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Smaller states don’t lead to better governance: Economist

While the growth and development of Andhra Pradesh in the last decade has been lopsided, the bifurcation of the state is not the panacea, feels a leading Indian economist.
Professor Nirupam Bajpai, director of the South Asian programme at New York’s Columbia University, says while Andhra Pradesh has done relatively better in the last ten years [...]

Posted 22 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Has Congress,in their attempt to appease certain people, set a bad and dangerous precedence of agreeing to create the state of Telangana?

Summary of comments below: Except a handful of people, comments by people of all regions is that they want the state to stay united. They don’t want an Italian to assume the role of Mountbatten. We had enough damage from one partition. We don’t need another. The key question asked below is, ‘What were the [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Telugu ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

10 AU students attempt suicide

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra University students intensified their Samaikhya Andhra agitation on Wednesday with 10 fasting students threatening to commit suicide by jumping from the King George Hospital building on Wednesday. However, they were brought down by the police and confined to their blocks in the hospital later in the day.
The drama began at around 11 [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jagan aide joins fast bandwagon

ANANTAPUR: Emboldened by the spate of fasts taken up by leaders, Congress MLA K Venkatrami Reddy, a close aide of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday sat on `fast-unto-death’ in protest against separate Telangana even as tension mounted at the Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) campus, where eight students, teaching and non-teaching staff launched hunger strike.
While [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

TN, K’taka border villages join ‘united’ struggle

CHITTOOR: The Samaikhya Andhra movement has spread its wings to the border villages of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with activists conducting rallies, dharnas, rasta rokos and protest demonstrations in support of united Andhra.
Though the people live in Chittoor district, a majority of them are Tamilians and Kannadigas settled here long time ago. Though they are [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Centre mulling UT status for Hyderabad?

HYDERABAD: In a bid to mollify anti-Telangana protesters and pave the way for smooth creation of a separate state, the Centre is weighing the options of declaring Hyderabad a Union Territory (UT).
Sources in touch with the Congress high command said the latter avers that according Union Territory status to Hyderabad would pave the way for [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Telugu ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Parties firm on ‘Samaikhya Andhra’

Leaders want Central Government to withdraw its commitment to carve out separate Telangana
TRS chief accused of endangering integrity of Andhra Pradesh
Government should not bow to pressure tactics, says leaders
Kakinada: Congress and Praja Rajyam Party leaders have asserted that their ‘Samaikhya Andhra’ agitation will continue till the Central Government withdrew its commitment to form Telangana State. [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Sad News: 2 Samaikhya Andhra activists commit suicide

Two Samaikhya Andhra activists allegedly committed suicide in protest against the division of the state. Vemula Srinivas, 30, of Basavatarakanagar in Guntur committed suicide by jumping in front a speeding train while chanting united Andhra slogans in the late hours of Tuesday. Senior TDP leaders Kodela Sivaprasad Rao, Prattipati Pullarao and Madala Rajendra visited the [...]

Posted 19 December 2009 † Krishna Chaitanya Mandava § Samaikhya Andhra § Samaikya Andhra § Telugu § Telugu Rashtram § Telugu Unity ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Andhra Pradesh political crisis and the role of the media

Half a century ago, on December 19, 1952, to be precise, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced the formation of a new State of Andhra. It was separated from an unwieldy and composite Madras State, which then comprised people speaking Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, along with a few other languages. Comprising mostly Telugu-speaking people, Andhra [...]

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