The accused were no other than
Mallikharjuna and Sivaprasad the sons of Sriramulu and their gang.
Govindamma was the sister of Vaikkuntam Sreemulu. She lost all
three of her sons in the faction clashes. Ashok was her brother’s son. As he
too was murdered, she was totally upset. Vaikuntam Sreemulu was the
former President of the Samithi. He worked as president to Central Co-
operative bank Kurnool. He was an MLA too. He maintained good
relationship with the minister Mareppa. He helped the minister a lot during
elections. Of course, this tie up lasted only for a short time.
Again the differences sprouted up between minister Mareppa and
Vaikkuntam Sreemulu. As a result, Sreemulu lost his grip among the
politics. Those leaders put Sreemulu aside. It was the time Sreemulu and his
wife were murdered. Police registered a case against Beldona Govindamma
and her followers. It was the peak and the vanishing point of faction
between those groups with the emergence of AWAY. The Chief and the
harbinger of AWAY is V.Prabhakarchowdary. He called both the groups
and pacified them, cooled them, and injected the sense of unity.
Both the groups agreed to withdraw the cases registered against each
other. Also, decided not to send any witness further. All the cases were
dismissed and freed the accused. The war between the power mongers
ended. People enjoyed a real dawn of peace. This made them feel they are
also human beings like others. They felt the responsibility of a true citizen.
They represented the motto Live and let live. Thus, a new history is written.
RESISTENCE
Kalagalla is a village in Kuderu Mandal in Ananthapur district. An
incident shook the central authorities and political leaders in Delhi. The
incident happened four decades ago i.e. in 1967. In a riding of police, it is
said that seven people lost their lives. It was not seven but, more than
twenty-five. Many of corpses were not found. Culprits threw the bodies
into Penakacharla dam tying large stones. They even burnt few bodies
throwing into bushes.
Few villages like Antharaganga, Ipperu, Nagiredypalle, Kalagalla in
Kuderu Mandal of Ananthapur District lived on toddy collection. They were
running toddy shops in the villages. They used to pay the excise duty to the
government for toddy extraction from wild date trees. The farmers and
peasants of the local area demanded their share in the profits in the toddy
sales. Venkatesapa the toddy businessperson had had some difference with
the local peasants.
This difference changed into rivalry. Venkatesappa was growing
stronger and stronger day by day. The peasants turned envious. It was
believed that these peasants used to break the pots of toddy hung on trees for
extraction. Both the parties had an arbitration meeting. But, it was futile. All
started home. Narayanareddy of kalagalla and few leaders of the surrounding
villages decided to put a stop to the growth of Venkatesappa. In addition,
they suspected that venkatesappa would attack them at any time.
Therefore, all the villagers started to guard their villages night and
day. Both the groups doubted each other and were ready to face the
consequences. One day Venkatesappa was on his way to Kadagalla via
Muddalapuram. Narayanareddy came to know the movement of
Venkatesappa and passed on a message to the other members.
They attacked with weapons. Many lost their lives and many more
fell injured. Knowing this, Venkatesappa along with his follower Adeppa
tried to escape from Muddalapuram on a private bus. The raged opponent
group had already reached the bus and attacked. Venkatesappa escaped from
death. Police erected a picket over there. Police arrested 62 members those
suspected who were in connection with the attack. Under this tense situation
Tarimela Nagireddy a Communist Leader visited Karimella village and
discussed with the police.
Till then police kept the accused without food for two days. They left
twenty and registered cases against the remaining forty-two. District court
charged them with punishment. But, Narayanareddy appealed to High Court
and got the case dismissed after many adjournments. Now those villages
came out of faction and are now leading a peaceful life. They understood the
outcome of faction. Their own lives taught them and warned them. Faction
is the main obstacle to development.
Every one in those villages still memorize those bitter days in which
their lives were crushed. Now they do not even dream of faction.
THIRST OF POWER LEADING TO EMULATION
Konagondla and Poliki are the neighbouring villages in Vajrakur
Mandal of Ananthapur District. Rayala Govindappa belonging to Poliki
village had two daughters. He gave them in marriage to the two sons of a
landlord of Konagondla. He too migrated to Konagondla along with his
daughters. He used to organize arbitration between two people or groups.
Other landlords made their eyes green on the importance of
Govindappa. Kamma Hanumanthappa of Konakondla village used to run oil
mill and was doing the business with groundnuts. He had few partners too.
In the business transactions, Govindappa and Hanumanthappa could not
continue peaceful due to few misunderstandings. Sivaramireddy was another
landlord of the same village. He became a close friend to Hanumanthappa.
Thus, Hanumanthappa and Sivaramireddy formed a group. In contrary
Govindappa was able to gather all the backward people into his group. He
extended his support to the toddy extractors.
All the landlords were against this act of Govindappa. The gap was
widened between the two groups of landlords and backwards. Govindappa
established himself stronger with the support of his group from the
surrounding villages also. Sivaramireddy and his group were on the way to
Gooty court on 5th May 1931. Near Guntakal rival group attacked with
swords and other weapons and killed 5 of the group. It was suspected that
those indulged in murdering the five were instigated and supported by
Govindappa.
It was also believed that Govindappa’s hand was the main one in the
murder of the lawyer Nagireddy.
It may be true as Nagireddy belonged to the landland sect. Every
murderer dies in a murder. In 1950, Rayala Govindappa’s death was
mystery. Few thought it was a suicide, and others thought it was a murder.
Rayala Vemanna the son of the deceased Govindappa entered into politics,
contested in the 1978 elections, and elected MLA. He became the minister
in the cabinet in the year 1982.
He never behaved like his ancestors and their rivals. Probably he
might have expected the results would recur. It was an appreciable change in
the locality.
EXEMPLARY HUMANITY SPROUTS IN FACTION
Narayanareddypalle is a small village in Tadipatri taluk in Ananthapur
district. Different sects of people lived there. The entire village was under
the command of two forward sects. Venkatasubbaiah and Chinna
Narayanareddy were alter egos. They were more relations. These maintained
a powerful group. Their opponent was Anantha Narayanaredy. He too
maintained another group.
There was a cold war between these groups. Both groups were waiting
for an opportunity to take the upper hand on the other. Once there was an
attack on a woman near a well. This incident added fuel to the already
blazing fire between two groups. Venkatasubbaiah was sentenced to death
by the court in the murder case of Peddasanjappa. Of course, the high court
dismissed the judgment.
These two groups were not woven based on castes. Fastidious
devotion of the followers made the groups stronger and stronger day by day.
They extended their authority in the neighboring villages. The members of
the group were lived like close relations. They never thought of humanism,
in establishing their barbarous grabbing of authority.
Once the daughter of Velur Narayanareddy was in a field. Other
group lifted her against her will and gave her in marriage to the one
belonging to their rival group. Police interfered and handed over the girl
again to her parents. As a result, the opponents from entering into the
drinking water well abducted her relation Venkatareddy. Venkatasubbaiah
was the village munsif. He complained this matter to the police. This
complaint raised the ego levels of the rival group.
The real war like attack started on 1st January 1963. They pelted
stones on one another. Both the groups used guns and rifles. Police
registered criminal cases against both groups. Vaikuntam Venkatasubbaiah
and Chinnanarayanareddy were on their way to Guntakal court, were
stopped and were murdered by the rival group led by T.Narayanareddy.
This incident became a challenge to the police. They registered
against 18 members and arrested. They came out on bail. The first accused
T.Narayanareddy was given a conditional bail. In those days, bus facility
was meager. To travel in the buses was dangerous too. He wanted to buy a
jeep for his safety and easy travel. He approached his brothers for the same.
But, in vain. After a long time, one day he entered into the village secretly.
He suspected his wife.
