Politics of resignation over Telangana

The people of Telangana has been demanding for a separate state in Andhra Pradesh for more than four decades. The demand was raised mostly during the time while Congress was in power. Congress has always adopted dilly-dallying tactics on the issue. Even after having incorporated the demand for a separate Telangana state in UPA-1 manifesto and K Chandrashekhar Rao, supreme leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), joined the UPA-1 government at the Centre but walked out of it when he found that the UPA is not going to concede his demand. Even late Andhra CM and prominent leader of the Congress Party promised TRS of creating the separate Telangan state before the assembly elections but after winning the elections, he too did U-turn. And as he was a prolific Congress Andhra Chief Minister, he successfully managed to sweep the demand under the carpet and kept the party in the state united. After his tragic demise in plan crash, K Rosaih succeeded him but he is not as strong and dominating as his predecessor. Finding the weak leadership of the Congress Party in state, TRS supremo vigorously launched the agitation for a separate state of Telangana and sat on hunger strike. The chaos and anarchy enveloped Andhra Pradesh as students of Osmania University and the agitationists for Telangana went on rampange, throwing life out of gear. When TRS supremo K CR 's hunger strike entered11th day and his condition of health deteriorated alarmingly and situation appeared to be going out of control, the UPA government hastily took midnight decision of conceding a separate state of Telegana and assured of initiating the process by introducing a proposal to this effect in the assembly. But as Rayalseema and Adhra region are opposed to the division of Andhra Pradesh, division in the Congress Party came to the fore. The Congress party in Andhra Pradesh is completely divided that was even seen in the winter session of Parliament. But when the party itself faced with resignation galore of Andhra MPs, MLAs and ministers over the support and opposition of Telangana, Home Minister P Chidambaram made a U-turn by stating that the creation of Telangana needs wider consultations. Chidambaram’s statement favouring need for wide ranging consultations over Telangana issue, 70 MLAs cutting across party lines, two TDP MPs and 13 Ministers resigned from their seats. Congress party needs first to evove unanimity on the issue among the partymen in Andhra. By adopting dilly-dallying tactics, it is now only viciating the matter. Either it initiates process for creating a separate of Telangana or evolve nationwide consensus against not any further division of any state in the country.