 Hyderabad, Dec 25: With just three days left for the crucial all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday in a bid to resolve the contentious separate Telangana State issue, the political parties invited for discussion are busy finalizing the names of those who would represent them and also about their party’s point of view.The BJP, which is vehemently supporting the creation of a Telangana State, would be represented at the meeting by State party president G. Kishan Reddy and senior leader Kambampati Haribabu. The CPM, which is against bifurcation of the State, has decided to depute the party’s State secretary B. V. Raghavulu and Floor leader in the Assembly Julakanti Ranga Reddy. The Telugu Desam is expected to finalize its representatives after the politburo meeting on December 27. However, the TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, who is now in Karimnagar district as part of his “Vasthunna Meekosam” walkathon, held a meeting today with the party’s MLAs from the Telangana to apprise himself of their views and the stance to be adopted though it is well known that they are staunch separatists. The TDP chief has also convened a meeting of the party legislators from Seemandhra region on Wednesday and continue his exercise in this regard. After having heard the views and opinions of the leaders from both the regions, a final decision about the single point view to be expressed at the all-party meeting would be decided at the politburo meeting on Thursday. It is reliably learnt that former TDP minister Kadiam Srihari has been almost finalized as one of the representatives of the party. Another name that was also cleared was that of senior leader Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, a known integrationist. Since the party seemed to be favorably inclined for a separate Telangana State, he seemed to have decided not to take part in the all-party meeting. It is also learnt that many of the party legislators from both the regions seemed to be in favour of Chandrababu Naidu himself representing TDP at the Delhi meeting. As for as the ruling Congress is concerned, the party is vertically divided on the issue. While the party MPs, MLAs and MPs from the Telangana have been relentlessly espousing the cause for a Telangana State, those from the Seemandhra region are stoutly opposed to bifurcation of the State and stressing the need for status quo. Since the party leadership, both at the State and Central levels, seem to have been caught between the devil and deep sea like situation, the APCCpresident Botcha Satyanarayana himself has asserted that only after all the parties make their stance clear, the Congress would then spell out its stand. The YSR Congress Party has been doing a balancing act in this affair so far. Without making a firm commitment on the separate statehood, the party has been cleverly asserting that it was in sync with the sentiments of the people of the region and that if the Union government decides to bifurcate the State it would not oppose it. However, according to reliable sources, the party would be represented at the all-party meeting by M.V. Mysoora Reddy and Konathala Ramakrishna. The TRS, which has been spearheading the agitation for a separate State for the past 11 years is likely to be represented by party chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao. Though it was earlier decided that TJAC Chairman Prof. Kodandaram would also represent on behalf of TRS, there seems to have been some opposition to it and hence he may not attend the meet. However, a clear-cut picture on who would represent the TRS would be known in a day or two. The MIM party’s Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi would attend the meeting on behalf of the party. It might be mentioned here that the MIM has been insisting that if a Telangana State was inevitable, then Hyderabad should be made a Union Territory. Another option made by the party was for creating a Rayala Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital. Thus, the status of Hyderabad is bound to become a contentious issue in resolving the Telangana affair. It might be mentioned here that the Ministry of Home Affairs had made it clear that each of the eight political parties invited for the December 28 meeting could send two representatives. Though the need for expressing only one view at the meeting was being emphasized by all the political parties, the possibility of a unanimity on the issue might encounter some rough weather. Thus the much expected solution to the Telangana issue might turn out to be only a mirage! |
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