Later he found that his wife has close contacts with one of his own
followers. Therefore, he sent her to her native village. She returned from her
native village. Pleasures come single, and troubles come in bundle. He was
surrounded by indomitable problems like wife’s character, financial set
backs, criminal cases and the fall of his family. He burst out in a letter to his
relations and revealed various pressures he was facing.
His own brother could not arrange some money for his purchase of
jeep for his safety. He could not digest his wife’s character. All preferred
money and luxury. All ignored him. He was forlorn.
He wrote letters to all his opponents, his followers, and the police as
well requesting every one not to register cases against his rival group. He
shot his wife and shot himself dead after releasing his letters and
safeguarding other people. However, he lived in faction hood until his last
breath; he left the faction on his last breath. All felt sad, on his demise. The
letter with his own handwriting is also enclosed herewith.
INFINITE
- Singamaneni Narayana
Writer
My heart filled with immense joy, as I will be visiting my village after
a long time. These days I could not find any free time to visit my village.
More over there is no other important work for me to attend. My village,
narrow streets, various houses, rooms in my house, my swimming wells and
the village tank that appears always dry used to haunt my thoughts and fills
my free time in ruminating the cud of my life in my village.
The trees I climbed while playing, the only temple Potalappa on the
tank bund are never blurred in my mind. The attachment with the village left
an indelible impression. I had an opportunity to visit the village before 5
years on the marriage of my youngest brother. I went with my family and
stayed there for ten days. Though I never visit the village frequently, I used
to hear about various happenings in the village. My brothers and few
villagers come and visit me now and then. I too tried to visit the village few
times. I had to cancel my trip owing to some unavoidable workload.
My family is still undivided. My parents departed before ten years.
Yet, we all brothers are united. Two younger brothers look after the
agriculture in the village. One day, my brother wrote a lengthy letter to me.
He wished that partition would be better at the earliest. Though painful, I
too felt it was good to be parted while all are peaceful and sharing love and
affection under one roof.
I told them that I did not want any share in the fields. I also told them
to share my share among themselves. This thought might have pained my
brothers. They told me to come and take away my share. My conscious did
not agree, as I have well settled in life and leading a peaceful life without
any problems or hurdles. When my brother insisted me to come over there to
the village, on the fixed date I too went.
My intention was that I could spend four or five days in my loved
village happily. My village is nearly sixty kilometers away from
Ananthapur. It is quite a large village having more than five hundred houses.
Villagers belong various castes. All of them have been living on agriculture
since ages past. There is a vast government land around the village. This
was distributed among the poor and the landless. Now, every one works on
fields for their bread.
The landlords having fifty to sixty acres of land are also unable to
earn lakhs. Those settled in town on business are rich. All other villagers are
economically almost fall in a single category. In the peaceful abode of the
village, people were happy and peaceful until the recent past. Now a days
the unexpected and unwanted news of grudges and gang formations reached
my ears. My village used to have 90 percent polling in every election.
There was no bias. I was proud about this. Now the peaceful scenario
has been changed. Here and there, few incidents are happening. I consoled
myself that one or two incidents like this definitely happen in villages.
I got down the train in Ananthapur. I waited there for some time as it
was too early to board any bus. Once there were no buses to my village.
Now all buses except express go to my village. Once we used to walk four
kilometers from the main road to reach my village. The bus I boarded
started at half past seven and reached my village at about nine. With over
enthusiasm, I had a nap in the bus. A co-passenger broke my nap, reminding
me the arrival of my village.
He called me “uncle Narayana”. Then I was able to remember the
face and reciprocated with a smile. I found there was a lot of change in the
village appearance. The Nagulakatta used to be very busy in those days.
Small shops were closed. The small hotel over there was busy with people,
now it is almost deserted. Very few villagers were there on the street. It was
a shock to me to see such a calm, dead street over there. Few donkeys and
dogs were there going helter skelter.
Under the neem tree, I saw five or six policemen standing with rifles.
I suspected some wrong thing. Bus started to go back behind me. Then I
noticed that I and the other one were the only two people got down in that
big village. I thought of asking someone about my suspicion. There was no
one to ask. I dropped my anxiousness, with a thought that I could get the
information from my people at home. I speeded up the paces towards my
house.
I was able to see only women in front of their houses. Our house is
the first after entering into a broader street in the village. There is an old
neem tree in front of our house. People of the village used to sit under the
tree on parley. No one was there. That increased my anxiety, and I started
to doubt the serenity of our house. My heart started to shrink with fear. I
entered my house.
My elder sister in law received me and enquired about my family.
Listening to our talk second sister in law too came and joined her. Some how
I felt their talk and affection was under some force and pretension. I felt
their affection was not true. Children zoomed around me. I gave them
biscuits, sweets and flowers. Under the cold command of their mothers,
they left for play.
I could not resist my anxiety any more and asked them what happened
in the village and enquired about the cause of the presence of police in the
village, a strange situation to digest. She blasted the fact of bomb blast in
the previous night. I understood that the bombarding continued for three
hours. It was believed that more than forty country bombs were pelted and
blasted.
The entire village could not even wink throughout night. Almost with
a stunning shout, I exclaimed with shock whether the bombing was in the
village. They coolly replied that it was the second time. The same thing
happened before three months. I the staunch lover of the village asked them
whether there was any loss of life during the incidents. She told that Sivalu
the son of Bodeppa had had his right hand crushed.
Nearly five members were severely injured in the night. All the
injured were taken to hospital and by the grace of God no one had lost ones
life.
When the thirst of anxiety of knowing of suspense was quenched, I
asked about my brothers. They told that both of my brothers left the village
fearing the police. In addition, they told that the young villagers left the
village leaving old, children and women behind. Both of them repeated
overlapping one another as if they were well prepared to answer me.
In their lengthy narration, I understood one thing. Ramakrishnappa
and venkatareddy families moved apart with some differences. The gap
widened in the past three years. Now they are rivals. Setting fire to the straw
heaps, spoiling the pump sets and motors in the fields, hacking of orange
plants, have become very common these days to both the parties. Both the
groups were in Gooty jail for a month.
Things became worse after their return. The village split into two
groups. Fear prevails in the village. My brothers are related to
Ramakrishnappa. However, these have no connection with the riots and
bombing, they suspected police might take them into the custody for
enquiry. It is the second time these brothers switched off. The youngest was
a bit fast. He indulged in a tussle over water from the tank.
Therefore, he ran away to hide himself. I could not understand why
these differences crept into the peaceful village. My thoughts started to
freeze. I could not tolerate the happening and could not pull strings of
courage to withstand.
Those families were very close with each other. Their friendship and
love was exemplary. Both joined hands in bringing high school, protected
drinking water scheme, veterinary hospital, conveyance and roads.
Ramakrishnappa forced Venkatareddy to be the single window president for
two terms. Ramakrishnappa was the panchayat president.
He was forcibly requested by Venkatareddy to be the president.
Ramakrishnappa used to use the power of Venkatareddy in doing things.
Financially Venkatareddy was on the lower level. He incurred in heavy
expenditure in his children’s education, marriages of daughters. However,
he maintains the dignity, decorum and decency. Knowing this
Ramakrishnappa helped him in so many ways.
Venkatareddy’s son, a graduate in B.A., now resides in the village.
Ramakrishnappa’s children could not cross over high school studies. Elder
sons of Venkatareddy and Ramakrishnappa used to go together on motor
cycle for any work. They were close friends.
I witnessed their friendship many a time. Such a close families,
getting deviated and changing into rivals, is an unbelievable fact. Having
another cup of coffee I was about to step out for a stroll in the village. My
sister in law again warned me not to go to Venkatareddy’s house and to be
away from them. She also told that they were dangerous people.
