Prof. DL Sheth, Honorary Senior Fellow and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi said that the creation of Telangana was bound to have “wide ramifications and add to instability in the country” for the way it has happened.
“The state per se will be viable economically and also for administrative process. But, I’m against the way in which it has happened — for narrow political calculus reasons,” Sheth said. “This will certainly open more doors to increased demands for many more states.”
“As far as Gorkhaland is concerned, we cannot give in to the demands of everyone without assessing the fallout of it. Ok, a group of Nepalese immigrants have settled in an Indian region over generations and they have now start demanding a separate state. But by that logic, tomorrow Bangladeshis in Assam will begin doing the same. So we have to look at each case and not open a pandora’s box in dealing with this issue,” Suresh. said
“When Telangana was merged with the state of Andhra in 1956 to form Andhra Pradesh, specific provisions and allocations were given to Telangana. But these provisions got diluted over the years and the people there got disenchanted,” he said, adding, “Over 75 percent of the revenue of the state came from Hyderabad originally part of Telangana, yet, only 1/3 was spent on Telangana. Even in government employment people from Telangana were far and few.”
“This is a mass level movement and so to that extent the demand for Telangana is justified,” Suresh said.
Other claims to statehood may be popular, but they are not as strong for other reasons.
Suresh argues that Telangana’s claim to statehood was strong for several unique reasons. For one, Telangana was on its own before being merged with Andhra Pradesh in 1956. The decision to grant it statehood is not a bifurcation or the carving of a new state, “it is a demerger”, said Suresh. Moreover, the demand for statehood enjoyed strong grassroots support and not just politicians with ulterior motives.
Source : Firspost
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“As far as Gorkhaland is concerned, we cannot give in to the demands of everyone without assessing the fallout of it. Ok, a group of Nepalese immigrants have settled in an Indian region over generations and they have now start demanding a separate state. But by that logic, tomorrow Bangladeshis in Assam will begin doing the same. So we have to look at each case and not open a pandora’s box in dealing with this issue,” Suresh. said
“When Telangana was merged with the state of Andhra in 1956 to form Andhra Pradesh, specific provisions and allocations were given to Telangana. But these provisions got diluted over the years and the people there got disenchanted,” he said, adding, “Over 75 percent of the revenue of the state came from Hyderabad originally part of Telangana, yet, only 1/3 was spent on Telangana. Even in government employment people from Telangana were far and few.”
“This is a mass level movement and so to that extent the demand for Telangana is justified,” Suresh said.
Other claims to statehood may be popular, but they are not as strong for other reasons.
Suresh argues that Telangana’s claim to statehood was strong for several unique reasons. For one, Telangana was on its own before being merged with Andhra Pradesh in 1956. The decision to grant it statehood is not a bifurcation or the carving of a new state, “it is a demerger”, said Suresh. Moreover, the demand for statehood enjoyed strong grassroots support and not just politicians with ulterior motives.
Source : Firspost
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