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Last Updated: January 07, 2023, 12:32 IST
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Telangana CM Ok Chandrshekar Rao rose to energy driving on a pro-Telangana and anti-Andhra wave. (Image: Twitter/File)
It can be fascinating to see how the Telangana CM will model the BRS in Andhra Pradesh, however earlier than doing so, there are some raging points that he wants to tackle
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi just lately made its debut in Andhra Pradesh, with former Jana Sena Party chief Thota Chandrasekhar and former minister Ravela Kishore Babu becoming a member of the celebration. Chandrasekhar will lead the Andhra Pradesh unit of the BRS.
This is an fascinating improvement as Telangana chief minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao rose to energy driving on a pro-Telangana and anti-Andhra wave. Now that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi has turn into the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Rao is positioning the celebration as a nationwide one and searching for help from his neighbouring state.
Recently, Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar took a dig on the new inductees into the BRS saying it was a paradox that the Telangana chief minister, who he claimed had insulted the folks of Andhra Pradesh, was now speaking concerning the improvement of the state. Kumar additionally recalled how KCR had mentioned Andhra biryani tasted “like cow dung” and the way the state’s conventional meals like ulavucharu have been consumed by cattle in Telangana.
From right here, it is going to be fascinating to see how the Telangana CM will model the BRS in Andhra Pradesh, however earlier than doing so, there are some raging points that he wants to tackle. “KCR has to make his stand clear on the seven mandals of Khammam that became part of Andhra Pradesh through the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill of 2014. In 2021, the CM said his government was trying for the demerger of five of the seven mandals after a part of Bhadrachalam town became part of AP,” political observer Kambalapally Krishna, who runs a consultancy referred to as Voice of Telangana and Andhra, instructed News18.
Bhadrachalam is a significant Hindu pilgrimage web site. The CM additionally has to make his stand clear concerning the Polavaram undertaking. The irrigation undertaking on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh has been a bone of rivalry between the 2 states because it threatens to flood areas of Telangana, particularly Bhadrachalam.
Recently, the KCR-led authorities moved the Supreme Court alleging that the Centre had turned a deaf ear to their issues concerning the undertaking. They requested that the undertaking ought to be given the inexperienced mild solely after a radical flood evaluation is finished.
Besides these, a water dispute has been ongoing for the reason that bifurcation of the state in 2014. The water of Krishna river was divided between Andhra and Telangana in the ratio of 66:34, and Telangana needs it to be 50:50. Last yr, the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led authorities filed a writ petition in the SC asking for its due share of water.
Asset division is but to be accomplished between the 2 states. In December final yr, the Andhra authorities moved the SC contending that the precise division of property has not even begun even after eight years of bifurcation. It mentioned not sharing property helped the Telangana authorities as 91 p.c of those are situated in Andhra Pradesh.
Krishna mentioned making Chandrasekhar the top of the Andhra BRS had a political significance as nicely. “The BRS chief elected from AP belongs to the Kapu community. He is going to get Kapu votes in favour of BRS. It is known that Kapus support Pawan Kalyan, the founder of Jana Sena. There is speculation that JSP might join hands with the Telugu Desam Party and BJP, and go as one force against YSR Congress Party. If the Kapu votes now go with the BRS, Andhra CM Reddy stands to gain. Despite differences between the two states, the two CMs are said to be on good terms,” mentioned the political commentator.
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