Time to act immediately

Hyderabad is burning and both the Congress regimes in the state as well as at the Centre has adopted the wait and watch policy. TRC Chief K Chandrashekhar Rao has been on hunger strike for the separate Telegana state out of Andhra Pradesh. The movement for Telegana separate state is not new and the Congress at the Centre has always been in waiting mood to subside the movement as this dilly-dallying approach has been beneficial to it. In 1969 also, a massive protest was organised in Hyderabad and more than 300 protesters were killed but Congress at that time won away M Chenna Reddy from the movement into party and made him Chief Minister. Indira Gandhi was the prime minister at that time. Her political manoeuverability worked and movement for Telagana receded. TRC supremo was in Telgu Desham and when it opposed the demand for the separate state of Telegana by carving out Andhra Pradesh, K Chandra Shekha Rao broke away with Telgu Desham and formed Telegana Rashtriya Congress, and its main plank is the formation of Telegana state. As KCR's hunger strike has entered 11th day and he is in hospital, Hyderabad is burning and there prevails chaos all over Andhra Pradesh. KCR's health is deteriorating and the doctors attending on him fears the worst as he is in urgent need of solid food. He is also reportedly not co-operating with the doctors in the hospital. The students of Osmania University Hyderabad are on rampage for the separate state of Telangana. All colleges and university have been closed and the university campus has turned into barracks. Police are taking preventive arrests of students and protesters in view of today's call of Assembly Challo by Telegana supporters. Andhra Pradesh is a big state and due to the administrative neglect by successive state governments,there has been unequal development of Telengana region. People are disillusioned and adamament on their demand of a separate state of Telengana. From administrative point of view also, the demand for small state is not inappropriate. UPA in its first term of office and the Andhra Pradesh government were in agreement of conceding the demand of Telengana but after the conclusion of assembly elections, the Congress in the state took U-turn on the issue that forced TRC chief K Chandrashekhar Rao to sever his ties with the UPA at the Centre. Now Hyderabad is on the brink, the situation urgently makes demand on the Congress-led UPA government to immediately form the sevcond state re-organisation committe to form the state of Telengana out of Andhra Pradesh. The Centre must also do its immediate job of breaking the hunger strike of KCR. Because if anything untowards happens with him, the situation in Hyderabad will definitely go out of control.