The non cooperation movement is all set to start and the state government did nothing except having a namesake meeting with the TNGOs and urging them to forego the movement as the issue of separate Telangana is not in the state government’s jurisdiction.
Telangana is gearing up for a massive agitation to achieve separate statehood. The non-cooperation movement called for by Telangana Joint Action Committee from February 17 is no doubt a crucial phase in the agitation for formation of separate Telangana state. It will be successful, and it is definitely going to rock the Central government to its bottom.
Going by the action plan announced by the JAC, there would be no electricity supply; there would be no sweeping of roads, no lifting of garbage and no disposal of sewerage. People of Telangana would not pay electricity bills, water cess, property tax and toll tax. The Telangana employees in the APSRTC would not operate bus services and even if the RTC runs the buses with the help of other staff, the people will not purchase tickets. Only emergency services like hospitals, ambulances and drinking water supply would be exempt from the strike. As a prelude to the non-cooperation movement, the Telangana activists would take up “dandora” (door to door campaign) on the non-cooperation movement on Sunday; The Telangana activists would court arrest on February 15 as part of “Jail Bharo” agitation by taking up rallies and demonstrations across the region; there would be storming of the houses of public representatives on February 16; picketing in front of all the government offices on February 18, followed by demonstrations on all national highways on February 19. If there is no response from the Centre even after that, the entire Telangana would remain shutdown indefinitely from February 22.
The non-cooperation movement, coinciding with the beginning of the budget session of the state assembly on February 17, will be a major embarrassment to the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the state. The Congress leaders from Telangana, though not part of the JAC, have no option but to extend support to the movement. The Congress government made a vain bid to prevent the Telangana employees from going ahead with the strike by holding talks with the JAC leaders. But they are adamant on going ahead with the strike. The Chief Minister had already tasted the ire of Telangana women at his Rachchabanda programme held in Warangal on Thursday. So, he knows what impact it would have on the government. Though he asked the officials to make alternative arrangements, it is only lead to more unrest.
The only thing the government can do is to see that there is no major law and order breakdown in the state. If Kiran wants to crush the movement by provoking the Telangana agitators and then use the force to crush them, it would only compound his problems. Since the solution to the Telangana issue is not in his hands, the Centre should act quickly and make up its mind on providing a lasting solution to the problem without any delay.
The state authorities seems more interested in provoking the agitators and hence adding more paramilitary and other security forces from the neighbouring states, the state already has a 50 battalion police force deployed in various key places of Hyderabad city and other Telangana districts.
Telangana is gearing up for a massive agitation to achieve separate statehood. The non-cooperation movement called for by Telangana Joint Action Committee from February 17 is no doubt a crucial phase in the agitation for formation of separate Telangana state. It will be successful, and it is definitely going to rock the Central government to its bottom.
Going by the action plan announced by the JAC, there would be no electricity supply; there would be no sweeping of roads, no lifting of garbage and no disposal of sewerage. People of Telangana would not pay electricity bills, water cess, property tax and toll tax. The Telangana employees in the APSRTC would not operate bus services and even if the RTC runs the buses with the help of other staff, the people will not purchase tickets. Only emergency services like hospitals, ambulances and drinking water supply would be exempt from the strike. As a prelude to the non-cooperation movement, the Telangana activists would take up “dandora” (door to door campaign) on the non-cooperation movement on Sunday; The Telangana activists would court arrest on February 15 as part of “Jail Bharo” agitation by taking up rallies and demonstrations across the region; there would be storming of the houses of public representatives on February 16; picketing in front of all the government offices on February 18, followed by demonstrations on all national highways on February 19. If there is no response from the Centre even after that, the entire Telangana would remain shutdown indefinitely from February 22.
The non-cooperation movement, coinciding with the beginning of the budget session of the state assembly on February 17, will be a major embarrassment to the Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the state. The Congress leaders from Telangana, though not part of the JAC, have no option but to extend support to the movement. The Congress government made a vain bid to prevent the Telangana employees from going ahead with the strike by holding talks with the JAC leaders. But they are adamant on going ahead with the strike. The Chief Minister had already tasted the ire of Telangana women at his Rachchabanda programme held in Warangal on Thursday. So, he knows what impact it would have on the government. Though he asked the officials to make alternative arrangements, it is only lead to more unrest.
The only thing the government can do is to see that there is no major law and order breakdown in the state. If Kiran wants to crush the movement by provoking the Telangana agitators and then use the force to crush them, it would only compound his problems. Since the solution to the Telangana issue is not in his hands, the Centre should act quickly and make up its mind on providing a lasting solution to the problem without any delay.
The state authorities seems more interested in provoking the agitators and hence adding more paramilitary and other security forces from the neighbouring states, the state already has a 50 battalion police force deployed in various key places of Hyderabad city and other Telangana districts.
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