Congress, BJP blame game
stalls bill Are the BJP and the Congress serious about carving out a Telangana from the existing big-bully Andhra Pradesh? The Congress-led UPA had utilised the services of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti during election time, but it seems to be refusing
payback—and the TRS is getting restive. At the time of its formation in 1956, Andhra Pradesh had given, in what was meant to have been a gentleman's agreement, Telangana an assurance of fair play, but five decades later, the reality is that Andhra Pradesh has reneged on every promise it had made. ......MORE
H Y Sharada Prasad A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he served as information Advisor to Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was formerly a trustee of IGNCA and chairman of NID.
Syeda S Hameed is a Member of the Planning Commission. She is the founder member of Muslim Women's Forum and a founder trustee of the Women's Initiative for Peace inSouth Asia.
Cmde C Uday Bhaskar is deputy director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta a veteran journalist and commentator, is
currently Director, School of Convergence, New Delhi.