I take coffee very often. Whenever I visited the village, I used to step
into every house. Everyone used to offer me coffee with a lot of affection. I
too enjoyed their affection and called them by relation names. It was
unforgettable through out my life. Then I doubted such deep-rooted
relationships were destroyed which I could not assimilate.
When these thoughts haunted my disturbed mind, I could not even a
step out from the neem tree. I sat there with a thud. My mind started to
shrink. Nagappa of the village was the grand father of the village. He was
above seventy. He used to talk to everybody funnily and even criticized the
young. Young too never took them to heart.
He might have seen me coming out of my house; he too approached
slowly with the help of his bamboo walking stick. He enquired whether my
family and I were safe. He also asked when I came. I got up, received him
with my hands, and put him comfortably on the sitting slab under the tree. I
too sat beside him. He opined that those live in towns are lucky as they are
away from faction and personal grudges. He expressed his grief regarding
the village happenings and heaved a sigh of relief.
I asked him how the change came to the village during the four or five
years. After a little pause, he started to tell. “We never heard the sound of
bombing in this village. It was there only in Cuddapah not elsewhere.
However, that bomb culture is well rooted in the villages now. Not only is
our village, but also the surrounding villages also under the hood of
bombarding, mutual attacks and violence.”
My mind started to analyze the facts behind every incident. We both
lighted cigarettes. Nagappa liked beedies. He never refused when one offers
him a cigarette. He started to tell.
“This village is not a village at all. Every boy is a leader now. No
one checks them. I suggested something to Gopalappa’s son who was not
even twenty. Immediately he started to warn me telling that he would kick
me if I would tell him further”. Nagappa’s ego was hurt. I noticed water in
his eyes. That may be because of his inability of age, or his elderliness is
blotted. I know Nagappa used to move friendly with everyone.
His heart is a blotless white paper. He possesses a child like
mentality. He does not know to harm or hurt others. Thus, he was a small
boy of seventy years. He threw the cigarette aside, lights his favourite beedi,
and started to tell the way the village was blemished with rivalry and
jealousy. Nagappa started to tell the changes those took place in the village
after the entry of Rajendrappa. Rajendrappa’s village is at about twenty
miles away from my village. Immediately I slipped into the past and
remembered the stature and a activities of Rajendrappa.
I know his father too. Entire district is aware of Rajendrappa and his
family. He came like a flash into politics. Entire constituency went into the
hands of Rajendrappa. He set up his own security. The group can be called
his army. His thought offence is the first of step of defense. Within no time
weapons like guns, bombs, liquor entered and overpowered the poor and
needy. They became puppets in the hands of Rajendrappa.
He rose to a position and grabbed all the political powers at all levels
by winning through rigging. Thus, his group became indomitable in the
area. He became a dictator and commander. Violence went on as word did
go. He maintained a large group followers and vehicles. His movement in
the villages filled fear in all. Now, we see his followers and relatives in
every village. His net work has grown stronger and stronger.
Though I was far away from the village, I heard of Rajendrappa’s
violence and how the villagers became victims under his vicious charm of
sneer and command. He is an exclamation mark to me. Just I cannot
understand how all these things have happened.
In the Panchayat elections before five years, Bheemreddy the son of
Venkatareddy told to Nagendra the son of Ramakrishnappa. Both came to
some understanding regarding the candidature of Bheemreddy. A day before
nominations, the psudo army of Rajendrappa came in two vehicles to meet
Bheemreddy.
They warned Bheemreddy not to file his nomination in the forth-
coming elections. Bheemreddy fearing to the warning sent by Rajendrappa
dropped his idea of nomination. The next day Nagendra won the elections
unanimously under the blessings of Rajendrappa. Since then, there are
quarrels, shouts and unrest started to prevail in the village. Bheemreddy also
started to rise in the politics.
His men maintained good contacts with high command at Hyderabad
level. Innocent people have well read the passions of the foolish and cruel
leaders. They started to talk to please their masters in order to have some
favour. Rajendrappa entered into politics to change the society. Because, it
was in the hands of few landlords of the village few years before.
With the cud of toxic, drink called political authority. Ethics have
gone to airs. Life is redefined in the village. They believed that political
murders, ego disparities, personal grudges, are the aim of life. The more the
violence is the more our power will be. “I too live” has gone. “I alone should
live” has become the motto of the leaders.
Few villages are like burial grounds now. The emotional perturbation
destroyed the human relationships. My thoughts started to linger over the
awkward conditions. I felt my heart is compressed. A pain, an unexpressed
agony made me stale. My sister in law told the lunch was ready. I had lost
my appetite. She called Nagappa too. He told that he had something
recently and gently rejected and started towards his house. I too
mechanically got up and walked in to honour, and respect the word of her.
Both of them started to tell so many pathetic things. The younger
started to sob telling that their husbands were innocents and it was the game
of the God. Elder was concerned about the yield of groundnut crop. Labour
is not available in the village. The crop was very meager. If it if not
attended, that little crop too will go. Those were the rain fed crops. There
was no water source for the crops. People are busy in their whims and
fancies of terror and violence.
Always they think about their opponent and rival. They never thought
of their own families and their growth. Thousands of acres of groundnut
crop are not procured by the villagers as they were out of the village. Who
will come and stand for their risk.
Who will safeguard their lives? What happens to the village?
Answerless questions delved away my interest in the village. Now I thought
what would happen to my brothers.When would they return? My mind filled
with various doubts and suspected the safety. I ate something. I closed my
eyes for a while. Owing to mental torture, I fell asleep.
Suddenly, the cries, shrieks, startled me up. There was no one in the
house. Those women were also not there. I rushed out in panic. I saw
Nagappa was sitting idly. I asked him what the matter was. He told that
someone was murdered and was thrown in the tamarind grove, which is a
mile away from the village. Few told there were two bodies. Villagers were
running to the grove to make sure that their people were not there.
The women in the house also ran to the grove with a suspicion of their
husbands. I too started to walk fast towards the grove. Nagappa also
followed me. When I came to the main bazaar street, I found people running
in panic. Many of them were crying, few are shouting, few are calling
others, few scolding, few are cursing. It was great buzz. In the chaos and
confusion, no one was able to tell the fact of the incident. The Sun is red on
the brink of the West.
Pace by pace doubt and suspicion crept in my mind. The fear of facts,
rather suspected facts squeezed away the strength from my legs. I came here
to divide the property among the brothers who were expected to be happy in
the peaceful village.
The village is fragmented in the name of faction, in the name of
authority, in the name of jealous, in the name of oneness. I could not
understand my state, whether it was sorrow, agony, pain, deceitfulness, and
above all confidence. My head bent in shame. My heart started to move at
the blood lump to the mouth of the cruel leaders.
MY WORD
Justice Dr.Ambati Lakshmana Rao Chief justice, High Court, Allahabad U.P. The thought and effort of Sri Vaikuntam Prabhakar chowdari in
writing the book “Factionism – Influence on society” is highly appreciable.
He restored his respectable place in the minds of the people. It is because of
his uncompromising welfare activities with the social consciousness and the
development of the town, Ananthapur as municipal Chairman. His life is
exemplary to all. “When we are born like human beings, we should live like
human beings” and his life path never swerve away from the policy of “live
and let live” which interpreted into AWAY. Through this organization he
wants to bring a revolution to fight with faction.
It is a historical need of the hour. He presented various facts of faction
which awakens the milk of human kindness in every human being.
Rayalaseema aptly called the land of wealth. Such land oozes blood, echoes
he screams of victims and became a land of grudges, murders and violence.
The writer successfully caught the right angle of the faction, and presented
in a vivid manner. He explained the process of paths of faction leaders
changing into political leaders with historical note.
