July 27, 2024

Tag Archives: Telangana

Caste battleground In Andhra Pradesh

A very long battle seeking statehood for Telangana region has finally ended in the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. However, the State’s division has set a new battleground for caste politics in both the regions. Although the entry of K Chiranjeevi into the politics before 2009 elections set new caste dynamics influencing the politics in Andhra Pradesh, it was TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao who triggered the caste politics much before the process of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh began. While Chiranjeevi sought political empowerment of Kapus by launching Praja Rajyam Party, it was KCR who announced that a Dalit would be …

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Telangana protest: hospitals, airport blackout

Due to protests over Telangana issue in Andhra Pradesh Simandhr six districts have been completely stalled power supply. Many district hospitals and power Visakhapatnam airport is very bad. Private hospitals in these districts have no power, they are the power supply through generators. According to Dhananjay’s senior correspondent in Hyderabad ETV,” King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam is completely black out, in addition to the hospital nearest three districts of Orissa are patient.” Seven districts including Hyderabad are partially affected by power cuts. Andhra from a week off since the loss of millions has started. The state government has called for …

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