Lagadapati Calls for Referendum

Maverick Vijayawada MP, Lagadapati Rajgopal had called for a Referendum throughout the state to decide which district would want to separate. He also claimed that not more than 10% would like to separate. He spoke to press persons on Wednesday (6th January) at his house in New Delhi. He said that he had independently conducted a survey throughout the state.

First of all, was referendum conducted when Hyderabad State (Telangana) was merged with Andhra State ?? NO. Then, why are the politicians now talking about referendum ?? Referendum is completely ruled out.


How feasible is another State Re-Organization Committee (SRC)?? 1st SRC was completely against the merger of Hyderabad State and Andhra State but still due to the pressure from Andhra Politicians at that time, the merger took place. What is the guarantee the same would not happen again ?? Can we trust Andhra politicians who are well known in breaking it ?? NO.

Only solution before us is a peaceful formation of Telangana State with Hyderabad as its capital. Hyderabad was the capital of erstwhile Nizam state and so, by default, it should be the capital of Telangana State. Hyderabad is itself in the heart of Telangana and so, there is no question of making it a Union Territory or Combined Capital City.

All Hyderabadis, irrespective of whether they are from Telangana or Andhra would still be Hyderabadis. Either KCR nor Lagadapati can change that. The only change is that Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana State.

Political Parties Condemn JAC Member Comments

Political parties across the spectrum have condemned the statement made by one of the members of the Joint Action Committee for Telangana, Mr.P Ravi who stated that if Hyderabadi Andhras donot support Telangana then they wont allow the Andhras who go to their home towns for celebrating Sankranti Festival be allowed back.

It is important to note that the politicians who condemned the statement included those from Telangana too. Andhra politicians and people have to accept the fact that there are always people in agitations who tend to go to extremes. This we have seen in both Telangana and Samaikya Andhra agitations.

BJP leaders Mr.Kishan Reddy and Dr.K Lakshman who hail from Telangana have categorically snubbed the JAC statement saying that Agitations should not be against people and agitations should not cause any harm or problem to the common man. They demanded that JAC leaders have to take back the statement made by one of their leaders. They also advised that JAC leaders show caution while making any statements which can lead to mistrust among people.

Mr. TG Venkatesh, another irresponsible leader from Raayalaseema had called Telangana leaders to come to Raichur in neighbouring Karnataka State for a challenge. He said they would take care of Telangana leaders in Raichur.

Mr.Venkatesh from Raayalaseema is famous along with Lagadapati Rajgopal from Andhra and K Chandra Sekhar Rao from Telangana for making irresponsible statements which are not upto their stature.

Senior Congress Leader from Telangana, Mr.P Sankar Rao had stated that the JAC statement is not in the spirit of Telangana.

Others senior Congress leaders from Telangana like Jeevan Reddy and state minister, Ponnalla Lakshmaiah have asked people not to take the statement seriously as they are made in a highly charged atmosphere where police where persecuting the students and not allowing the students attend the rally.

Even the JAC Convener,Professor Kodandaram reminded that the same Mr. P Ravi had said that they would go to Andhra areas to celebrate Sankranti Festival and invite Andhras to Telangana to celebrate Dasara Festival.

Lagadapati fools Andhras

Yesterday Lagadapati Rajgopal, the Member of Parliament from Vijayawada stated that he ended the fast on 19th December itself and that he was just acting since then. He had made a fool of people who have believed in him to fast until death for the sake of United Andhra Pradesh. He had cheated all his constituents and proponents of Samaikya Andhra.


Chiranjeevi, the Leader of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) who somersaulted from his previous decision of supporting a separate Telangana State visited Lagadapati when he was "undergoing" fast. Even Chiranjeevi was fooled by the irresponsible Member of Parliament who never thought twice in cheating his own people.

Until people blindly support such politicians, people like Lagadapati would be there.