The evolution of “Local Leaders” (Palegallu) into Political leaders is
described well with a special reference of Rayalaseema. He also told the
groupism in villages, the contacts of political leaders and faction leaders, in
a simple manner, so that the common man can also understand. People
should understand the result of faction and should be away from those
clutches. Political leaders propel violence to grab the power and contracts to
make money to establish them much and more. Writer suggests 25 points to
get rid of faction.
Above all, writer proved that bringing law and order under control is
not at all impossible if the officers concerned do not yield to the political
leaders or faction leaders. He almost displayed the workmanship of few
police officers of these districts astonishing and amazing.
The book is dedicated to those who lost their lives under the hood of
faction is praiseworthy. Everyone should extent their support to AWAY the
only society which is putting its effort to eliminate faction.
I wish and hope this effort of AWAY continues till the faction is
totally removed from the face of Rayalaseema.
My hearty congratulations to SRI VAIKUNTAM PRABHAKAR
CHOWDARY
- Sd. Justice. Dr. Ambati Lakshmana Rao.
FACTION – CONSEQUENCES
Dr.Roddam Prabhakar Rao, IPS Former Director of Police, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Vaikuntam Prabhakar Chowdari is one of noble men of
Ananthapur District. He acquired his place with his indomitable service in
the town administration. He is the backbone of many service organizations
and educational institutions.
The root cause for the backwardness of Rayalaseema is Faction
Politics. So, People lead their lives with pessimism in this area. Writer
studied these conditions well and wanted to change their path of faction
through this book. He explained every cause with historical reference. The
contemporary changes in politics, society and the way of faction becoming
the leader with their activities and the process of their establishment over the
groups and sects in the villages are described in detail.
The evolution of local leaders (Palegallu), into Groups and Faction in
various stages and how they became the political leaders, their sustenance of
power, bomb and ammunition culture, explosive devices, mines and remote
controlled devices by the faction groups in the recent past have been well
described by the writer. Even the pious people are also trapped into the
frame of caste.
Few of the followers of our political leaders named as naxalites and
slowly entering into politics and polluting the political arena. Cinemas are
coloring the violence as heroism. These leaders’ grabbed contracts, entered
into liquor business, and earned through land settlements, mines, and even
welfare activities and took the hold over the grants even.
Poverty has become the investment. Various funds granted by the
government to the area was changed and used in useless activities and made
the poor people always depend on these faction leaders. Thus, the poverty on
the other hand has become the raw material to the leaders.
Facts of the villages, various faction attacks and withdrawal of faction
and development through withdrawal of faction was clearly explained in his
point of view by the writer. He showed few examples how the faction can be
curbed down, through the lives of few police officers. The loss of property
and life and other effects and consequences rise on faction was clearly
described.
The subject of the book is a delicate issue. The writer took every care
in presenting the facts and incidents of faction. The writer is totally
impartial of parties and groups, and told how dangerous the faction is. The
youth should read this book and change their way of thought and it should
be towards the welfare of the society.
My hearty congratulations to VAIKUNTAM PRABHAKAR
CHOWDARY.
Sd. Roddam Prabhakar Rao IPS,
Former Director General of Police. A.P.
MY WISH
I am from a family with faction background. I am aware of the cause
and effect of faction in the local area. I am the witness of inhuman incidents.
Once there was ethics and perfection in faction. Though they appeared cruel,
we find justification in those actions. This resembles the army of a king in
olden days.
They were ready to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their king. In
the early faction days the followers were also ready to anything for the sake
of their leader or the word of the leader. It was the mutual trust between the
leader and his followers. Thus, the faction in those days had some regular
path of action.
Faction scenario has been changed in the recent past of three decades.
Now, it has become a fashion. It is not for livelihood. But, it has become a
weapon in the hands of leaders to amass wealth, and to grab power and
authority. This hidden side of faction polluted politics and became an
integral part of politics which is inseparable. The relationship between
faction and politics is bilateral with mutual interest and growth. Faithful
followers are victimized by the leaders. There are many incidents to prove
this.
The leaders of faction are the leaders of some political party. They are
expected to safeguard the interests of the people. But they consider their
power is to rob the people and cheat the nation. It is ridiculous to treat them
as the elected representatives in a democracy.
There are innumerable incidents which can witness the cruelty of
these leaders. Bomb blasts in public places, merciless tree felling,
settlements of land with the help of their private army (followers),
Kidnapping, encroachments, damage of public and private assets and
properties have become a curse on the life of the people.
Such stories of victims are many.
*dogs guard the village throughout night
*cattle consume grass and give us milk
*camel carries loads through deserts and even at death gives water
from its body.
*ox ploughs the fields and gives life to poor peasant.
*cock eats on dust and wakes up village in the mornings.
When these animals and birds are discharging their duties and meeting
their responsibilities for the sake of others. Who instigated them to do so?
What is the benefit they expect? Don’t they know this human being will eat
them too up? As a human being I feel amazed how these animals and birds
help the human being without selfishness.
It is believed that the life of a human being is the most sacred one on the
earth. Ancient scriptures speak volumes of it. Yet, the humanity is set
ablaze, and is leading lives of inhuman tendency. I witnessed the faction
taking the lead economically, politically and socially and subjected the
innocents the victims in the pyre of their selfishness. I have no exception
from the torture of faction. So, I want to put forth my experience in a book.
It is beyond favoritism, groupism and caste, I wanted to fight with the
wicked acts only but not with men or groups. Men’s actions may be wrong,
but not men. Let me fight with the wrong. Let me inspire and ignite the
village folk to join hands to fight back the faction to restore peace, unity and
integrity among people and between villages.
I tried to bring the treacherous things happening around us which are
hidden and concealed by the leaders to restore their power and authority. I
tried to awaken the inner souls of the villagers to rebel back the faction
tendencies and to take a right a path in the right direction in the right time.
”Born as human should live like human only” is the aim and “live and
let live” is the motto of AWAY.
Let me have a humble beginning towards the society we all dream.
Yours
Sd. V.Prabhakarchowdary
LIFE OF THE WRITER – AN INNER VIEW
Mr.Kota Purushotham
Tirupathi
Once in Ananthapur class 10 students took an endeavor and pelted
stones on the collector’s office. Police took them to station under public
nuisance. They entered the names and addresses of the students for their
record. One of the students answered “I am Vaikuntam Prabhakar
Chowdari”. The Officer concerned questioned the boy why the he had
come. His uncle was B.T.N.L.Chowdary a well-known personality. The
officer asked the boy to go home.
The boy went home and told everything happened. There was his
father’s friend at home. He told that it is not great to live one the name of the
family. Every dog too gets post if the full address with name, number and
street are written. But, the only name Prabhakar Chowdary, Ananthapur
should bring the post. It is possible only when he becomes great.
Those words inspired Prabhakar Chowdari, ignited his dormant mind,
and paved a path towards a sacred aim which was never used by others
before. This made him achieve his goal. Any letter with name Prabhakar
Chowdary, Ananthapur will reach him.
Prabhakar Chowdary was born in 1961 in Ananthapur. His
grandfather Venkatasubbaiah could not tolerate and withstand the faction
atmosphere in his native village Madugupalle and sent his son
Venkatasubbaiah (Both the names are same) to Ananthapur in the year 1950.
The rival group included his grandfather’s name in a murder case. The
deceased was one of the best friends of Venkatasubbaiah. Rivals attributed
the murder to his grandfather Venkatasubbaiah. Court sentenced him with
hanging.
But, High Court dismissed it. Prabhakar’s father is in Ananthapur
looking after the education of his children and family. His fraternal uncles
are in the village looking after the agriculture on one hand and faction on the
other.
Once Prabhakar Chowdari went to his village Madugupalle. Then,
Tharimela Nagireddy, leader of naxalite movement who was in underground
was discussing the incident with the people. Prabhakar Chowdari was only 6
then. He was listening to him with enthusiasm. Tharimela Nagireddy asked
the boy who he was.
