Chandrababu Naidu in a bid to convince the employees of Andhra Pradesh to shift as soon as possible from Hyderabad to Vijayawada said that operating from Hyderabad felt like operating from a foreign country. And Naidu was not saying it in jest! He was only echoing the sentiments of the Seemandhra people in the State.
Though there is no physical violence, the atmosphere is constantly surcharged with an air of uncertainty and Seemandhra people feel unwelcome thanks to the vitriolic statements of the Telangana leadership and its people every day.
What Naidu meant was the unwelcome attitude and statements of the TRS in Hyderabad, a city which would not have been on the international map but for the efforts of Naidu and YSR.
Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana CM KCR has taken offense at Naidu’s remarks and demanded that he apologize to the people of Telangana. She advised Naidu to shift to Vijayawada if he does not like Hyderabad.
Now this is the same woman who said that Telangana was not a part of India.
“Both Telangana and Kashmir were not part of India before 1947. They were separate nations. But we were forcibly annexed to the Indian Union after 1947. Our troubles have started since then,” said Kavitha in an interview to an English newspaper.
She did not end there. “Parts of Kashmir do not belong to India. We should accept reality and come clean on Kashmir. The international borders should be redrawn. The budgetary allocation for defence spending on the borders can then be utilized for the development of the economy,” said Kavitha in the same interview.
If Naidu should quit Hyderabad because he feels unwelcome, then by the same token Kavitha should quit India because she doesn’t consider herself one or else start a separate movement for independence of Telangana from India.
Written By Srinivas
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