TDP will not be an obstacle to T: Babu

Telangana TDP leaders demand announcement of
a time schedule for formation of T state 

Express News Service
Hyderabad: Without deviating from Telugu Desam’s two-eye policy on the Telangana issue, TDP leaders from both Telangana and Seemandhra are all eyes on the political developments in Delhi.
It was a hectic day for TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday as he held a tele-conference with Telangana leaders. He made it clear that the TDP would not be an obstacle to formation of Telangana state if the Centre wanted to bifurcate the state. Naidu's assertion was in accordance with the TDP politburo resolution adopted in 2008.
However, party insiders said the TDP was of the opinion that the Congress high command might consider imposition of the President’s rule or  changing the chief minister of the state to resolve the T issue. The Congress would further delay the T process without taking any concrete decision now, they said.
But the two-eye policy of the TDP was repeated by both the Telangana and Seemandhra leaders on the
contentious issue later in the day.
The Telangana Telugu Desam Forum (TTDF) also held a meeting after discussions with Naidu, and blamed the Congress for the delay in carving out a separate state.
On the other hand, TDP MLA Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao thundered in Vijayawada that the entire coastal Andhra from Tada to Ichchapuram would be paralysed if the Centre decided to bifurcate the state.
TTDF convenor E Dayakar Rao said the situation would turn worse if the Centre delayed the T-process further. “The Congress has been dodging the issue for the past seven and half years. We are not ready to accept any formula other than creation of a separate Telangana state, which includes Hyderabad,” he warned.
“The Congress should not dampen the spirits of T people. The Congress could not hoodwink the people like in the past. It should not play with the lives of T people," TDP senior leader T Devender Goud said.
Goud demanded that the Centre announce a time schedule for T, including
the date on which the Congress-led UPA Government would introduce the T bill in Parliament.
“The Congress should not delay the T process on the pretext of further  consultations on the issue,” said another senior TDP leader K Srihari.
In Vijayawada, Uma warned that they would not accept bifurcation of the state. “If the T demand is accepted, TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao may ask for a separate country in future. Will the Centre concede such a demand?” Uma questioned.

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The entire coastal Andhra from Tada to Ichchapuram will be paralysed if the Centre decides to bifurcate the state.

Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao, TDP MLA