Rayalaseema and North Coastal Andhra also are backward. What is so special about Telangana to ask for a separate state on this score?
It is true that these two regions also are backward. They too have been, like Telangana, victims of neglect. But Telangana has an additional problem i.e. diversion of its resources, which legitimately belong to it, and worst, for the development of other regions. Best – or worst – examples are diversion of river waters and other natural resources, financial resources, employment opportunities and so on. This has been going on unabated. The other two regions do not have such problem. Further, Telangana can be a viable unit as a separate state and can be better developed. This was also endorsed by the SRC. Above all, the people of the region want to have it. You go and ask anybody in the region, the answer would be the same except probably a few people in Hyderabad who never went beyond the comfortable boundaries of multiplexes, big smooth roads and cyber cities in to the hinterlands of Telangana that are afflicted with hunger, suicides, malnutrition and seasonal diseases.
