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Telangana Trying To Scuttle 'Special Status' To AP

Whenever, Andhra Pradesh raises the issue of special status promised to it, close on its heels comes the TRS bandwagon asking for a special status to it!

Not wanting to put up with the headache of according the status to two states, the Center is dallying on the issue.

And to add fuel to fire, Jayalalitha had recently written to the Union Ministry saying that a special status should not be accorded to Andhra Pradesh. This brings us to the moot question!

Why should Telangana be given a ‘special status’? Hyderabad which contributed nearly 55% of the revenue in united Andhra Pradesh has now been given to Telangana.

Where 23 districts earlier depended on the revenue of Hyderabad, it is now Telangana alone comprising 9 districts that will benefit from Hyderabad.

Why then should Telangana again be accorded a ‘special status’? Telangana is just coming up with this demand to scuttle AP’s own demand for a ‘special status’ because it fears that if AP gets a special status, the entire industries in Hyderabad will shift to AP and development in Telangana will take a backseat.

This will again provoke resentment among the people of Telangana!

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