Telangana is the doing of Cong: Sharmila

Palasa, August 1, 2013: In a blistering attack on the Congress leadership for taking unilateral decision on the creation of Telangana, Smt. Y.S. Sharmila on Thursday squarely blamed Congress and TDP for the present disturbing situation in the state.

Speaking to the national TV channel Headlines Today during the course of her Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra in Srikakulam district, she said YSRCP never acted against the people of Telangana.

“We are never against the Telangana people splitting away but we only wanted the division with fairness and justice to people of the two regions,” she observed, adding that Congress never expressed its opinion on the Telangana issue in the three all party meetings.

Saying that YSRCP wanted the Congress to come and sit across the table to discuss all the issues such as water, capital and other resources while solving the Telangana issue, Smt. Sharmila has posed: “How would we know what is running in their minds and address the issues which we think are important and which they may think are not important.”

“If the Congress has stated its stand before taking the final decision, we would have stated this is right and this is not right. Now they just come out with their stand at one go and slap it on our faces and ask us to accept that, this is not democratic. This is purely undemocratic,” she said.

Dwelling at length on the issue, she said the latest developments in the state are the result of the pulling down of whatever Dr. YSR had built balancing the welfare and development. “Dr. YSR balanced welfare and development so well that issues like Telangana and Naxalism were dead issues. This is the doing of Congress leaders themselves,” she remarked.

She said YSR Congress party has always stood by all people irrespective of the region. “We are the only party which stood by the people at this time of crisis. It is the only party from which all MLAs have resigned pointing out the injustice,” Smt. Sharmila said.

Accusing Congress and TDP of playing double games over the issue, she said Congress has literally entered into a quid-pro-quo with TRS on the issue of Telangana. “As per the quid-pro-quo arrangement, TRS will either merge with the Congress or have electoral understanding on a power sharing basis,” she said.