Separate Telangana state movement

THE FIRE HAS CAUGHT TELANGANA MOVEMENT IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN TELANGANA REGIONS AND HYDERABAD, VOLUNTARILY PEOPLE , STUDENTS, SOCIAL LEADERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND UNDER THE MAHATMA GANDHI'S PRINCIPLES FOLLOWING PEACE PEOPLE ARE MOVING AHEAD AND THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVEMENT FOR SUPPORTERS TO JOIN AND MOVEMENT,

1969 Movement
In the following years after the formation of Andhra Pradesh state, however, the Telangana people had a number of complaints about how the agreements and guarantees were implemented. Discontent with the 1956 Gentleman's agreement intensified in January 1969 when the guarantees that had been agreed on were supposed to lapse. Student agitation for the continuation of the agreement began at Osmania University in Hyderabad and spread to other parts of the region. Government employees and opposition members of the state legislative assembly swiftly threatened "direct action" in support of the students. This movement, also known as Jai Telangana movement, led to widespread violence and deaths of hundreds of people and students of this Telangana region. Approximately 360 students gave their lives in this movement.[2]
Although the Congress faced dissension within its ranks, its leadership stood against additional linguistic states, which were regarded as "anti-national." As a result, defectors from the Congress, led by M. Chenna Reddy, founded the Telangana People's Association (Telangana Praja Samithi). Despite electoral successes, however, some of the new party leaders gave up their agitation in September 1971 and, much to the disgust of many separatists, rejoined the safer political haven of the Congress ranks.[3]
Shooting of 369students by Police in 1969
In 1969, peacefully protesters were brutally killed by Police on Government Orders. This was carried out by falsefully depicting the students as maoists. The Official Report falsefully reported that only 49 people were killed.
[edit]Movement in 1990-2004
The emotions and forces generated by the movement were not strong enough, however, for a continuing drive for a separate state until 1990s when Bharatiya Janata Party, promised a separate Telangana state if they came to power. But the BJP could not create a separate Telangana state because of the opposition from its coalition partner, Telugu Desam Party. These developments brought new life into the separatist Telangana movement by year 2000. Congress party MLAs from the Telangana region, supported a separate Telangana state and formed the Telangana Congress Legislators Forum.[4][5][6][7][8] In another development, a new party called Telangana Rashtra Samithi (or TRS) was formed with the single point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state, with Hyderabad as its capital lead by Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao popularily known as KCR.[9][10][11]
Proponents of a separate Telangana state feel.. all the agreements, accords, formulas, plans and assurances on the floor of legislature and Lok Sabha, in last 50+ years, could not be honoured and Telangana was forced to remain neglected, exploited and backward. The experiment to remain as one State proved to be a futile exercise and therefore, separation is found to be the best solution.[12][13][14]
[edit]2004 and later


Flag of TRS
In 2004, for Assembly and Parliament elections, the Congress party and the TRS had an electoral alliance in the Telangana region with the promise of a separate Telangana State.[15] Congress came to power in the state and formed a coalition government at the centre. TRS joined the coalition government in 2004 and was successful in making a separate Telangana state a part of the common minimum program (CMP) of the coalition government.[16] In September 2006 TRS withdrew support for the Congress led coalition government at the centre on the grounds of indecision by the government over the delivery of its electoral promise to create Telangana.[17][18][19]
In December 2006, the TRS won the by-election to the Karimnagar parliamentary constituency, which is considered by many as a referendum on a Telangana state, with a record margin.[20]
There was lot of pressure on the Congress party to create a Telangana state in 2008.[21][22][23]
All TRS legislators in Parliament and in State (4MPs, 16MLAs, 3MLCs) resigned in the 1st week of March 2008 and forced by-elections which can be viewed as a referendum on a Telangana state, to increase the pressure on Congress party, and to intensify the movement.[24][25]
By-elections for the 16 MLA seats, 4 MP seats were held May 29, 2008. During the election campaign the TRS party said it is a referendum on a Telangana state but both Congress and TDP parties said it is not a referendum on Telangana and also said that they are not opposed to the formation of Telangana state.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] To the disappointment of Telangana proponents TRS retained only 7 out of 16 MLA seats and 2 out of 4 MP seats after the by-elections.[36] Telangana proponents are also happy that all major parties in the state said that they are not opposed to the formation of separate Telangana state.
In June 2008, Devender Goud, who is considered number two in the TDP, a politbureau member and Deputy Leader of the Telugu Desam Legislature Party, resigned from the party saying he would devote his time and energy to the formation of a separate Telangana state.[37] In July 2008, Mr Goud along with some other leaders like Mr. E Peddi Reddy formed a new party called Nava Telangana Praja Party.[38]
On 9 October 2008, in a historical turnaround from its 26-year history TDP announced its support for the creation of Telengana.[39]
[edit]Symbolic declaration of statehood
The Nava Telangana Party, led by the former home minister of Andhra Pradesh, T Devender Goud, declared Telangana as a separate province within India on November 2, 2008. Konda Laxman Bapuji announced that "We solemnly declare statehood for Telangana on November 2, 2008." Goud released ten pigeons in the air symbolising the ten districts of the region, while he also unfurled the national flag on the occasion. Along with his party activists he was later arrested when they tried to barge into the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat to change the name plate -— from Andhra Pradesh to Telangana. A scuffle then followed between the police and the NTP workers before the party workers were taken to the Chikkadapalli police station. Other NTP workers soon descended on the scene and staged a dharna[clarification needed] to protest against the arrest.[40]
[edit]2009 and later
Ahead of the 2009 General Elections in India all the major parties in AP supported Telangana state.[41]
Congress still says it is committed to Telangana statehood.[42] But it does not have convincing answer when it asked why it could not create Telangana state in last 5 years.[43] Also it claims Muslim minorities are opposed to creation of separate state along with majority people...[44][45]
TDP promised to work for Telangana statehood. TRS joined the Mahakutami(or grand alliance) with TDP and left parties to defeat congress party for cheating Telangana people on statehood.[46][47][48]
Praja Rajyam Party(PRP), newly founded by film star Chiranjeevi, too supports Telangana statehood. NTP merged with PRP after it realized that there is not enough political space for two sub-regional Telangana parties with Telananga statehood as main agenda.[49][50]
The BJP again announced their policy of having smaller states and will create 2 more states Telangana and Gorkhaland if they win the election.[51] They also said that smaller states are better governed and developed.
All political parties, including some Telangana congress leaders, criticized Chief Minister YSR, when he changed his stand from pro-Telangana and gave anti-Telangana statements right after the polls to Telagana ended.[52][53][54]
Congress returned to power both at center and state. TRS and grand alliance lost the elections.