If there is one issue defining the Telangana movement, it is water or more appropriately irrigation.
This is the only argument for the rural constituency, and JP has got a good position on it.
JP's position, as per his website is many viable lift agriculture projects have been completed in T. He further states that any irrigation project costing 2 Lakh per acre and upto 50,000 Ruppees per year electricity costs in irrigation per acre is unviable. [Link]
He has not said no to T and has been called as a traitor by populist AP politicians and supporters, he has not said yes to T and has been crucified as a T drohi by some populist T politicians and supporters.
His position is there is a bigger reform required and is supportive of whatever eventuates.
I agree with him, the same energy needs to be spent to go further..complete dissolution of state power to districts. India is too big to manage even at state levels. Bad Governance is the result. Telangana won't necessarily solve this,
Lets ditch Dr. Ambedkar's failed constitution.
I think Lok Satta would have, could have done more for T than even the populist, popular party leaders we have to day..
Mahmut,
ReplyDeleteThe Indian constitution has never failed.
The worlds biggest constitution has a solution to every problem that may arise... It is the politicians who have failed it.
Take the example of Article 356. Ambedkar felt that it would be a dead article in the whole constitution of India. But because of our "leaders" it had become the most lively article.