The former minister and senior Congress leader J.C. Diwakar Reddy has changed his stand with regard to United Andhra Pradesh. Now the leader wants Rayala (Rayalaseema) Telangana. He fears to be with Coastal Andhra Pradesh if state was divided after Sri Krishna Committee report.
Soon after the statement of Home Minister Chidambaram regard to Telangana on 9th Nov 2009, some of the Rayalaseema leaders had shown their disinterest to be with Coastal Andhra Pradesh if it was bifurcated. Though their intention was to be with Telangana but they demanded Greater Rayalaseema with the Coastal districts Nellore and Prakasam. Now some of them desired to be with Telangana as it would be more beneficial and geographically suitable.
In fact the same Diwakar Reddy was telling since Telangana agitation starts, that his own district Anatapur should be merged with Karnataka if state is divided.
After the statement of Botsa Satyanarayana (North Andhra) who wanted a division of state, had given a moral boost to Telangana leaders for some extent. Now Diwakar Reddy’s statement is giving more confidence to Telangana leaders that Unified Andhra agitation could be weak. More over Telangana leaders were already saying that everybody is wanting state is to be divided and regard to that question their agitation for separation was right.
Mr. Lagadapati Rajagopal, MP of Vijayawada has been doing his own work to put Andhra Pradesh remain unified. He had submitted one more set of papers citing the history of Telugus to Sri Krishna Committee. Earlier he had submitted 200 pages of statement to the committee twice.
Seeing all this there was no unity among the Andhra-Rayalaseema leaders to continue or argue in favor of Unified AP state.
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