Hyderabad: The Telangana Joint Action
Committee (JAC) on Thursday said leaders opposing division of Andhra
Pradesh have now realised that the integrated state has become
irrelevant.
The JAC was reacting to a suggestion by a Congress MLA
that Telangana and Rayalaseema regions should be together in
case of division of Andhra Pradesh.
"One thing that has become clear is that the demand for
keeping Andhra Pradesh united has become irrelevant. That is
why leaders of non-Telangana regions are now coming up with
alternative ideas," JAC Convener C Kodandaram told reporters.
He said the JAC would continue its fight for separate
Telangana and it is for leaders of other regions to think of
alternatives to united Andhra Pradesh.
Senior Congress MLA J C Diwakar Reddy had yesterday said
that it is in the best interest of Rayalaseema if Andhra
Pradesh remained united.
He, however, suggested Rayalaseema should be clubbed with
Telangana if a split becomes inevitable.
"Rayalaseema would be the worst affected if the state is
split. If division is inevitable, we (Rayalaseema) should be
with Telangana. We are not going to benefit in any way if we
are with coastal Andhra," Diwakar Reddy said at a meeting of
legislators from Rayalaseema.
PTI
First Published: Friday, March 12, 2010, 00:17