Express News Service
First Published : 11 Dec 2009 03:13:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 11 Dec 2009 09:15:49 AM IST
HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) appears to have been caught unawares by the Centre’s decision to have a resolution passed in the State Assembly as a prelude to the formation of a separate State of Telangana.
The TDP, which has never been convincing in its pro-Telangana utterances, displayed its true colours on Thursday. Party chief N Chandrababu Nadiu vehemently denounced the Centre’s decision, 24 hours after stating that his party would not oppose a resolution on Telangana as and when it was introduced in the Assembly. The original gameplan of the TDP was to put the Congress in a tight spot by saying so. Now, with its strategy backfiring, the TDP appears to have suffered damage on two counts: People in the Telangana region have never trusted the TDP and now people in Andhra, whom it has always wanted to keep in good humour, too would not take kindly to Chandrababu Naidu because they believe that his public posture in favour of Telangana is one of the factors that prompted the Centre to accede to the Telangana demand.
That pro-Telangana veneeer slipped when Chandrababu Naidu could not control his emotions this afternoon while heaping allegations on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for acting with ‘‘unnecessary and undue haste.’’ The Centre should have taken the opinion of all the stakeholders, he felt.
When asked if it would make any sense to seek public opinion after his party had gone on record saying that it favoured Telangana, Naidu was at a loss for words. He merely replied that it was an unexpected decision from the Congress. ‘‘It has created a political vaccum and the Congress bungled the issue,’’ Naidu alleged, adding, ‘‘it has also tarnished the image of Andhra Pradesh.’’ But, he could not elaborate further. He said the Centre had announced the decision without following proper guidelines or procedures and claimed that the future of the next generation was in jeopardy.
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