Vijayawada MP surfaces in Hyderabad

In a direct challenge to Telangana Movement, Vijayawada Member of Parliament, Lagadapati Rajagopal surfaces in the Nizams Institute for Medical Sciences (NIMS) here at Hyderabad.

This irresponsible act of the Member of Parliament is going to further deteriorate the prevailing law and order situation in the state and mainly in the capital, Hyderabad.


A multi millionaire industrialist, Lagadapati Rajgopal (sitting Congress MP from Vijayawada) gave a skip to Police yesterday at Vijayawada accusing that he is not receiving proper medical care and wanted to join NIMS in Hyderabad.
He walked down two floors and got onto to a car that was waiting for him. I wonder how can a person who is on fast past 4-5 days can walk down two floors and also concerned about his health.

He said in numerous press conferences that he would be ready to die for a Unified Andhra Pradesh. But, suddenly he got concerned for his health and could able to walk down two floors. That kept me thinking what all he was eating while doing fast.

After the declaration of a separate Telangana State, the focus shifted to the huge violence in Andhra areas that already cost the state hundreds of crores. With Rajgopal surfacing in Hyderabad, the focus is back in Hyderabad.

10 days back, when Rajgopal wanted to start his fast in Hyderabad, the Police spirited him away to Vijayawada to thwart any violence due to his presence in Hyderabad. That time, TRS and BJP politicians forced the government to move him out of Telangana.

Let's see what happens now.


Lagadapati was the person who in his 2004 General Elections Nomination Papers has said that he is a father of two despite the fact that he is father of three children. This has created quite a stir at that time.

There were allegations that Lanco Infratech had cheated United India Insurance and New India Assurance, in its works with the Andhra Pradesh Health, Medical Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority took up the case to probe into the irregularities committed by the two insurance companies to favour the Lanco group.

AP Assembly pushes Telangana Issue to ext year

Here is an article regarding the Telangana Issue where politicians from outside Telangana are planning to create trouble. It mentions that hundreds of Goondas (hired assassins) from Andhra (by Lagadapati Rajgopal, the MP from Vijayawada) and Factionists from Raayalaseema (by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, MP from Kadapa)were brought to Hyderabad to create trouble. Here is the Original article that appeared on MSN: House pushes T-issue to next year, fear in Hyderabad

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned sine die following pandemonium soon after it began for the day's proceedings on Monday amidst slogan shouting by MLAs in favour of unified Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This means that the resolution on Telangana will get further delayed and can be tabled only in the next session sometime in January end or early February next year.


Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy adjourned the House sine die after legislative affairs minister D Prasada Rao moved a motion Under Rule 16 of the Assembly Rules in that regard amidst pandemonium.

The Assembly was originally scheduled to hold the winter session till December 23.

However, with more than 130 MLAs of Andhra and Raalayasemma Region submitting their resignations and with the remaining members disrupting the proceedings, government chose to bring the sessions to an end.

The winter session which began on December 7 had not transacted any business in the five days it sat except for passing a condolence resolution in memory of late chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.

Prasada Rao said conducting proceedings in the House was not possible in a surcharged atmosphere and at a time when majority of MLAs have submitted their resignation.

Meanwhile, with reports that goondas and anti-social elements from Andhra and Raayalaseema regions have been hired to create trouble in Hyderabad, the city opened the week with a sense of fear psychosis. A worried Congress government took hundreds of suspects into preventive custody on Sunday and Monday.

Supporters of Telangana too have stepped up pressure saying that they will not tolerate any trouble or protests in Hyderabad. The police have set up roadblocks on way to Hyderabad as anti-Telangana protests, sweeping Coastal Andhra and Raayalaseema, headed for the state capital on Monday.


Both Raayalaseema and parts of Coastal Andhra are known to have well-oiled gangs that could be hired to foment trouble at a short notice.

The TRS has warned it would retaliate if protesters from Andhra and Raayalaseema hold programmes in Hyderabad on Monday. Harish Rao, TRS MLA from Siddipet, said TRS leaders would mobilise their cadres to counter the anti-Telangana protests.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned sine die following pandemonium soon after it began for the day's proceedings on Monday amidst slogan shouting by MLAs in favour of unified Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.This means that the Telangana resolution cannot be tabled in this session.

Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy adjourned the House sine die after legislative affairs minister D Prasada Rao moved a motion Under Rule 16 of the Assembly Rules in that regard amidst pandemonium.

The Assembly was originally scheduled to hold the winter session till December 23.

However, with more than 130 MLAs of Andhra and Raalayasemma Region submitting their resignations and with the remaining members disrupting the proceedings, government chose to bring the sessions to an end.


The winter session which began on December 7 had not transacted any business in the five days it sat except for passing a condolence resolution in memory of late chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.

Prasada Rao said conducting proceedings in the House was not possible in a surcharged atmosphere and at a time when majority of MLAs have submitted their resignation.

Early Monday morning, Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal was arrested at the airport in Hyderabad soon after he landed to launch an indefinite fast to oppose the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Tension prevailed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad on the city outskirts as Rajagopal's supporters tried to resist the arrest.

Police have taken Rajagopal to an undisclosed location in view of threats by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), student bodies and Congress leaders from Telangana region to stop him from launching any protest in Hyderabad.

The industrialist, whose Lanco Group of companies has huge business interests in Hyderabad, is against the central government's decision to give separate statehood to Telangana region, which comprises 10 districts including Hyderabad.

As tension was mounting in the city following TRS' allegations that Rajagopal was bringing hired goons from Vijayawada to create trouble in Hyderabad, police Sunday night raided several hotels and lodges in the city and arrested several supporters of the MP.


Under state orders to stop protesters from entering the city, police put up barriers on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad National Highway 9 to stop supporters of Rajgopal from heading towards Hyderabad. Rajagopal has been denied police permission to start a fast unto-death from Monday in the city.

The police action added to the fury in Coastal Andhra.

Vijayawada mayor Ratna Bindu and former mayor Mallika Begum, who were arrested, alleged that the "Telangana lobby" was behind the government action.

The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which had so far been silent, declared that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) should withdraw its slogan "Telanganawale jaago, Andhrawale bhago". Assaduddin Owaisi, MIM MP from Hyderabad, said the slogan was creating "a fear psychosis" among people living in Hyderabad.

Several ministers, meanwhile, urged Chief Minister Rosaiah to introduce a resolution for a separate Telangana in the Assembly on Monday.

But the Assembly had to be adjourned as pandemonium prevailed.

On Sunday, Coastal and Raayalaseema districts dug in their heels. Several people have gone on fast-unto death, similar to what TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao had undertaken. Two railway stations in Anantapur district were torched and students in hundreds staged protest rallies. Normal life is expected to be affected in Andhra and Raayalaseema where several groups have called or a two-day bandh.

Leaders of political parties rushed to Rosaiah urging him to take steps before he situation takes a turn for the worse. Devineni Uma Maheshwara Rao and Chinnam Kotaiah, TDP MLAs from Mylavaram and Nuzvid in Krishna district, former Viayawada mayor B Anuradha, 20 students and 70 women in Kurnool town sat on a fast-unto-death.


Meanwhile, ministers who had threatened to resign have quietly backtracked and left Rosaiah alone. Telangana ministers, who made similar threats, also took a break.

Sources said it had become known to the Congress central leadership that there were other reasons for the resignation threats by ministers from Coastal Andhra and Raayalaseema. Rosaiah said the party high command had been apprised of the situation and would do the needful.

Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chiranjeevi was among those who met Rosaiah and urged him to take immediate steps to prevent the law and order situation in Andhra and Raayalaseema regions from deteriorating.

"Many people have started hunger strikes in Coastal and Raayalaseema areas. I urged the CM to take steps to ensure that law and order situation remains normal," he said.

Andhra and Raayalaseema regions of the state are witnessing protests for the last four days against the government's decision to initiate the process for granting separate statehood to Telangana.