Telangana committee terms of reference announced
It is explicit that committee's job is not to prepare a roadmap for the formation of separate Telangana state but mainly to examine the demand for a separate Telangana. Clearly, the government does not seem to have made up its mind on Telangana.
THE GOVERNMENT of India announced a seven-point terms of reference for the five-member committee on Telangana headed by Justice B N Srikrishna, a week after the committee was constituted on February 3 2010.
The following are the terms of reference:
The committee is to submit its report by December 31, 2010.
- To examine the situation in the state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a separate state of Telangana as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh.
- To review the developments in the state since its formation and their impact on the progress and development of the different regions of the state.
- To examine the impact of the recent developments in the state on the different sections of the people such as women, children, students, minorities, other backward classes, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
- To identify the key issues that must be addressed while considering the matters mentioned above.
- To consult all sections of the people, especially the political parties, on the aforesaid matters and elicit their views; to seek from the political parties and other organisations a range of solutions that would resolve the present difficult situation and promote the welfare of all sections of the people; to identify the optimal solutions for this purpose and to recommend a plan of action and a road map.
- To consult other organisations of civil society such as industry, trade, trade unions, farmers’ organisations, women’s organisations and students’ organisations on the aforesaid matters and elicit their views with specific reference to the all round development of the different regions of the state.
- To make any other suggestion or recommendation that the committee may deem appropriate.
The committee is to submit its report by December 31, 2010.
The terms of reference seem sufficiently broadbased to take into account the opinions of various sections of people in Andhra Pradesh. Also, the government clearly feels that the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh may have different impacts on different sections of the people.
It is explicit that the committee's job will not be to prepare a roadmap for the formation of a separate Telangana state. The committee is mainly expected to ‘examine’ the demand for a separate Telangana state. Clearly, the government is sending the message that it has not made up its mind on Telangana.
Kodandaram, Convenor of the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), has already announced that he is in complete opposition to the terms of reference, saying that the terms of reference give equal prominence to both the demands of separate Telangana and united Andhra Pradesh. Kodandaram also said that the deadline is too long and that it is designed to suppress the Telangana agitation.
Taking objection to the terms of reference, K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), chief of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) which is spearheading the Telangana agitation, accused the government of ‘cheating’ the people of Telangana yet again. He announced that all people’s representatives from Telangana will resign and that they will persuade the speaker of AP Assembly to accept the resignations. He said that ten months is too long for the committee to submit its report and that one week is sufficient.
The Osmania University Joint Action Committee on Telangana has called for a bandh across the Telangana region saying that the terms of reference are in opposition to Telangana.
Reactions are still pouring in at the moment.
It is explicit that the committee's job will not be to prepare a roadmap for the formation of a separate Telangana state. The committee is mainly expected to ‘examine’ the demand for a separate Telangana state. Clearly, the government is sending the message that it has not made up its mind on Telangana.
Kodandaram, Convenor of the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), has already announced that he is in complete opposition to the terms of reference, saying that the terms of reference give equal prominence to both the demands of separate Telangana and united Andhra Pradesh. Kodandaram also said that the deadline is too long and that it is designed to suppress the Telangana agitation.
Taking objection to the terms of reference, K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), chief of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) which is spearheading the Telangana agitation, accused the government of ‘cheating’ the people of Telangana yet again. He announced that all people’s representatives from Telangana will resign and that they will persuade the speaker of AP Assembly to accept the resignations. He said that ten months is too long for the committee to submit its report and that one week is sufficient.
The Osmania University Joint Action Committee on Telangana has called for a bandh across the Telangana region saying that the terms of reference are in opposition to Telangana.
Reactions are still pouring in at the moment.
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