Why the issue of separate Telangana is being raised once again?
The demand of the people of Telangana for a separate state is not a new development. It was voiced much before the formation of Andhra Pradesh and continues to be raised even thereafter. It is essential to understand the history of the region to comprehend the historical need to become separate state (Will update the history soon in my next blogs). The reason for the resistance of people of Telangana to join Visalandhra in 1950s was the fear of exploitation in the enlarged state as rightly documented in States Reorganization Commission (SRC) as “One of the principal causes of opposition to Visalandhra also seems to be the apprehensions felt by the educationally backward people of Telangana that they may be swamped and exploited by the more advanced people of the Coastal areas…The real fear of the people of Telangana is that if they join Andhra they will be unequally placed in relation to the people of Andhra and in this partnership the major partner will derive all the advantages immed
