Former minister and senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy on Saturday called upon political leaders to resolve the Telangana statehood issue through sharing of power between those from Seemandhra and Telangana.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party Office here, he said that the Telangana problem could be amicably resolved by sharing the post of Chief Minister between Telangana and Seemandhra leaders. He said that the separation problem got strengthened since most of the time the post of the state’s Chief Minister was occupied by leaders from Seemandhra.
Hence, he suggested that leaders from Seemandhra and Telangana could share the coveted post of Chief Minister for three years and two years in turn.
Mr Diwakar Reddy said that he would hold consultations with all state level leaders in this regard and later take up this proposal to the Congress High Command. However, he hastened to add that this proposal was not against present Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.“If we consider this proposal at the implementation stage, we can solve the statehood issue amicably,” he was confident.
He recalled that the same idea was floated during former Chief Minister K Rosaiah’s tenure. However, no one responded positively to this, he added.
Taking a serious note of the desecration of Dr Ambedkar’s statues, he said these were installed at prominent places all over the state to remind people of their services and sacrifices to achieve freedom. (INN)
2012/1/29 9:15:50 Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Sunday reiterated that power sharing was the best solution to resolve the separate Telangana issue.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy said that the demand for separate Telangana was never raised when the State Government was headed by a leader from Telangana region. Citing examples, he said the statehood demand never surfaced during the rule of Jalagam Vengal Rao, T Anjaiah, PV Narasimha Rao or M Chenna Reddy. However, the Telangana agitation reached its peak whenever a leader from Seemandhra region was made the Chief Minister.
The former minister claimed that the Telangana agitation was not about statehood for the region, but for the Chief Minister's post. Therefore, sharing of Chief Minister's posts between the two regions would be best solution to resolve the issue permanently.
Diwakar Rao suggested that legislation should be brought to make it mandatory that the State would be ruled by a chief minister from Seemandhra region for three years and by a Telangana leader for two years. He said irrespective of which party comes to power, the power sharing pact should be strictly implemented. He said he would take forward this suggestion to the next level by holding discussions leaders of all political parties. (INN)
Sharing formula to end political uncertainty: J C Diwakar
2011/7/17 4:13:00 Former Congress Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Sunday ,speaking to media in Assembly premises, stated that he has proposed sharing of power between Seemandra and Telangana regions only with an intention to end political uncertainty in the state.
Mr Diwakar Reddy said that he has proposed this sharing of power formula not to hurt the sentiments of peoples of either region.
Responding on Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana taking serious exception on his statement, Mr Diwakar reddy said that he would place this proposal before the Congress high command.
As part of his suggestion for sharing the power, he said the Chief Minister post should be given three years for Seemandra region and remaining two years for Telangana region. As he hoped that this proposal would reduce Telangana agitation to some more extent.
Stating that the Telangana Congress leaders submitted their resignations in a hasty manner and due to pressure mounted on them by other party Telangana leaders, he said that the people of region would backlash if they withdraw resignations now.
And there was no guarantee for the re-election of resigned leaders as promised by the Telangana Political Joint Action committee.
He further alleged that the agitation was launched eyeing on posts, he said that people join politics only to come to power.
Even the two times MLA and Pradesh Congress Committee President Mr Botsa Satyanarayana was also aspiring to become the Chief Minister of the state.
The state capital Hyderabad was not a problem, he said the sharing of river waters between Seemandra and Telangana would pose a major threat.
J C Diwakar Reddy said that all Seemandra leaders will present their views before the high command and oppose division of the state on July 18th.(INN)
2011/9/29 5:48:31 Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy on Thursday reiterated that he was in favour of United Andhra Pradesh. However, he said he would abide the decision of Congress High Command on the issue of separate Telangana.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy said that the proposal of Rayal Telangana did not come either from the Centre or the High Command. However, he said the proposal could be discussed if officially proposed. He suggested that the state having both Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers would prosper and without these two major rivers, no state could be imagined.
Diwakar Reddy appealed that the Congress leaders must wait for the decision of the Congress High Command on the issue and abide by it. (INN)
Water disputes can be solved through dialogue: Vivek
2011/7/17 8:36:38 Telangana Congress MP G Vivek on Sunday stated that Telangana Congress leaders would meet at Vanga Ananthareddy Function Hall in Karmanghat on Monday to discuss future course of action plan on Telangana.