The boy replied without fear that he was the grandson of
Venkatasubbaiah and wished him with both hands. Also told that he was
Prabhakar Chowdari. Tharimela Nagireddy was much impressed at the boy
and wished him that he would become a great person in future, and asked
him to study well. He patted the shoulder of the boy. Blessings of great
people will never go waste.
After the successful completion of his high school studies, he entered
into collegiate education. While in college he wanted to enter into contracts.
He approached the famous engineer Sivaramakrishnaiah for his registration
certificate. Seeing the enthusiasm and confidence in the boy, he gave the
registration certificate without asking his age. He started to work on
contracts while on studies. The earned amount was spent on politics and
became the president of youth congress wing of Ananthapur district at a
tender age of 22. Thus, he started his political career.
In 1988 he had to compete with Sudhir Kumar son of the then
minister Sivasankar and another leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy in
elections. Sudhir kumar won in the elections. Bhuvaneswar Kalita was the
Secretary to All India MB Congress and also the President Assam Congress
Committee introduced Prabhakar Chowdary to Rajiv Gandhi. He said to
Rajiv Gandhi, that the party condition in the state is not favourable.
Moreover his services were ignored and gave the president ship of
youth congress to Sudhir Kumar only because of his father Sivasankar’s
ministerial status. His brave and open argument impressed Rajiv Gandhi.
He enquired his men about Prabhakar Chowdari and assured him that he
would make him a member in the congress working committee.
Unfortunately, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in a few days.
In 1985 Janardhan Pujari called Prabhakar Chowdary and told that he
was too young to be placed at a higher level and asked him to be the
Director for Anantha Grameena Bank. Seven years he served the bank with a
difference and got a good name for his efficiency.
In 1990 Hanumantha Rao the A.P.State Congress Committee
President took Prabhakar as secretary to the State Congress Committee. He
brought the anarchical activities of J.C.Diwakar Reddy to light and started
his movements in the right direction by pooling his own group of supporters.
The C.M. Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy forced J.C.Dewakar Reddy to quit the
ministry. In 1993 he went to N.T.Rama Rao on his call in a procession with
200 vehicles and joined into T.D.P. C.M.Vijayabhaskar Reddy sent
Rayapati Sambasivarao to convince Prabhakar Chowdari to withdraw his
decision of joining into T.D.P.
But, he did not change his decision. In 1994 elections, the seat was to
be given to CPI in coalition. N.T.R. told Prabhakar Chowdari that he would
send him to parliament and asked to work for the victory of CPI candidate
and Payyavula Kesav of Uravakonda. With his honest work and name he
was able to complete task of winning both the places.
Everywhere there is some opposition to good. Few those who do not
like Prabhakar Chowdari forced N.T.Rama Rao to convince Prabhakar
Chowdari to contest in Municipal Elections.
Initially Prabhakar Chowdary was not interested to contest in those
elections. But, N.T.Rama Rao pressured him to contest. He contested and
won with a large margin. His services as the Municipal Chairman were
indomitable and exemplary.
P.V.Narasimha Rao the Prime Minister asked Rosaiah and others, to
see and learn from the young man of other party who was able to get the
name from the people in the municipality. He praised Prabhakar Chowdary
as the model of a Municipal Chairman. T.D.P. was split into two.
Chandrababu Naidu asked him to join Prabhakar into his group. He did not.
He was with Lakshmiparvathi and contested in the elections and got one
lakh votes and had lost in the elections.
Prabhakar Chowdary tells that he is not satisfied with the large
majority in the municipal elections as they were out of rigging and booth
capturing. But, the M.L.A. elections gave him the satisfaction though lost in
elections, as it was pure and without rigging or booth capturing.
When he was boy, he used to play with a group of boys every day.
The town RSS men told him that they teach him martial arts with staff and
asked him to come with his group. He went continuously to RSS. One day
he took a muslim boy too. RSS people warned that he should not bring
them. Since then he never stepped into RSS field or fold.
There was a Communist leader by name Venkatareddy. He used to
lead a simple life. He never offered a tea to others. He built a new house.
He used to tell his wife that he would give the house to the municipal
chairman after his death. After his death his wife came to Prabhakar
Chowdary and told the wish of her deceased husband. Prabhakar Chowdary
converted the house into a maternity home.
He is a man of consciousness. He lived at the word of his
consciousness. His cherished dream is to cleanse the politics from its core
and purify the politicians.
While fighting for his goal, J.C.Diwakar Reddy’s enmity had thrown
him into irreparable loss politically. But, it gave him enough satisfaction. If
all the politicians are away from faction and lead a pure life, the cherished
dream of Prabhakar Chowdari would become true.
He conducted anti-faction meetings in Karnataka and in Andhra
Pradesh. He made the intellectuals the speakers of the meetings. This was
extended to every district. Thus, he brought awareness of public regarding
faction.
There were vacancies of 110 teacher posts in the Municipality to
which government did not give permission to appoint. But, there is a
provision to transfer teachers from Zilla parishad to Municipality. These
vacancies were kept alike in order to cash them. He conducted a meeting
with Councilors and Commissioner and convinced them with the need of
teachers, and transferred 85 lady teachers without a penny as bribe.
Regarding SC backlog posts, he did not send the committee out by
arranging them food and other facilities and in 48 hours 28 appointment
orders were issued.
All these teachers were in first class in their B.Ed. D.E.O.,
Commissioner and Councilors were not willing in the beginning. But, they
too expressed their satisfaction and congratulated Prabhakar Chowdary later.
Every year there is felicitation ceremony for the employees known for
their service. He invited great people like Vaavilala Gopalakrishnaiah, Anna
Hazare, and Jayaprakashnarayan-Loksatha- to honour the employees. This is
not limited to few departments.
This includes all departments. An attender named Narasimhulu
brought the name of Saradamma a clerk who was known for her honesty and
never expected any bribe in the municipality. He valued the word of the
attender and honoured Saradamma too.
MY EXPERIENCE
- K.Sadasiva Rao I.P.S
One day I was in my office. An old man entered into my office on
permission. While entering he wished politely and told that his name was
Seshanna. I offered a seat to him. He was not free enough to sit in front of
me. He started to look into my eyes without a blink. He eyes are deep hiding
many cruel experiences behind them.
His body was lean and looked weak. Bones are visible over the body.
His cheekbones are up. Unattended beard tells about his concern these days.
It was a man named Seshanna. I was startled for a while and numbed my
senses at the sight of the visitor.
“What do you want”? I asked.
“Sir, I came to see you. It is a casual visit,” he said
“Do you have any other work other than seeing me”? I asked
“Sir, you employed my son before ten years. Sekhar is my friend more than
my relationship. Now he is in Central Government. He is in Bangalore now.
I could not seem him since a long time,” he said.
I recollected the past and exclaimed, “How is your son”?
“He has been in Cuddapah, and got promotion too,” he said
“Oh! That is good. It seems he is working well,” I said.
“You suggested him to continue his studies even after his employment, he
did it and completed his graduation,” he said.
I felt very happy and said “Excellent”. He will come up well.
The old face bloomed with happiness for a while. He requested for my
blessings and help.
I assured him and asked whether he wanted anything. He requested
me to transfer he son. Then I asked him about promotion date and asked for
the reason for the request for the transfer. Immediately I contacted the
concerned and found out the position. I noted that his son was promoted and
transferred.
“What are you doing now Seshanna” I asked.
He said that he was in jail. A cold current passed through my body. I
asked why. He coolly said that he murdered a person. Looking into my face,
he continued. They killed my brother before nine years. I understood that
the murder was in reply to the murder of his brother. Tension and suspense
reached to its peak. I ordered tea for both to get relieved from it. I asked him
tell about the murder and the consequences that led it. Water spilled through
his eyes, as a mark of victory through vengeance. He said his story.
