How Modi managed to address the Telangana/Seemandhra issue in his Hyderabad speech? (video)

Hyderabad, 11 August 2013

In view of present turmoil in Andhra Pradesh, there was lot of curiosity about what Shri Narendra Modi would say on Telangana and Seemandhra issue in his speech at Hyderabad today. Shri Modi managed to address the issue by expecting good of both Telangana and Seemandhra.

“In year 2004 Congress party promised Telangana. Congress has got highest number of MPs from Andhra. The govt in Delhi is continuing because of Andhra MPs. (But) did they keep promise(of Telangana)?”

“Small states were created by Vajpayee govt also. (But) when Uttarakhand was created, sweets were distributed in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh both. When Jharkhand was carved out, people were happy in Bihar and Jharkhand both, when Chhattisgarh was created sweets were distributed in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh both. The Congress party has committed sin through its action because of which brother is killing brother today. BJP has been in support of Telangana. I was here in a public rally with Vidyasagar Rao, and I had said that if we are elected, we shall form Telangana in 100 days after coming to power. But I had also said that good of Seemandhra should not be undermined. Seemandhra should also be developed. Seemandhra cities should also have progress matching to Hyderabad and even more.”

“If they wanted to make Hyderabad a common capital for next ten years, followed by a new capital for Seemandhra eventually, why preparations for second capital were not started in 2004? You can’t do injustice to Andhra people. Seemandhra and Telangang both are important for us. I am a small person from Gujarat, I am from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. I request people of Andhra and Telangana, that Congress may do whatever it wants to do, but brothers need not to fight with one another. With great pain that I feel for last some days, I want to ask that we are brothers. We have four lakh Telugu people in Surat, and six lakh in Ahmedabad and we live with love and harmony. If people of Gujarat can live with Telugu people, Andhra and Telangana people can live together with love for sure.”

“We should intend that Andhra and Telangana should progress and surpass Gujarat. Development is only one option. Solution of all our problems lies in Development. Congress is not ready to choose this path because it is not able to give answer on this issue.”

Modi concluded his speech with a slogan(that was echoed by people on his request) ‘We can, we will do, Jay Telangana, Jay Seemandhra’.