Talking to media persons at his residence, G Vivek said the meeting would be attended by leaders from gram level to district level to discuss on steps to be taken for mounting pressure on Centre over the T state.
He said that the Telangana leaders are not agitating eyeing on the Chief Minister’s post and submitted resignation for the Telangana state to protect the self-respect of region people.
Condemning the former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy statement of proposing power sharing formula between Seemandhra and Telangana, he said this type of statements would provoke people and described his statement as unwarranted.
He also ruled out Diwakar Reddy’s statement that wars will take place for sharing of river waters in the event of division of state.
He said that water disputes can be solved through dialogue after the formation of separate state.
Condemning the Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh statement that Andhra army to be established for protecting Seemandhra people, MP Komatireddy Rajagopal said that Venkatesh statement would invite the wrath of Telangana people and warned of serious consequences.(INN)
2011/11/16 17:22:45 Former Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday termed the on-going consultation on Telangana state formation as 'waste of time’.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Diwakar Reddy said that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has clearly announced that the Andhra Pradesh would not be divided without reaching consensus on the controversial Telangana statehood issue. Even after the Prime Minister's statement, he said there was no point in continuing the discussion on Telangana.
The former minister said that the discussion on whether or not the Centre would constitute second States Reorganization Commission has become irrelevant now, especially after the Prime Minister's statement. He expressed confidence that the Congress leaders, who quit the party on Telangana issue, would rejoin soon.
Diwakar Reddy also said that there would be no impact on the State even after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati introduces a resolution in the assembly to divide her State into four parts. He said the decision of the Prime Minister was important for the division of a state. (INN)
2011/10/10 6:35:25 Former minister JC Diwakar Reddy reiterated that the Congress leaders would accept the decision taken by the party High Command on the Telangana issue.
Talking to reporters here on Monday, Diwakar Reddy said that there was no need for further consultations on the issue with any leaders. Referring to Union Health Minister and Congress state-incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement saying that another round of consultation would be required to resolve the issue, Diwakar Reddy said that the Centre and Congress High Command were fully aware of the facts and opinions from both the sides. Therefore, further consultation should be avoided and the Centre must announce its decision on the Telangana issue.
Diwakar Reddy praised Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana for having succesful delibrations with the RTC employees' union that subsequently led to the withdrawal of strike by the National Mazdoor Union. He also denied reports that the Chief Minister was rebuked by the High Command for alleged mishandling of the general strike situation. (INN)
2012/2/28 6:19:44 Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Tuesday hailed the Centre’s proposed move to establish Regional Councils with complete financial autonomy.
Talking to media persons, he said that the Regional Councils with special financial packages would help in the development of backward areas. Responding to demand for Telangana State, he said that the Centre would focus its attention on this issue only after completion of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and by-elections in the State. He expressed confidence that the position of Congress would improve in the by-elections.
Diwakar Reddy said that the Chief Minister was confident of winning two constituencies –Mahbubnagar and Nagarkurnool in the by-elections. (INN)
JC demands action against Kodandaram for provocative speeches
2011/8/1 3:57:20 Senior leader and former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Monday appealed to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to take serious action against Telangana Political Joint Action Committee convenor M Kodandaram for making provocative speeches to mount pressure on the elected representatives in a bid to force them to resign.
Talking to media persons at Assembly premises, the senior Congress leader asked Prof Kodandaram to first resign from his post as a Professor in the Osmania University and set an example himself, before seeking the resignations of Congress leaders from Telangana.
Stating that there was no uncertainty in the state, Mr Diwakar Reddy said the Ministers including the ones from Telangana region, are personally reviewing the files and doing their work without causing any inconvenience to people.
Reacting to the Telangana statehood issue, the former minister stated that the state should remain integrated or if bifurcation is a must, the separate state should be made up of Telangana and Rayalaseema region.
