It is a foregone conclusion that Telengana State will be formed and the announcement may just precede elections.
It will be worthwhile to create Rayalaseema also simultaneously to spare thte people of a similar demand and trauma later.
Language is no bonding factor and Andhra Pradesh, the first state to be created on linquistic basis, has proved the fallacy.
Actually separate Andhra should have been created in the early seventies but for the perfidity of then Andhra congress leaders, massive CRPF deployment and putting down the movement with a heavy hand and the sleight of hand of Indira Gandhi through the 6-point formula which effectively put a seal of approval against the emotional integration of the three regions.
Now Andhra will have to search for a Capital again. May be a make-shift tent capital initially before a place is decided. There is likely to be another emotional split between the 'toorpu (east)' for Visakhapatnam and 'Padamara (West)' for Vijayawada.
Land sharks and contractor mafia will be the biggest gainers.
There will be another seat of government, another Raj Bhavan, another High Court, etc.etc. which may ease the unemployment problem faced by politicians,administrators, etc.
When Andhra Pradesh was formed it lost not only Madras but everything else like industries, jobs, revenue, educational institutions. History will repeat itself. The truncated state will have to start from scratch.
The new state can even have a new name 'Endrakaya Pradesamu' - crab state.
...ponder
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