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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