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Why Narendra Modi should tour Telangana & Andhra now Written by:

Krishna Baalu Published: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 16:36 [IST] Ads by Google

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the announcement of Telangana that Modi has nothing left for the new state

and should focus on Seemandra Pradesh to make the most of the hurt

sentiments of the region. This is a delusion. In fact, even after the Telangana

announcement, Modi has got much vocation in both the regions to take up,

and the timing is just to assuage the feelings of the people of Andhra Pradesh.

The mood in Telangana region is jubilant and the feeling in Andhra is of

deception. However, the reality is far from truth. Nearly 800-plus Telangana

youngsters have committed suicide out of sheer frustration on account ofnervousness over the delay in announcing the Telangana Statehood. This fact

can't be ignored or taken in a lighter vein in the backdrop of celebrations.

Thousands of Telangana intellectuals are still in conundrum why Telangana

announcement was not made as early as in 2004, as promised by the Congress

party but why now just before elections, only after this heavy toll? Expressly

the people are still in grief over the death of over 800 sons of the soil, who

seems to have sacrificed themselves for the sake of Sonia Gandhi's son? KCR's

TRS merger deal with Congress party! There had been a wild speculation on

the merger of TRS party with Congress. The deal was you give Telangana, and

we merge with Congress'. The same has been reiterated by Kavita, daughter of

KCR on Saturday. The very idea of a merger is nothing but murder of

democracy. Once the merger is through, the Telangana state will be left with

no viable opposition to the Congress party except with the moderate presence

of TDP. As part of a political game, the Congress succeeded in dissipating the

Praja Rajyam Party of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi. As we are aware

Chiranjeevi had launched the party with much fanfare on a captivating social

justice plank, projecting high ideals of the Mahatma, Mother Teresa, JyotibaPhule, but badly ended up by meekly surrendering to Sonia Gandhi. Before

people of Andhra could forget this shock, any merger plans of TRS with

Congress now, will not be taken by the people of Telangana any more with

grain of salt. This is where the BJP can benefit. Telangana is not a barren land

for BJP The RSS and the BJP have a strong presence among Telangana people


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since ages. Karimnagar the Telengana heartland and surrounding districts

have strong followers of Sangh ideology. In 1998 General Elections 4 BJP

candidates were victorious and in 1999, 6 candidates were victorious from

Andhra Pradesh. Hence what is left to be done is only revitalization at this

hour. The timing is apt and just. The plight of farmers and handloom weaversof Telangana The Congress party never even made an attempt to address the

plight of handloom weavers and farmers in the Telangana region. Over 2,200

farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh alone in the year 2011. The

hapless families then were forced to send their children to contract labour

work to re-pay debts. The humane angle of their plight needs an urgent

succour from a caring heart as the present Congress government is pre-

occupied with internal feuds and countering corruption and the YSR Congress

(YSRC). Not all happy with the YSR Congress Though YSRC leaders have

already visited these farmers' families, the Jagan's family commitment is notgoing down well with the Telangana people. People have also noted

Vijayamma, Sharmeela travelling even in election times with a Bible in their

hands! Here lies Narendra Modi's opportunity. Narendra Modi's itinerary can

now cover districts of Warangal, Karimnagar, Medak and Nizamabad also.

Modi then should interact with common man and demonstrate how Gujarat

State has developed under his rule in last decade. Modi can demonstrate how

his Jyotigram scheme (uninterrupted power supply to farmers), construction

of dams for irrigation, promotion of drip irrigation and how his policies

yielded high yields of crops of wheat, cotton, fruits and vegetables. His

schemes not only succeeded in preventing farmers from ending their lives, but

also ably enhance their living standards too. Coming to the plight of thousands

of hapless weavers of Telangana, Modi can demonstrate how his Navi Gujarat

Vastraniti' us helping cotton growers get excellent price for their produce in

national and international markets. The Gujarat leader can meet farmers,

weavers, Dalits and interact with them down to earth. Also Modi can visit

famous Vemulavada Shivakshetram in token of respect of the local traditions.

Countering the communal MIM Asaduddin Owaisi of the Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (MIM) has been indulging in communal politics since decades.

Except BJP as usual (to some extent CPI), no other party including Lok Satta

could counter him effectively. After the infamous hate speech of Akbaruddin

Owaisi , the local Marxist fringe groups particularly the so called revolutionary

writer Varavara Rao openly supported Akbaruddin, much to the dismay of


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Hindu and nationalist hearts. A short brief of MIM background is necessary to

sustain my stand on why Modi should take on MIM? The MIM was founded in

1927. The infamous Razakars (a private army of over one lakh young Muslims

during the partition time in the erstwhile Hyderabad state ) was affiliated to

MIM party. The violence they unleashed in Telangana just before PoliceAction by Sardar Patel, which took many innocent lives can't be ignored in the

context of growing communal trends in the present MIM party. The

Congress's alliance with MIM is well known and its silence on MIM leaders'

communal utterances haven't gone well with many. Recent poll survey said

BJP's share increased from 7% to 13% in Telangana after T-state

announcement In a surprising outcome (though not for the author), the recent

OutLook India survey after the Telangana, announcement revealed that 13%

preferred the BJP over the TDP. This figure is not insignificant in the

backdrop of huge coverage that Chandrababu Naidu got in the local media inthe past years. It is high time that the party capitalises the opportunity and

who else than Modi can do it for them? [Krishna Baalu is the founder

secretary of Citizens for True Secularism. He is based in Hyderabad and can

be reached at [email protected]]

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