Written by: Krishna Baalu
Recently a close aid of Narendra Modi said after the announcement
of Telangana that Modi has nothing left for the new state and should
focus on Seemandra Pradesh to make the most of the hurt sentiments of
the region.
This is a delusion.
In fact, even after the Telangana announcement, Modi has got much
vocation in both the regions to take up, and the timing is just to
assuage the feelings of the people of Andhra Pradesh.
The mood in Telangana region is jubilant and the feeling in Andhra is of
deception. However, the reality is far from truth.
Nearly 800-plus Telangana youngsters have committed suicide out of
sheer frustration on account of nervousness over the delay in announcing
the Telangana Statehood. This fact can't be ignored or taken in a
lighter vein in the backdrop of celebrations. Thousands of Telangana
intellectuals are still in conundrum why Telangana announcement was not
made as early as in 2004, as promised by the Congress party but why now
just before elections, only after this heavy toll?
Expressly the people are still in grief over the death of over 800 sons
of the soil, who seems to have sacrificed themselves for the sake of
Sonia Gandhi's son?
KCR's TRS merger deal with Congress party!
There had been a wild speculation on the merger of TRS party with
Congress. The deal was ‘you give Telangana, and we merge with Congress'.
The same has been reiterated by Kavita, daughter of KCR on Saturday.
The very idea of a merger is nothing but murder of democracy.
Once the merger is through, the Telangana state will be left with no
viable opposition to the Congress party except with the moderate
presence of TDP. As part of a political game, the Congress succeeded in
dissipating the Praja Rajyam Party of actor-turned-politician
Chiranjeevi.
As we are aware Chiranjeevi had launched the party with much fanfare on a
captivating social justice plank, projecting high ideals of the
Mahatma, Mother Teresa, Jyotiba Phule, but badly ended up by meekly
surrendering to Sonia Gandhi.
Before people of Andhra could forget this shock, any merger plans of TRS
with Congress now, will not be taken by the people of Telangana any
more with grain of salt.
This is where the BJP can benefit.
Telangana is not a barren land for BJP
The RSS and the BJP have a strong presence among Telangana people since
ages. Karimnagar the Telengana heartland and surrounding districts have
strong followers of Sangh ideology.
In 1998 General Elections 4 BJP
candidates were victorious and in 1999, 6 candidates were victorious
from Andhra Pradesh. Hence what is left to be done is only
revitalization at this hour. The timing is apt and just.
The plight of farmers and handloom weavers of Telangana
The Congress party never even made an attempt to address the plight of
handloom weavers and farmers in the Telangana region. Over 2,200 farmers
committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh alone in the year 2011. The hapless
families then were forced to send their children to contract labour
work to re-pay debts. The humane angle of their plight needs an urgent
succour from a caring heart as the present Congress government is
pre-occupied with internal feuds and countering corruption and the YSR
Congress (YSRC).
Not all happy with the YSR Congress
Though YSRC leaders have already visited these farmers' families, the
Jagan's family commitment is not going down well with the Telangana
people. People have also noted Vijayamma, Sharmeela travelling even in
election times with a Bible in their hands! Here lies Narendra Modi's
opportunity.
Narendra Modi's itinerary can now cover districts of Warangal,
Karimnagar, Medak and Nizamabad also. Modi then should interact with
common man and demonstrate how Gujarat State has developed under his
rule in last decade. Modi can demonstrate how his Jyotigram scheme
(uninterrupted power supply to farmers), construction of dams for
irrigation, promotion of drip irrigation and how his policies yielded
high yields of crops of wheat, cotton, fruits and vegetables. His
schemes not only succeeded in preventing farmers from ending their
lives, but also ably enhance their living standards too.
Coming to the plight of thousands of hapless weavers of Telangana, Modi
can demonstrate how his ‘Navi Gujarat Vastraniti' us helping cotton
growers get excellent price for their produce in national and
international markets. The Gujarat leader can meet farmers, weavers,
Dalits and interact with them down to earth. Also Modi can visit famous
Vemulavada Shivakshetram in token of respect of the local traditions.
Countering the communal MIM
Asaduddin Owaisi of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has been
indulging in communal politics since decades. Except BJP as usual (to
some extent CPI), no other party including Lok Satta could counter him
effectively. After the infamous hate speech of Akbaruddin Owaisi , the
local Marxist fringe groups particularly the so called revolutionary
writer Varavara Rao openly supported Akbaruddin, much to the dismay of
Hindu and nationalist hearts.
A short brief of MIM background is necessary to sustain my stand on why
Modi should take on MIM?
The MIM was founded in 1927. The infamous Razakars (a private army of
over one lakh young Muslims during the partition time in the erstwhile
Hyderabad state ) was affiliated to MIM party. The violence they
unleashed in Telangana just before Police Action by Sardar Patel, which
took many innocent lives can't be ignored in the context of growing
communal trends in the present MIM party.
The Congress's alliance with MIM is well known and its silence on MIM
leaders' communal utterances haven't gone well with many.
Recent poll survey said BJP's share increased from 7% to 13% in
Telangana after T-state announcement
In a surprising outcome (though not for the author), the recent OutLook
India survey after the Telangana, announcement revealed that 13%
preferred the BJP over the TDP. This figure is not insignificant in the
backdrop of huge coverage that Chandrababu Naidu got in the local media
in the past years. It is high time that the party capitalises the
opportunity and who else than Modi can do it for them?