The seasoned politician further added that there was no need to present the views of Seemandhra leaders to the Congress High Command and expressed the hope that the Centre would take a decision on the issue soon. (INN)
2011/9/30 6:59:19 Senior Congress leader and former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Friday demanded that the tainted ministers should resign from the cabinet.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy praised Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao for 'exposing' the corrupt ministers while referring to the allegations that Dr Rao has levelled against Home Minister P Sabitha Reddy and Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana recently. He indirectly blamed the allegedly tainted ministers for not resigning from their posts.
Diwakar Reddy recalled that during Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy's tenure, the then ministers resigned following some allegations of corruption in their departments owing moral responsibility. "They had enough strength to offer their resignations," he said.
Diwakar Reddy also accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao of being responsible for the attacks on Seemandhra leaders and officials. He alleged that KCR was responsible for torching of the bus belonging to his company Diwakar Travels on Thursday night. He said Seemandhra people and their properties are not safe in Hyderabad.
"Our fears have come true," he said adding that the Telangana leaders have lost control over their activists who are now indulging in open violence against the Seemandhra people. (INN)
YSR alone responsible for his Cabinet’s decision: JC
2011/8/2 8:53:38 Senior Congress leader and former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Tuesday stated that former chief minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy would be held responsible for decisions taken by his Cabinet during his tenure.
Talking to media persons at the Assembly premises, Mr Diwakar Reddy stated that the Cabinet Ministers would not be held responsible for the decisions taken by the Chief Minister.
The former minister’s statement comes in the wake of the state High Court ordering the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into illegal land allotments which took place during the tenure of former chief minister Dr YSR.
Mr Diwakar Reddy also found fault in the statement of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy that the Chief Minister could not be held responsible for the decisions taken by Cabinet collectively.
“The Chief Minister is responsible for all decisions taken by the Cabinet since he is the Head of the Government,” the former minister said, pointing out that he had opposed to implementation of Rs 2-a-kg rice and free power supply to farmers. “However, former chief minister Dr YSR had brushed my objections aside and implemented these scheme,” he stated.
When asked to comment on the illegal allotments of lands, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that it he would not do so as the court was looking at the issue.
Responding on the controversy triggered off by Union home Minister P Chidambaram seeking another resolution on deletion of Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders, the senior leader stated that the elected representatives have to consult Constitutional and legal experts and seek their advice on the issue.(INN)
2012/3/28 6:56:36 Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday said that the political leaders from Kurnool and Anantapur districts were in favour of Rayala-Telangana State.
Talking to media persons in the Assembly premises, Diwakar Reddy said that the Rayalaseema leaders were in favour of formation of Rayala-Telangana although the coastal Andhra leaders were opposed to the bifurcation of the State. He said that he would take up this proposal before the Congress High Command in New Delhi after consulting all leaders from the region.
Even the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, MIM and left parties were also in favour of this proposal, he claimed. Apart from solving the water problem, he said that backward Anantapur and Kurnool district would be developed with the merger in Telangana only.
Responding to a question, Diwakar Reddy said that Opposition Telugu Desam party president N Chandrababu Naidu did not respond favourably to this proposal. In the event of bifurcation of state, he predicted that the TDP would completely wipe out from the State. (INN)
2011/6/29 4:26:59 Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday said that he would not resign, but instead obey whatever decision the High Command takes on the separate statehood demand.
Talking to media persons on Assembly premises after returning from New Delhi, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that, “There is no question of me resigning from my elected post. Unlike the last time, I will not resign this time around, but instead would accept the High Command’s decision on Telangana.”
Describing the Telangana issue as a sensitive one, the senior leader stated that the Centre would find a solution to it soon. He added, “Seemandhra leaders are bound to obey the Centre’s decision.”
Mr Diwakar Reddy had tendered his resignation to protest against the December 9, 2009 statement made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in which he had said that the process for formation of Telangana had begun. The spate of resignations by the Seemandhra leaders at that time had forced the Centre to constitute the Srikrishna Committee.
Emphasising that the expanding the Cabinet is the prerogative of the Chief Minister, the former minister said that he is in contention for a berth in the Council of Ministers. “We are all in contention for a Cabinet berth. However, the choice of Ministers is the prerogative of the Chief Minister,” Mr Diwakar Reddy said.
He added, “the Chief Minister can any take any decision on accommodating and dropping Ministers from his Cabinet, based on their performance. No one can interfere in this.”
