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ANDHRA PRADESH was the first linguistic state formed by uniting Telugu speaking people of the then Madras state and the Nizam's Hyderabad comprising of Telugu speaking - Telangana people.
While the state was formed more than five decades ago, yet the disconnect between the people of Telangana region and Andhra region grew and language as a uniting factor failed here miserably.
Telangana people never had emotional integration with the people of Andhra region and several agitations for a separate state tormented the state from time to time. The recent agitation with the fast of K. Chandrasekhar Rao has again brought things to a boil with wide spread destruction of public and private property.
While the people from Andhra region always felt that Hyderabad is their state capital and moved to the city for jobs and started and thrived by starting businesses, industries, hospitals, colleges, hotels among others, the feeling among the Telangana people is that it is the capital of Telangana and that one day they will achieve state hood. The people from the Andhra region were branded as foreign elements in terms of government jobs under compromises.
There are also allegations that people from the Andhra region are looting their water, resources and jobs.
When such strong sentiment is prevalent the only sensible solution is the division of the state and giving into the separate state hood demand for Telangana.
But the rest of the state has regions like the backward Rayalaseema region and the backward North coastal districts and there are demands for separate state hood from these regions too.
The best solution is to have a separate Telangana state and convert the rest of the state into a separate union territory to ensure the just rights of the people of the Andhra region like water rights, sharing of assets and ensuring that fast development of the region leads to a better administered state sans narrow regional feelings.
Such a solution must be acceptable to the people of North coastal districts, coastal districts and the Rayalaseema regions.
http://www.merinews.com/article/creation-of-telangana-only-peaceful-solution/15790297.shtml
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