Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram says that government would soon start the process of forming a new state.

According to the details, Telangana independent state campaigners were protesting and asking for a separate state. The campaigners say that their regions have been neglected and have long been deprived of its basic rights. The demand for a separate Telangana state dates back to more than 50 years. The campaigners say that the region, which spans over ten northern districts of Andhra Pradesh, has been neglected and the government has compromised over their development in order to use the resources for richer regions of Andhra Pradesh.

The campaigners had been protesting for last many days and one of the campaign leaders K Chandrasekara Rao announced a hunger strike. He broke his fast after 11 days when the Home Minister made the statement to start efforts for the establishment of Telangana as a separate state. With the announcement of the home minister, Mr. Rao asked his campaigners to stop the protests and demonstrations. The camping members cheered and celebrated after the statement was released. The organizers said that these rallies which were previously protesting for a separate state will now turn into ‘victory rallies’.

While hundreds of the protestors are celebrating the government’s promise, 70 state assembly members have resigned from their seats in the wake of the announcement about separate state made by the home minister. Political analysts say that it would create a crisis in the state.

As mentioned earlier, the campaign for a separate Telangana state was initiated 50 years ago. In 1969, in massive campaign for the establishment of Telangana state, more than 400 people lost their lives in police clashes and violence. Telangana region have a population of 35 million people and has a history of economic deprivation and frequent droughts.

India has 28 states in total. If established, Telangana state would be another newly emerged state. Other newly established separate states are Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

Telangana Separate State