“I don’t know how and when it began. When I was a small boy, I heard that
the opponent group murdered my grandfather. My father was a small boy
when his father was murdered. My father got married and got children and
later killed the murderer of my grandfather. As a result, the son of the
murdered murdered my father.
My brother killed the one who murdered my father. They in turn
hacked my brother to death on the fields. They made the body into pieces.
He had no children. I became the heir of the family and shouldered the
responsibility of the family.”
“So, you murdered him?” I asked.
“Not one sir, we killed two members” a cool and straight reply.
My senses began to seize. How long the sequels of murder culture
continue? When and where and by whom it was started became an unsolved
mystery. How deep and long it goes into the unending future is rocked me.
Seshanna told that right revenge was the aim of his life. His elder brother
got married the relative through love.
They were an ideal couple. When his brother was murdered, his sister
in law was not ready to receive the widow ship. She used to wear jewels and
flowers (which a widow should not use). She swore that she would become
a widow after the murder of the one who murdered her husband. That, in
addition, the murder should be as cruel as that of her husband.
As she had no children, she looked after Seshanna and his family as her
children. Seshanna considers her as his mother. She lived considering her
revenge as breath. When I met her revenge, she removed her married
woman’s stature and purely turned a widow. She cried for my brother’s
death on that day. Because, her heart was filled with anger and revenge all
those days.
“Did she ask you to kill the opponent?” I asked.“No, she never asked me to
do that. However, her eyes and looks directed us. She was an ideal woman.
All liked her talking on various issues. Even my children liked her more
than my wife does - their mother.
She was the pillar of our family. She was the life and breathe of our
family loved by all and respected by all.”
I thought it is a mysterious world. I find no resemblance between the
facts learnt and the facts seen. I failed to distinguish between love and
hatred. My mind oscillated between hatred of love and love of hatred. The
act of Seshanna might be a crime in the view of law.
Nevertheless, in fact, can it be considered a crime? If God is a human
being, He should decide. I came out from the dormant mind. I asked him
what his livelihood was. His answer shocked me. He was farmer. They have
thirty acres of land out of which twenty acres are dry and remaining ten
acres are wet. He had his SSLC education and could not continue further. In
those days, it was a good mark of education level.
Variety of crops, timely crops depending availability of water,
judicious crop changes helped them earn money. They never enjoyed the
money earned. They led a simple life as poor people. The money earned
was spent on lawyers, followers, faction expenses, weapon costs etc. Is it
believable. Yet, it is true. Their lives mirror the impact of faction and its
consequences.
Poverty is neither a crime nor an evil. Poverty is not a curse of God.
It is bought, nourished and grown as if to be in poverty only. Feeding the
police during the faction disturbances, meeting the expenditure of the
political leaders in their elections to obtain their support at time of crisis,
follow the local Presidents, surpanchas etc. was the main headed expenditure
in their accounts.
All of them are the part and parcel of faction and are unable to
recognize in what they were surrounded. Faction is the nucleus around
which the spokes called poverty, unrest, violence, power longing revolve.
Faction, a social disease created by man is more powerful than any other
natural calamity.
I remembered few incidents from my life. When I was studying, I
went to my friend’s village along with another friend. We three were close
friends. We went to his village in Cuddapah district. They are rich and well
of. We spent two days in the village.
They treated us very well. Their house was closed from all sides.
Sunlight comes through the glass from the roof. As there was no electricity,
they were using kerosene lamps. They used to keep their cattle inside the
house only. Out of curiosity, I asked my friend why not the cattle kept
outside. He said that they would be poisoned, if they were kept out. When I
asked whom, he replied that their enemies who would be waiting for any
opportunity they could get.
In that age, I thought my friend was joking with me. We returned to
our studies. I could not forget the words he said in the village. Forcibly I
asked Seshanna what else. Again, he asked about the transfer of his son. I
coolly replied that there were few problems in the required transfer that too
to his native place.
After getting promotion, rules do not accept to work in the same
place. More over it is not good too. More his son has to learn the work well.
Then only his transfer can be thought of. Seshanna’s son has to come close
to the village and should take the revenge against his murderer. What a
foresight! What an expectation! I was shocked and warned him that his life
had been already spoiled, why he should try to spoil his son’s life.
Seshanna showed a black and white photograph of his son, daughter
in law and grandson. They were a pretty family. The child was fine
looking. Seshanna told that the rival group would murder him. So, his son
should take revenge against it. The same story would repeat to his son and
grandson too.
He saw a young man taking revenge towards his father’s murder, in
his grandson. “My God!” I decided these people would not change. All their
senses are stuffed with revenge, bloodshed, violence and death. They do not
know the meaning of life. They live only to take away lives under the shroud
of revenge, grudge and vengeance. I lost my temperament and shouted to
quit the place immediately. My steno rushed at my high tone.
Seshanna stood up and said, my grandson should also discharge his
duty if anything happens to his father and left the office with tears of
revenge and realty.
CHANGE WITHIN STOPS GRUDGES.
- P.Venkatanarayana
Cherlopalle known as Ramalingayapalle is a small village in putlur
Mandal of Tadipatri taluk in Ananthapur district. Rich and poor, forward and
backward classes and many sects of society lived in harmony. They
cooperate with each other during times of adversity and shared every joyous
moment. Nothing in the world is permanent except change.
Land mortgage bank elections brought the difference of opinions
among the villagers and divided the village into groups. Mainly two groups
led by Pakeerappa and Aswathanaramayya strengthened gradually.
Chinnavenkatapathi son of Aswathanaramayya became the sarpanch of the
village. A murder attempt against the one belonging to the groups of
Pakeerappa was suspected and attributed to the group of
Aswathanaramayya. This added fuel to the fire called faction. The fangs of
enmity were sharpened.
Chinnavenkatapathi grew vertically and horizontally with the help of
J.C.Diwakarreddy of Tadipathri. He became the Samithi president. When
J.C.Diwakar reddy was the minister in the state Cabinet, the importance of
Chinnavenkatapathi increased. Even the people thought that he was the right
hand of the minister. This is on one face of the expansion.
The other is the equal increase of rivals. He helped J.C.Diwakar
reddy in strengthening his group in villages. Political equations changed and
as a result, Chinnavenkatapathi lost his life in the hands of his own
followers. Raged followers instigated Venkatanarayana the elder son of the
deceased Chinnavenkatapathi to attack the rival group and damage their
properties. Venkatanarayana could not leave out his temperament, and
peacefully convinced and cooled them.
He completed the rituals of his father. Villagers considered
Venkatanarayana a timid one and not a suitable heir of his father. However,
his complacence saved the village from the loss of life and property on the
death of his father. He saw many horrifying incidents from his childhood.
That was the reason he kept quiet.
That was the end of faction in the village. Venkatanarayana too was
very vexed upon the violent atmosphere around. He wanted to lead a
peaceful life amongst peaceful villagers. Therefore, he renovated a temple
and invited all irrespective of own or rival group and honoured them all.
Thus, he got a place in the hearts of the villagers and the peace started to
prevail in the village.
He started his own business in other states, settled well financially,
and kept the village peaceful. Now there are no faction groups in the
village. He is the harbinger of their happy life.
EDUCATION, THE PANACEA OF FACTION
-Topudurthi Adinarayana
Topudurthi is a small village in Anantapur district. Majority of the villagers
are Boyas one of the backward communities. Majority of properties and
lands are in the hands of the forward communities. These rich people kept
the village in their hands.
They did not allow the boyas to unite together. They applied the
divide and rule policy as that of the British. Now and then, there were few
riots to sustain fear in the villagers and be suppressed forever.
