After deeply saddened by the present conditions in today's state, I'm, who is one among you, writing this letter to people of all regions of Andhra Pradesh. I knew, after this very first opening line, you'll try to read in between my lines and try to guess who I'm and which region I belong to? It is not that I'm afraid to reveal my name. It's my choice to maintain anonymity. Because, I know most of the people are very special in making baseless allegations and predictions. If I reveal my name, they'll jump to predict which region I hail from or which caste I belong to.
I want to set the record straight. Yes, I'm from Andhra Pradesh and I'm born and brought up in AP. Yet, I believe I neither belong to Seemandhra nor Telangana. What you heard is right. I profoundly believe that I'm an INDIAN. And putting cast, creed, religion, region and gender, I'm a HUMAN BEING.
Going into prevailing conditions, people of both regions are sharply divided and fuming over each other and even some using foul, abusive language. It's time to put a full stop to all these petty issues. After all we're all INDIANS. We should not forget this. I kindly request all the citizens to maintain calm, peace and harmony and not get influenced by preaches. It's time to look for facts.
First Telanganites should stop degrading the People's movement of united AP and should try to understand them. People of Seemandhra have never ever belittled Telangana movement despite many physical assaults, extortion of money from industrialists and film makers and repeated bandhs.
At the same time, people of Seemandhra should try to understand the feelings of Telanganites and should resort to measures to heal the T-wounds.
What I learnt is majority of people from Seemandhra really didn't understand what Telangana movement is about and at the same time, Telanganites haven't even tried to understand what is this massive outburst against bifurcation of state.
The mistake equally lies with people of both regions. There is no denying that both movements have logic and history and pros and cons. But it's Samaikyandhra movement which definitely has some edge and logic compared to T-movement if one closely observe the facts. Always T-people claim that their movement is 60-yr-old.
Yes, but times have changed now and their movement is old and their allegations don't hold base and it should be renovated. It's definitely an endless debate to make allegations on opposite sides and claim what you believe is fact.
It's T-leaders who mislead and provoked them for their cheap, political gains leading to deaths of innocent students. But leaders and their sons, kin and kith were happy enjoying the T-movement, publicity and money through extortion. If really T-movement is for bifurcation of state, why can't they take without Hyderabad? If they claim ownership, it lies equally with people of Seemandhra who lost their capital in 1956 to Hyderabad.
Even, the figures by district collectors of T region and GDP growth rate clearly indicates Telangana is much developed compared to Seemandhra. This is also proved by Sri Krishna Committee. Even not all people of Telangana are not in favour of separate state. There is an amount of ambiguity among both regions in and against bifurcation of state.
Whatever, it's not time to have ugly fight or spat, which may give scope to Terrorists to rock Hyderabad and various places of AP considering the divisions among our own people. It's time to stay united (in hearts) and should resolve the issue by talks. Yes, in democratic process, talks is the only way to find amicable solutions.
Political parties, cutting across regions, have miserably failed to solve the issue and in a way, they've complicated it in a larger way. The consequences which we're seeing today is just a symptom and we haven't entered into phase-I, phase-II and phase-III which may result in drastic and grave consequences that I'm afraid to even mention.
Of course, there is nothing to hide. Present consequences hint that the whole anti-T outbursts and T-flareups may lead the state into a civil war which seems inevitable. Yet I believe there are many progressive thinkers in our state on both regions and it's time for them to step into the issue and calm down the people of all regions. After all, we're human beings.
Of course, one should blame the ruling Congress and UPA for dividing state for their diabolical game to make Rahul Gandhi as PM. Politicians are making people of both regions as puppets for their political games. And a few questions are striking common man. Here are those.
What is this all about? Where are we heading? Are we in a civilized society? It's high time everyone should think within themselves. Are we not humans? Who are we? What does our next generation think of ourselves? Is this ruckus really needed? If India is united in 28 states, can't we be united in 29 states? Definitely India may not be united if we create new state amid huge hatred between neighbouring regions. If we've not seen development in unified state, how do you believe you'll be permitted to it in new state without change in political system and corrupted politicians? It's time for you to come out of prejudice and use your brains and stay united as One Nation. SAVE INDIA.
By an INDIAN (BHARATEEYUDU)
