It’s an emotional link, say NGOs - ANDHRA PRADESH

The link of Seemandhra people with Hyderabad was an “emotional one”.

The capital of a State is not a place with the secretariat, Assembly or High Court. It is a place where everyone feels at home, P. Ashok Babu, President of the APNGOs Association, said here on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference after announcing that the NGOs would go on an indefinite strike from August 12 midnight if all the elected representatives from Seemandhra region did not resign, he said the resignation would definitely bring about a change in the political equations at the Centre.

There was no unanimity amongst leaders of the parties that were supporting Telangana.

While the Congress was saying that it would not introduce the Bill in the Monsoon session, Narendra Modi was saying that it was not yet time for the separation of Telangana, he said.

Mr. Ashok Babu said the NGOs were ready to forgo their salaries for the larger good of the State.

Saying that the Telangana issue was a creation of politicians, he said that the issue would simply blow away if the politicians kept “silent for a year”.

GREAT TIMES

He said these were the great times in which walls (the Berlin Wall) were being broken, to bring people together and countries were coming together to form unions (European Union), but wondered why the leaders of Telangana wanted a separate State. Hyderabad was also the employment and educational hub of the State.

An entire generation would lose out, if it was taken away.

There was still time to reverse the decision and keep the State united. “The patient is not dead. We should do everything in our means to save it,” he said.

The NGOs would definitely support the elected representatives who resign and ensure that they were re-elected notwithstanding the party they belong too, Mr Ashok Babu said.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/reconsider-bifurcation-move-apcc-chief/article4989212.ece