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KCR open for talks on concerns of settlers

December 20, 2009

The TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao on Sunday said that he was not averse to a dialogue on the concerns of the people of Rayalaseema and Andhra before the state was finally partitioned. Speaking to a television channel, he said if the people had genuine concerns over what would happen to their interests after the creation of a Telangana State, they could be ignored out across negotiation table. There are intellectuals in both Telangana and Andhra regions. No harm in sitting together to find a mutually acceptable solution, he said allaying fears that bifurcation would hit the interests of settlers.

He said that this approach will prevent the type of bloodshed witnessed elsewhere in the country before new States were formed. The TRS chief scoffed at the demand for converting Hyderabad into a Union territory, the demand is ridiculous. At a time when UTs like Pondicherry and Delhi have the status of States, seeking UT Status for Hyderabad is foolish, he remarked.

Later, after a meeting of the party politburo, he said he had faith in the Congress that it would crush the movement for a united Andhra Pradesh, fully aware as it was that the agitation was being promoted by a few individuals to their personal careers. The TRS president singled out the TDP for its double speak on Telangana and sought to take the wind out of Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu's sails, calling upon its cadres in the Telangana to quit the party. He was, however, a little kind to the tinsel town. He said as long as the film industry did not indulge in politics and remained neutral, there would be no problem and warned if they continue to oppose division of the State, they will have to face the wrath of the people.

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