cpm blammed for telangana delay

Nizamabad parliament member Madhu Yaski Goud sought to blame the CPM for the delay in carving out a separate Telangana state.


The separate state sentiment is much stronger now than what it was during the byelection to the Karimnagar parliamentary constituency, he said.


At a media conference here on Sunday, Madhu Yaski said if any party felt that the sentiment was on the wane, then it would be committing the biggest mistake.


"People of this region are keen for a separate state," he said.


Replying to a question on the state government’s proposal to set up statutory bodies for development of backward areas, he said such ideas would serve no purpose.


Turning down the argument that carving out a separate state in Andhra Pradesh would trigger similar demands all over the country, he said there was nothing wrong if bigger states were divided, and added that he would extend his full support to the demand of separate Vidarbha.