Political Doldrums-The naked reality of AP bifurcation.
The other day a friend of mine asked me this: To which region do you belong-Andhra Pradesh or Telangana? For her, it was only a question, but for me and those 84 million people of this fourth largest state by area and fifth largest state by population, it is an emotional issue. I gave her the answer she wanted, but I was searching for many, myself. The state of chaos and confusion that is omnipresent in the state, be it in Seemandhra or Telangana, has caught the national interest. With protest rallies, bandhs, rasta-rokos , burning effigies, taking out funeral processions, hunger strikes, competitive sloganeering and protest marches taking the centre stage and a temporary logjam in the developmental activities, the state as a whole has come to a standstill with simmering tensions and frictions being fuelled by the provocative speeches by various state and non-state actors. No immediate relief seems to be in the sight, atleast in the near future. Thanks to the ruling class at the Ce...