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STATE REPORT T FACTOR<br />

T Factor<br />

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Vijay Grover<br />

T<br />

he dust finally seems to be settling<br />

on Telangana announcement as<br />

the ground reality seeped into the<br />

people and the political parties. While<br />

the state was put under President’s rule<br />

and the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh<br />

got the Presidential assent. This now<br />

leaves the task of working out the<br />

bifurcation to the new government that<br />

will take charge in the state.<br />

Things moved fast in the last week of<br />

February , while hordes of congressmen<br />

11<br />

With Telangana becoming a near<br />

reality, the sentiment of joy<br />

was also visible on the troubled<br />

Osmania University which has<br />

seen pitched battles for over 5<br />

years , as the police posts on<br />

the campus were dismantled.<br />

in the Seemandhara region fled the<br />

congress and took shelter in the safer<br />

confines of one time political adversary<br />

Chandrababu Naidu. Chief minister<br />

Kiran kumar reddy found himself in<br />

a quandary with nowhere to go and his<br />

much touted move to float an own party<br />

becoming a non starter.<br />

If the crowds in Hyderabad , which<br />

turned up to welcome the Telangana<br />

rashtriya samiti chief KCR were<br />

an indicator , the move seemed to<br />

have worked in people’s favor in the<br />

Telangana region. Thousands waited

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