In May, Jagan Mohan Reddy set off for the second leg of his Odarpu Yatra. In troubled Telangana. But pro-Telangana state protesters were in no mood to let the Congress MP's yatra continue in view of his united Andhra Pradesh stance.
AP witnessed separate State agitations in 1969-70 both in Telangana and Seema Andhra areas affecting the economy, education, law and order and other aspects. Somehow, Centre could purchase peace by offering several projects to Hyderabad/Telangana as also political favours to the leaders who became Ministers, Chief Ministers, Central Ministers or Governors or Heads of several Corporations. The list includes both from Andhra (includes Rayalaseema) and Telangana. And now, after nearly forty years, democracy seems to have given scope for several proliferation of self-styled leaders from all backgrounds (including Cinema) championing the cause(s) of people. I see every move of every one in this set up as power hungry but not working for the society or people.
Odaarpu Yatra can not go on for years. It need not be with all fan fare of spending huge public money installing statues and celebrations and speeches. All this appears like show of strength. Why this type of Yatras were not taken up when thousands of farmers committed suicides when monsoon or crops failed? Why such yatras were not undertaken when cyclones or floods affected the assets, lives and economy? AP seems to be passing through power crisis. There have been enough Ministers at State or Centre and Chief Ministers from all the three regions. Starting from B Ramakrishna Rao (T), PV Narasimha Rao (T), T.Anjaiah (T), Marri Chenna Reddy (T), Jalagam Vengal Rao (T) - 5 from Telangana; Sanjeevaiah (R), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (R), N Janardhana Reddy (R), N Chandra Babu Naidu (R) and YS Rajasekhara Reddy (R) - 5 from Rayalaseema; and Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (A), Bhuvanam Venkatram (A), Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (A), NT Rama Rao (A) 4 from Andhra to recall the CMs.
And then, there have been MLAs, MLCs, MPs (in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as also Ministers) and Governors from all these regions ending with PV as Prime Minister and Sanjiva Reddy as President. All these people had adequate opportunity to serve the people and do justice thus rendering first class service to people towards development.In May, Jagan Mohan Reddy set off for the second leg of his Odarpu Yatra. In troubled Telangana. But pro-Telangana state protesters were in no mood to let the Congress MP's yatra continue in view of his united Andhra Pradesh stance. AP witnessed separate State agitations in 1969-70 both in Telangana and Seema Andhra areas affecting the economy, education, law and order and other aspects. Somehow, Centre could purchase peace by offering several projects to Hyderabad/Telangana as also political favours to the leaders who became Ministers, Chief Ministers, Central Ministers or Governors or Heads of several Corporations. The list includes both from Andhra (includes Rayalaseema) and Telangana. And now, after nearly forty years, democracy seems to have given scope for several proliferation of self-styled leaders from all backgrounds (including Cinema) championing the cause(s) of people. I see every move of every one in this set up as power hungry but not working for the society or people. Odaarpu Yatra can not go on for years. It need not be with all fan fare of spending huge public money installing statues and celebrations and speeches. All this appears like show of strength. Why this type of Yatras were not taken up when thousands of farmers committed suicides when monsoon or crops failed? Why such yatras were not undertaken when cyclones or floods affected the assets, lives and economy?
It looks more of politics and power (with corruption) is the priority instead of development. Be it in AP or any other state. The Common Man is always the sufferer / victim.
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