Congress has made up its mind to divide the state of Andhra Pradesh in two states. which it was refusing for last several years but the same Congress in the run-up to the polls in 2014, has to go ahead to form Telangana with much urgency. The issue of a separate state had first came out in the open in 1960, by the students of Osmania University in Hyderabad protested against discrimination. Since then the demand of the separate statehood has been raised by the people and political parties of Telangana region continuously.
An hasty decision after so much refusal and without internal agreement within Congress has caught many Andhra leaders in a bind and they are opposing Telangana. Andhra C.M. Reddy opposed to the decision saying the bifurcation will cause water and power problems for the new state.The bifurcation is also likely to benefit YSR Congress politically.The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has demanded and agitated for the new state be created immediately while leaders of Seemandhra region has opposed the move as unwilling to give up Hyderabad.
Judging the past political history, and predicting the future well, CM. Kiran Reddy told Digvijaya Singh that he will not support the split and will not be a party to any destructive decision, has possibly offered or submitted his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi. It is feared that formation of Telangana will create problems in many states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh where there are demands for separate statehood,while the Gorkhaland stir has already started.