The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, confessed on Thursday that he was clueless on how to resolve the crisis caused by agitations for and against Telangana in the state.
He also observed that there was unanimity among people of Andhra and Rayalaseema on the need for an integrated state.
“Agitations in coastal and Rayalaseema were spontaneous and was not sponsored by political parties,” said Mr Rosaiah. “The agitation for integrated state is intensifying.” Talking to reporters here, the Chief Minister said he was making a sincere appeal to media, politicians, officials and others to give suggestions on how to solve the current impasse. “People having ideas can meet me in private and discuss,” he said.
Mr Rosaiah said that the present political situation was unique since the political parties including the regional parties were split on the lines of Telangana and united Andhra.
The agitations in the recent weeks had also hit the development of the state, he said. “Poor people are being denied bread and butter as the government could not execute works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,” he said. “The government is not getting tax revenues as there is no business activity and this will have a cascading effect on welfare schemes.”
The Chief Minister said that students were denied education because of the closure of institutions and prices of essential commodities and vegetables had gone up as the transport sector came to a standstill.
Though Telangana calmed down following the statement by the Union home minister, Mr P Chidambaram, violence erupted in the two other regions, he said. When asked when he would go to the national capital to discuss the issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Chief Minister quipped: “It is very cold in Delhi.”
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