The black days of Andhra Pradesh

In ages long past a great son of India, the Buddha, said that
 “The only real victory was one in which all were equally victorious and there was defeat for no one."

Andhra Pradesh, once famous for Largest producer of rice (Rice bowl of India), Tirupati, Hyderabadi Biryani, Hindu-Muslim Bhai-Bhai culture is now famous for being a scapegoat for Congress party. The decision to separate the state caused a huge rage in the public who ultimately gonna suffer. People of Andhra pradesh reacting in may ways.

Some people are fighting.
Some people are protesting.
Some people are dying.
Some people are crying.
Some people are afraid.

People are concerned for their investments in the current capital city. People are afraid of their security after state division. People are worried of the new taxes between Telangana and Seemandhra, which will lead to inflation of basic needs. People are worried about the water distribution of Godavari & Krishna rivers. Karnataka & Tamilnadu are fighting from ages for water distribution. All Indians are worried as they learnt "Politicians can make people scapegoats for the sake of power".

Telangana separation may not be delayed as people of Telangana strongly believe it will help them to get more opportunities for business and to get more government jobs (As per the Sri Krishna committee's observation). But the way Congress party declared the decision is to be questioned. As a leader of 120 crore people, you declared the decision without addressing people worries and consequences. Is this the way government take the responsibility of public?

This division shouldn't be considered as victory by Telangana people. As the decision was taken solely on political interests, basic needs of people are ignored. If Telangana state is formed, then Telangana people gonna experience the worst side of politics where every party wants to take the credit to their name. To calm the people, more and more reservations will be given to lower castes, which we all know that nothing gonna benefit them. (I feel shame that we still categorize people based on castes). As always middle class people will be ignored.


But the people of India deserve to suffer all these. People knows the fact that politicians are the one can change the life of people, still we elected the congress government as our rulers. Even though the current government is UPA, it is Congress party who can take decisions. We have to consider, Congress party formed the government not because people wanted it, but people failed to elect any other party. The best example can be taken from Andhra Pradesh only.

When an I.A.S officer Jayaprakash Narayan thought the faulty governance process is the biggest hurdle in India’s path of progress and created Lok Satta Party by resigning his job. The people of Andhra Pradesh denied him from making any progress. Part of his loss in elections may be because the members of the party are not popular. But hardly anyone considered them as the fresh blood which can change politics. On the other side Chiranjeevi who formed party by taking already established politicians, who joined his party just to make money has got more votes than Loksatta party. Because Chiranjeevi is a popular figure in the state.

When people are not ready for change, nothing will change. Just spare a thought, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy who has allegations on many scams is still running a party and so many people are supporting him. A huge set of people in Andhra support him because he belong to their caste. Shame on us.

There is one more example which clearly explains how educated people will react to politics. When Anna Hazare did the fasting in support of Lokpal bill, he got huge support in all the Indian cities. Realty is people supported him only on weekends. People doesn't want to waste their office hours for the sake of country. We often think illiterates who vote for money are the reason for dirty politics, but the educated people are equally responsible for current politics. Because of our mentality, Congress party was able to kill the protest for Lokpal bill by deviating public with false statements.

So is there a point to think we deserve anything better than this?

What will be the future from here? We all know that Andhra Pradesh politicians collectively failed to keep the people happy and everyone played games to keep their power over public interests. Are we gonna ban all of them from politics? NO. They are going to contest in the next elections either from Congress party or from other party and they gonna gain power on public. If not in this term, they can definitely win in the next term. Because we forget the past quickly and fall for the promises they make before elections.

It's not how much we talk but the one really matters is how we act in the necessary situations. We People talk about dirty politics for years but ignore to elect a right leader at the time of elections. I feel shame for not electing a better leader and I sincerely accepts the blame on public who elected such politicians even though we know their real face. I hope we, people in India learnt the lesson and take the responsibility of electing good leaders.