Wikileaks- American cansulate reports on ABN and T
(SBU) Rampant media speculation about the timing of therevelations ascribes either pro- or anti-statehood motives toABN Andhra Jyothi, which was inaugurated on October 15, 2009.Some analysts cite this media expose as an attempt to delay thecreation of a new state, pointing to the friendship between thechannel's owner, Vemuri Radhakrishna, and N. Chandrababu Naidu,leader of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Naidu, aformer Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has seemed reluctant toreaffirm his party's commitment to separate statehood. Otheranalysts point the presence of Andhra Jyothi Editor, K.Srinivas, at a pro-statehood event sponsored by the U.S.-basedTelangana Development Forum and postulate that Narisimhan'sascension to governor cements the case for statehood.
A journalist from a rival news organization claiming close ties tothe reporters of ABN Andhra Jyothi dismissed the pro-andanti-statehood theories - the true motive of the expose was to capture as much market share as possible for the new station byputting out a sensational story. He added that this story hasbeen in development for six months and the timing is justopportune.However, somepundits note that the timing of Governor Tiwari's resignationcoincides with the statement by Pranab Mukherjee, GoI FinanceMinister, that there will be "good news" on the question ofstatehood for Telangana in the near future as well as the callfor more "bandhs" (ref D) by both the political party and thestudent group Joint Action Committees. No matter what the "goodnews" turns out to be, it is likely to be poorly received by theone or the other side. The Congress party would like to prolongthe decision on statehood as long as possible and hedge theirbets to prepare for any eventuality. Lalitha Iyer of "The Week" magazine told Congenoff, that "Tiwari couldn't handle thesituation in the state, which will only get worse. PresidentialRule is the only way that the Congress leadership gets out ofthis unscathed and Tiwari was incapable of running the state."On December 27, the GoI asked current Chhattisgarh
Governor ELS Narasimhan to accept the additional charge of
Governor for Andhra Pradesh. A fluent Telugu speaker,
Narasimhan reportedly attended a meeting with GoI Home Minister
¶P. Chidambaram to discuss the issue of Telangana statehood a few
days prior to the current controversy. As a former Intelligence
Bureau (IB) Chief, analysts expect him to provide the Congress
leadership with more accurate information and better insight
into the current political turmoil in the state than the
outgoing Tiwari. [COMMENT: In meetings with Congenoffs over the
past two years, Governor Tiwari appeared at times to have a
shaky grip on current affairs in the state. END COMMENT]. The
Chief Justice of the AP High Court administered the oath of
office on December 28. Governor Narasimhan emerged from the
1968 batch of the AP cadre of the Indian Police Service (IPS). Deputy Speaker of the AP Legislative
Assembly N. Manohar told CongenOff that the police are convinced
that, like in 1969, the current unrest over Telangana statehood
will result in a successful recruiting campaign by Naxalite
forces in the region. He noted that many former Naxalite
leaders emerged from the earlier agitations and they garnered
significant sympathy throughout Telangana due to their support
of statehood. Manohar, who represents the Tenali constituency
in Coastal Andhra's Guntur district, also remarked that many of
the "radical members" of the TS-JAC are 30-plus year old
students from the Madiga community, who are well past future
career concerns and will continue to agitate whether or not the
current academic year is lost.
A journalist from a rival news organization claiming close ties tothe reporters of ABN Andhra Jyothi dismissed the pro-andanti-statehood theories - the true motive of the expose was to capture as much market share as possible for the new station byputting out a sensational story. He added that this story hasbeen in development for six months and the timing is justopportune.However, somepundits note that the timing of Governor Tiwari's resignationcoincides with the statement by Pranab Mukherjee, GoI FinanceMinister, that there will be "good news" on the question ofstatehood for Telangana in the near future as well as the callfor more "bandhs" (ref D) by both the political party and thestudent group Joint Action Committees. No matter what the "goodnews" turns out to be, it is likely to be poorly received by theone or the other side. The Congress party would like to prolongthe decision on statehood as long as possible and hedge theirbets to prepare for any eventuality. Lalitha Iyer of "The Week" magazine told Congenoff, that "Tiwari couldn't handle thesituation in the state, which will only get worse. PresidentialRule is the only way that the Congress leadership gets out ofthis unscathed and Tiwari was incapable of running the state."On December 27, the GoI asked current Chhattisgarh
Governor ELS Narasimhan to accept the additional charge of
Governor for Andhra Pradesh. A fluent Telugu speaker,
Narasimhan reportedly attended a meeting with GoI Home Minister
¶P. Chidambaram to discuss the issue of Telangana statehood a few
days prior to the current controversy. As a former Intelligence
Bureau (IB) Chief, analysts expect him to provide the Congress
leadership with more accurate information and better insight
into the current political turmoil in the state than the
outgoing Tiwari. [COMMENT: In meetings with Congenoffs over the
past two years, Governor Tiwari appeared at times to have a
shaky grip on current affairs in the state. END COMMENT]. The
Chief Justice of the AP High Court administered the oath of
office on December 28. Governor Narasimhan emerged from the
1968 batch of the AP cadre of the Indian Police Service (IPS). Deputy Speaker of the AP Legislative
Assembly N. Manohar told CongenOff that the police are convinced
that, like in 1969, the current unrest over Telangana statehood
will result in a successful recruiting campaign by Naxalite
forces in the region. He noted that many former Naxalite
leaders emerged from the earlier agitations and they garnered
significant sympathy throughout Telangana due to their support
of statehood. Manohar, who represents the Tenali constituency
in Coastal Andhra's Guntur district, also remarked that many of
the "radical members" of the TS-JAC are 30-plus year old
students from the Madiga community, who are well past future
career concerns and will continue to agitate whether or not the
current academic year is lost.
1 comments:
It is pretty clear, how CBN, ABN RK, Lagadapati, Kavuri played the role of foxes by making nefarious acts to suppress the slogan of Telangana state...
BalasThey have played the drama and inducted central govt agent as AP governer..