An Andhraite's open letter to Chidamabaram
Dear Home Minister:
I am writing to you convinced that extraordinary times demand extraordinary means of response. I was one among the crores of people who watched your 11:30 pm telecast on Wednesday, where your Government conceded to the demand of a separate Telengana, in a state of silent shock. Even as you briefed the press in your patented methodical tone and clipped accent, I could not help but wonder what in your briefing was so important that it necessitated a 11:30 pm press conference. Was there a grave threat to national security that warranted you, the home minister of the Country
A few weeks ago you participated in a show with Barkha Dutt on National TV and at the end of the show you expressed a “keen desire” in wanting to know “why and how people chose their leaders”. Here is an answer from all the crores of voters who voted for your party the Congress in the April 2009 polls. We voted for the Congress because we believed that the Congress under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi would abide by the single state theory plank on which it won a hard fought electoral battle. And just in case it skipped the attention of the core committee, here is some news for them as well. One of the vanquished in that historic election
Yesterday morning in a spontaneous gesture of protest, over Delhi’s decision, 70 MLAs from the state of Andhra Pradesh have tendered their resignations. By yesterday evening thousands of students
Looking forward to your response sir.
Sd/-
A pained, but hopeful, Andhraite
I am writing to you convinced that extraordinary times demand extraordinary means of response. I was one among the crores of people who watched your 11:30 pm telecast on Wednesday, where your Government conceded to the demand of a separate Telengana, in a state of silent shock. Even as you briefed the press in your patented methodical tone and clipped accent, I could not help but wonder what in your briefing was so important that it necessitated a 11:30 pm press conference. Was there a grave threat to national security that warranted you, the home minister of the Country
A few weeks ago you participated in a show with Barkha Dutt on National TV and at the end of the show you expressed a “keen desire” in wanting to know “why and how people chose their leaders”. Here is an answer from all the crores of voters who voted for your party the Congress in the April 2009 polls. We voted for the Congress because we believed that the Congress under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi would abide by the single state theory plank on which it won a hard fought electoral battle. And just in case it skipped the attention of the core committee, here is some news for them as well. One of the vanquished in that historic election
Yesterday morning in a spontaneous gesture of protest, over Delhi’s decision, 70 MLAs from the state of Andhra Pradesh have tendered their resignations. By yesterday evening thousands of students
Looking forward to your response sir.
Sd/-
A pained, but hopeful, Andhraite
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