A small incident churned into huge violence in the year 1974. The
crop and yield of Peddanna were destroyed. He belonged to boya
community. It was a great damage. That roused his men. His sons, sons-in-
law attacked the suspected Ramachandrareddy and Narayanareddy on 22-
10-1974 in Ananthapur while the two were travelling in an auto.
In the tussle, Ramachandrareddy lost his life and Narayanareddy had
a narrow escape with light injuries. As a result, the property of Peddanna
was damaged to a greater extent. Besides that damage, Peddanna’s brother
Uddandappa was murdered in Ananthapur in 1975. The dead body was
found half burned in a bush on the outskirts of Ananthapur.
My elder brother was murdered immediately after 5 months of his
marriage under the leadership of Rambhupal Reddy. He also ordered that the
entire family should quit the village immediately. Then I was only 10 years
old. Those murders under faction made many homeless and even left the
village. Later I heard that there was an attack on Sivareddy in which he
escaped life with greater injuries.
However, in another attack in an RTC bus put an end to his life. Few
got the life imprisonment in 1974 and 1978 incidents. The murder of Bosi
Gurappa revenged Pulagam Potanna and killed in 1982. I was in the
incident. As I was a minor then, court exempted me from the cases. My
brother who was imprisoned in the case was released in 1986.
I with my group of seven including Peddanna and his sons attacked
Peddarajanna and Venkatramudu. Peddarajanna died on the spot and the
Criminal Case was registered against 21. After 4 years, all the 21 were
awarded life imprisonment. Our appeal to the higher courts did not
materialize. So we were under the bars for nine years from 1991.
I could not enjoy the affection of my brothers and family during my
boyhood. Few were murdered; few were in the jail left my life without a
pinch of love. Though I was not indulged in the incidents, I was also sent to
jail.
Of course, the life in the jail has changed my attitude. I concentrated on
education. I did my graduation through Ambedkar Open University. I had
my M.A., degree too. Change of jails, paroles, and marriage took place in
my life. I love democracy. I encouraged my wife to contest in the local body
elections.
We won in the elections and extended our services to all the needy.
Thus, I was able to swerve from the fangs of faction to a peaceful life.
Illiteracy, unemployment, poverty lead the youth to unknown horizons of
violence. So, I appeal to all to be literates and help to build the nation.
MISUNDERSTANDING COSTS LIVES.
Gandlavaripalle is a village in Ananthapur district. Mutual ego, and
misunderstandings, wrong communications left the village under the hood of
faction. The village is fragmented into divisions of groups and their
individual benefits. Even the innocent have also lost their lives in the village.
I am the victim and witness of the various incidents, which led the village
deserted. Gandla is one of the leading sections of the village.
There are backward communities almost equal in number in the
village. Suspicion made the people mad and senseless. This suspicion
spread to every threshold and unrest crept into the peaceful minds and
shattered their lives. Gandla group murdered Darur obulesu, suspecting
some illegal contact with their group. They too revenged and took away the
life of Narappa belonging to Gandla group.
Both the parties were sentenced life imprisonment. They appealed to
the higher court and got their cases dismissed. There was a short break to the
faction and left the village peaceful. Medapuram Sriramulu was in close
contact with kanumukkala Chennareddy the then M.L.A. Once again, the
hood of faction was wide opened to create violence to prove their existence
and authority. As a result, houses were looted, injured the rivals and even lit
the properties of the rivals.
In 1987, Gandal Vengamjuni was murdered. They suspected the kamma
community and damaged their properties. As a result, kamma community
attacked the gandla group and lit fire to the village. Fourteen were sentenced
life imprisonment in the riots of 1987 in the judgment dated 17-3-1992. High
court relieved Six of the imprisoned treating them innocent. The remaining
eight could not get any exemption even in the Supreme Court. In the reign
of Telugu Desam Party, I was released.
After coming from the jail, I was able to understand what I have lost in my
life. I lost my assets, name, respect, everything. I have lost the affection of
my wife and children. I am totally forlorn. Now I live in Dharmavaram and
settled in colouring the threads. I do printing too on clothes. In addition, I am
in real estate business and I belong to Sales community. The change in me
made me the head of our community in the district.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE RESTORATION OF PEACE
• Names and photos of the social evils should be exhibited in public
places. (This brings awareness among the public regarding social evil
makers)
• Transporting people for the strength proving meetings by the faction
leaders and the leaders with criminal record.
• Faction leaders or their representatives should be abandoned in public
auction of tenders.
• Restrictions should be imposed and maintained on the raw materials
used in bombs and mines.
• Forcible collections of money and goods in the name of local festivals
and gatherings.
• Vehicle checking should be frequent under the supervision of a senior
police officer.
• Confidentiality should be maintained. Information of the messengers
should not be at the disposal of faction leaders.
• Bail stoppage till the final judgment bill should be brought into force.
• Damaging of public property should be treated seriously. Tree felling
comes under this.
• Arbitration in the police stations should be stopped.
• Gunmen should be transferred at least once in two months.
• Transfers, promotions should be according to law.
• Local body elections should be beyond political parties.
• Illicit liquor, belt shops etc. should be under control.
• Special courts are necessary in the faction hit villages or places.
• Live and let live should be the practice in schools.
• Besides these, internal change in the attitudes of people is necessary.
SPECTRUM OF INTROSPECTION
Fate theory of India is a panacea to majority of people. Human being is
not betrayed by other living beings, a little extent by other human beings and
many by themselves. It is due to their inferiority or being in the state of
introvert. Everyone is quiet aware of the things happening around to his
fellow beings. Yet they keep quiet.
This complacency builds barriers in the society and provokes them to
form into groups not to cooperate with others but to take guard from others.
All knew that the strength of a group is always higher than that of an
individual. They forget the fact that every group is made up of individuals.
Then, what is the driving force behind all these groups? The non-
confidential answer is money and power. These factors bring change in the
thought and attitude of human beings. When thoughts change, one loses
sanity and becomes a slave to the money and power centers. This is a
transcendental effect of fear out of ignorance. We have our upper hand over
the animal kingdom. Within the human beings there are many kingdoms
created and ruled by the rulers.
Have we ever thought of our vote, power of vote, the only weapon in the
hands of people? These weapons will never be obsolete and out dated. Are
we making use of this? If so, till what extent? Now-a-days we bargain on our
pride and individuality especially while exercising our franchise. Vote is on
auction.
Whoever values the vote on high in terms of money will be the leader. So
it is a blatant fact that the power and authority in democracy is bought at
myriad prices. Under this scenario, do we have ethical right to demand
public safety and welfare? Every one of us dreams of good governance.
As long as we dream for a better phase of life, so long we should be
dreaming during day and night which leaves us a nightmare of our ambition.
To make them true, we should be awake.
We should realize our strength individually first and collectively next.
Thousand mile journey starts with a tiny step. Instead of craving for peace,
are we stepping forward for the real change in this atmosphere of threat and
violence? We need our weapon-the vote-used judiciously. Let us enjoy the
peace and brotherhood not by grabbing power, but by sharing. We believe in
God and leaders as well.
There are incidents where the people prostrate on the feet of others who
also have head limbs and heart. Why this discrimination prevails among us?
The answer is we don’t know what we have lost. All living beings need life
to live on. But we are prepared to die to give life to others.
Every human being possesses individual entity, ego, and an unmatched
individuality which keeps everyone distinct from every other. This is kept
near the feet of others to meet our physical needs. We all know that we are
no better than reared animals, caged birds and shackled prisoners in the
hands of power groomers and mongers.
The quality of leadership is universally common. The leader should be a
greater human being with values and understanding. Those who contest in
the elections are seen once in five years. They bring their promises and
manifestos to captivate the voters and make them believe that good
governance would come. That never comes. Voter looks forward with wide
opened eyes, and closes his eyes with undying wish. We are not bothered
about the candidate.
