Dig sir Said Congress Won't Change Telangana Decision

Andhra Pradesh is battling a severe power crisis that has emerged as the biggest fallout of protests against a new Telangana state. The indefinite protests by over 30,000 power sector employees from the Seemandhra region has hit hospitals and trains, unleashing most choatic conditions in many southern states.

Long power cuts had virtually paralysed hospitals in the Seemandhra region, many of who were using generators.  At the government-run King George hospital, wards where babies are being treated were in emergency mode all of yesterday, as incubators could not work.

Most of the trains are running late and many have been cancelled because the power cuts.  Internet , ATM services of banks and mobile phone services are down in large parts of the state.

Two important  political leaders YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy N Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party are on fast against Telangana for last several days.. 

Latest developments during the day does not gives  any signal for easy solution. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told that power for emergency services has been restored in Seemandhra. 

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh added that Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy

will meet again with representatives of unions for power plants, who went on strike on Friday against the decision to carve out Telangana. The group of ministers set up to look into the sharing of resources and other possible hurdles in the formation of Telangana will hold its first meeting on Friday.  

The Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala have written to the Centre warning of the possibility black out for all southern states ,because Andhra Pradesh's contribution to the Southern Grid has dropped severely.

Though the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has ruled out the option of central rule in the state from the time being but they are is considering imposing the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to force employees to return to work.

The ruling Congress is most worried to save its sinking ship in the state,as it has has some hope in  Telangana ,  its leader Dig sir has said it won't change its decision, and accused both Jagan Mohan Reddy and Mr Naidu of changing their stand on Telangana with an eye on polls due by May. 

Announcement for Creation of Telangana and Allocation of Hyderabad Coming Soon.

A crucial decision is expected very soon, most likely today  itself for the creation of Telangana, and for the allocation of the capital, Hyderabad on the following lines :

a) As planned originally by the government, Hyderabad will be a shared capital between the two new states for the next 10 years.

b) After ten years Hyderabad will only belong to Telangana. 

c) The prosperous IT hub will be the part of the controversial decision by the centre. 

d) While it is to be noted that the two regions of Andhra Pradesh; Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra, (referred to as "Seemandhra")  are bitterly opposed to the division of the state. 

e) Most of the ministers from Seemandhra are gathering today at the home of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy ( Reddy  belongs to Seemandhra ) to protest against the cabinet's plans.

f) The cabinet is expected to adopt a resolution on the creation of Telangana, to be sent to President , with the recommendation to refer it to the Andhra Pradesh state legislature.

g) Andhra Pradesh Assembly is meant to provide feedback on the resolution,but the Centre is not obliged to accept its opinion.

h) The group includes three ministers from Seemandhra - Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, Pallam Raju and Kishore Chandra Deo and Jaipal Reddy from Telangana.

i) The Congress party has been confronting serious dissent from its own leaders from Seemandhra, as they do not want this division.

j) The Congress party has set up a committee headed by Defence Minister AK Antony, to gather and address the concerns of local stake-holders, and leaders from both Seemandhra and Telangana have already presented their views.

k) A group of union ministers will be assigned to figure out, in consultation with local leaders, how to divide water, power and revenue between the two states.