Overnight? Its been 15 Months !

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday that he would convene a meeting of all political parties on the Telangana issue only when all of them were “ready” to give their views. A date could not be set because he would be able to convene a meeting only when all parties were ready. At his monthly press conference, he said the government was considering the Srikrishna Committee’s recommendations.

“If we invite all the eight parties to the meeting, it is my hope that they will come for it,” he said.

Mr. Chidambaram appealed for restoration of peace and order in the Telangana region, and for allowing political parties to form their opinions and the Centre to handle such difficult and delicate issues that needed a great degree of sensitivity. “One must be patient. Such issues cannot be decided overnight.”

Overnight Mr. Home Minister? Its been 15 months since you have made your statement on Telangana and more than 42 years since the 1968-69 Telangana uprising. Your Government has been making all false promises. Starting from Telangana statement to conducting the all party meet by end of February, everything was a lie.

And now, what do you mean by “ready”? Do you have any yardstick to measure the readiness? All parties have already expressed their interest in discussing the Telangana issue except yours.

Your Government lacks sense of urgency and is deliberately ignoring the sacrifices made by Telanganaites to get Center’s attention for its action on it.

At a live show on Raj News yesterday, KCR said, “Chalo Hyderabad will bring the city to a complete standstill. If the Government still behaves insensitively, the agitation might take a rather unusual turn and its the Congress Government which would be responsible for it.”