The criminal background, laundering of money, settlements etc. are
considered the real strength of the candidate. Personality is ignored. We
never think of our own future while exercising our franchise.
Insensibly, thoughtlessly, aimlessly, we vote. We vote means we are
scribing out own fate throwing our lives into the hands of the elected. We
human beings give away the power to one who rules us, without judgment.
Can we accept with wide stretched shoulders that we are enjoying freedom?
Absolutely no! We are leading our lives no better than that of slaves.
But our external appearance is camouflaged. Are we living? Or, Are we
pretending? Do our bloomed happiness on the face have its roots in the core
of our hearts? No! Are we happy? The answer is blurring. Hypocrisy!
Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy!..... Everywhere hypocrisy.
We lived all these days under the shroud of Hypocrisy. Let us come out
from the dark dungeon of ignorance and negligence. It is the time. If we
don’t now, never we can in future.
The elected are leaders and are public servants. Are they serving the
public? No! In turn we, who gave the reigns into his hands, serve them
forever. We think before we buy our clothes. We discuss with many before
a marriage. We watch the food before we eat.
We judge the water before we drink. Then, how can we caste our vote
foolishly without a thought. Are we so weak mentally to be under the
influence of the political charm? Of course our lives have gone oscillating
between truth and hypocrisy.
Let us not fix the fate line of our next generation by leaving this rotten
methods and beliefs as a legacy. Now we have to think of our children-next
generation-. Neither prayers nor counsels will change the vicious scenario of
the game of lives-politics. Let us take one bold step towards perfection. This
tiny step now will become a big leap in future where our upcoming citizens
live proud with head held high.
“One can cheat all one time, and one all the times but not all, all the
times”. If we know what we are from the core of our hearts, we can bring
the expected change with ease.
1. Let us judge the worth of the candidate, not in terms of money,
wealth, race etc., but in terms of his availability, human values,
education.
2. Let us consider cashing vote is the greatest sin.
3. Let us not put our pride on the feet of power mongers who appear
seasonally.
4. Let us prefer the local candidate to an outsider as he or she is familiar
to us.
5. Let us use our “right of vote” the neediest responsibility.
6. Let us not split the unity and integrity of our locality to satisfy the
oncoming candidates.
7. We should remember well that we are voting to elect a person, not a
party.
8. Parties may be great, but need not be its candidates.
9. Let us consider voting is a holy act, without rigging & false voting.
10. Let us not involve our children those studying in schools in elections
and in election campaigning.
There are great people whose names are not found in the books of our
history. Their names stood on the test of time. We are enjoying the result
of their struggle. If we go and search for such personalities rendered
yeoman service, we find in every village. We have to honour our local
leaders (true leaders) at par with the national leaders.
DEDICATED TO …………..
1. Nagaraju, a small cloth merchant and Krishtappa an employee who
lost their lives in the bomb blast in Kadiri by one group on its rival
group (1992)
2. those the innocents who lost their lives in T.V. bomb blast(1993)
3. those journalists and others who lost their lives in a car bomb blast
while on their duty
4. Kullayappa, a police official who died while on duty in
Penugonda, (2005)
5. Ramudu, the gunman and Chennakesavulu the driver of a faction
leader who lost their lives(2008)
6. Ankalamma an attender who became a victim under faction
clashes in Muddanur, (2010)
7. the innocent children who lost their lives in tender age when
treated the bombs as balls which were found in a bush hidden by
the faction leaders near their playground in Tadipatri (1992) and
many who left the world leaving their death as witness to faction
TWENTY FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE
(AWAY suggested to government)
1. Names of professional killers should be displayed in the police stations
like that of rowdy-sheeters. (Use: Besides bringing change in them, law
abiding with fear is restored. People will be aware of it.)
2. Moving of people by the leaders with criminal background to organize
their private functions should be abandoned. (Use: This saves all and
protects public and private property from the bombing and other attacks
from their rivals).
3. People with criminal record should be restricted to wander near the
places of government auction and tenders for contracts. (Use:
Threatening of parties, reduction of government income can be stopped).
4. Restrictions should be imposed on the raw material used in making of
local bombs. Special search should be initiated to find weapons beyond
the permission of the government. (Use: Bombs and other weapons will
be away from the public use).
5. Forced collections of funds for festivals, floods, famine etc. should be
abandoned (Use: This restricts youth deviating from the main path.
Creates honour to the law in the minds of the people).
6. Frequent surprise check of vehicles headed by a senior Police Official,
mobile check-posts and to stop the convoy of leaders with criminal
record. (Illicit transfer of weapons, movements of criminals, Private
armies can be abandoned).
7. Complaints department should keep the complainant’s particulars
confidential. It should be under the control of an officer not below the
rank of D.G.P. Regular phone facility to record and respond should be
arranged. (Use: Making it easy to the people to complain)
8. Law to restrict bail to the accused in the murder cases should be
initiated (Use: Threatening of witnesses can be stopped. Fear and respect
of law can be restored).
9. Those under punishment by law, can be given bail, parole if their rival
group agrees. (Use: innocents will have some relief).
10. Law to punish those indulged in felling the trees, those damage public
and private properties should be initiated. (Use: safe-guarding of public
and private assets and green trees as well).
11. Every gunman should be transferred once in two months. Again he
should work under a police officer instead of sending him to another
leader. (Use: Message leaking from one leader to another can be stopped.
So, the difference of opinions or grudges between the leaders will not
take place).
12. Arbitration in police stations should be abandoned. (Use: The undue
influence of political leaders can be stopped. Favoritism cannot take
place. So police can concentrate on other cases with extra time and
interest).
13. There must be a strict law as per the opinion of Supreme Court, to see
every employee from the station level to higher order to work two years
in one place and should be transferred. (Use: Officers work with
honesty).
14. The interference of the political leaders in the transfer of police
officials should be stopped. They should be transferred to other districts.
(Use: Stops increased rapport and keeps them away from partiality).
15. In the elections of local self-governments should be done without
parties. (Use: If elections are based on parties, many atrocities take place
in the name of ruling party. When the party name is not there the scope
for grudges and violence is less).
16. Special control should be imposed on the liquor transport and on belt-
shops. The drunkards should be tackled seriously. Those who misbehave
during nights should not be spared. (Use: restricts rivals from
provocation)
17. Anyone who is a criminal in three murder cases should not be
allowed to be on authority or power. (Use: Leaders may be in one or two
cases under inescapable conditions. Such innocents should have
exception and those who indulge in murders continuously should be
penalized with disqualification).
18. Permitted vehicles of MLAs and MPs should possess the sticker
mentioning the permission by the authorities and should be constant
check. (Use: people with criminal record are restricted to use the
vehicles).
19. Those who threaten the title holders of land under the name of
settlements or arbitration should be checked and punished severely. (Use:
to restrict those living in rented houses and threatening the owners, and
occupying the land forcibly etc.)
20. If no act of crime is recorded in a period of ten years, such names can
be removed from rowdy-sheet list in stations. (Use: The change in them
should be recognized by all. If not they again indulge in their past
activities of violence).
21. Cinemas instigating faction should be abandoned. (Use: Faction is
treated as fashion by the viewers. Stops feeding wrong opinion or view
on other places)
22. Village court should be conducted in the presence of officers to clear
petty cases of civil concerned. (Use: to restrict small issues changing into
big ones. Arbitration brings people together).
23. Special courts should be arranged in the faction hit areas to avoid
delay. (Use: to reduce delay)
24. Bringing awareness among the public regarding crime activity in
villages with the inclusion of voluntary organizations. (Use: to bring
awareness among all sects of society).
25. “Live and let live” should be included in the curriculum of schools.
Factionism and its impact on society should be included in the school
syllabus. (Use: Thoughts against violence should be initiated in the
tender minds at school level).
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