Responding on actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi’s statement that he would become Chief Minister one day, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that everyone aspires for posts and they want to come up in life.
When asked about YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s Odarpu Yatra, the former minister stated that, “I will gladly host Mr Jaganmohan Reddy if he stays in Tadipatri.” (INN)
2011/10/28 7:31:01 The Telangana Congress MLAs on Friday decided to organize protests on November 1, the State Formation Day, across the Telangana region in protest against the Centre’s failure to announce a decision on Telangana.
The decision was taken at a meeting attended Congress MLAs from the region at the Central Court Hotel at Lakdi-ka-Pul. In the meeting, the MLAs discussed various issues including lifting of police cases against Telangana activists, who participated in statehood agitation, special financial package for farmers who lost crop due to power cuts, declaration of drought hit areas in Telangana region and announcement of a special package.
Stating that the resignation would not solve the Telangana issue, the MLAs said that they would visit their constituencies to redress people’s grievances without expecting any political mileage.
The Congress MLAs said that they would not allow TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu to enter Telangana region until he makes his stand clear on the statehood issue. They also announced that they would organise dharnas in the national capital to mount pressure on the High Command on the Telangana issue.
However, the Congress MLAs said they were yet to take a decision on whether or not to participate in the Racha Banda programme scheduled to begin from November 2. They said the decision on Racha Banda would be taken in the next meeting. (INN)
2011/7/17 5:09:53 Condemning the controversial statement of Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh that a separate Andhra Seva Sainik Dalam should be formed to protect Andhra people, Congress senior leader from Telangana region Mr R Damodar Reddy on Sunday stated that this type of statements would increase insecurity among people and create law and order problem.
Talking to media persons at Assembly Media Point, Damodar Reddy demanded that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, disqualify and drop the Minister from the Cabinet for making such infuriating statements and disturbing the situation.
Stating that the Telangana leaders are expecting a clear statement from Centre within a week, he said Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana are holding discussions with the high command to find a favourable solution over the T issue.
He also condemned the statement of former Minister Mr J C Diwakar Reddy of power sharing formula between the Seemandhra and Telangana region, he said “We do not need any chief minister post. We want only Telangana state formation. Our ultimate goal is formation of separate state fulfilling the aspirations of people”.
Holding the Seemandhra people responsible for serious consequences, he suggested them to hold their tongue. He further stated that there was no unity among the Seemandhra leaders and he recalled that North Andhra leaders did not turn up for the meeting convened by Seemandhra leaders in Vijayawada on Saturday.(INN)
The much awaited decision over the YSR Congress party stand on the burning Telangana issue has been finally comes out during the just-concluded speech of its president YS.Jagan Mohan Reddy. He didn’t attempt to elaborate the party stand on this burning issue, instead he said since it is a very sensitive issue, his party respects the Telangana sentiment. He repeated what he said earlier in some meetings. “Its Congress party which has the power to take any decision on this issue and certainly not the YSR Congress party, which has no power either to grant or stop the Telangana state.”
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The new cabinet of Kiran Kumar Reddy does not figure the name of JC Diwakar Reddy. JC was dropped by YS Rajashekar Reddy and he has been trying ever since to get back into the ministry.
JC moved closely with Rosaiah in the hope of getting a ministry but the high command never gave a chance to Rosaiah to reshuffle the cabinet.
Now Kiran Kumar Reddy too has given a hand to JC Diwakar Reddy.
2011/9/30 7:08:48 Senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy’s brother J C Prabhakar Reddy on Friday warned that people of Rayalaseema were capable of 'teaching a fitting lesson' to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao in the state capital Hyderabad itself.
Reacting to the torching of a bus belonging to their company Diwakar Travels, Prabhakar Reddy told reporters that the Rayalaseema people would not be apprehensive due to torching of Seemandhra buses by Telangana activists. He said that Seemandhra people would not cow down to pressure tactics and disassociate themselves from integrated state.
Warning the TRS chief of serious consequences if he did not mend his ways, he said that the people of region would teach a fitting lesson to KCR in Hyderabad itself.
According to reports, the bus belonging to Diwakar Travels owned by J C Diwakar Reddy was torched allegedly by eight Telangana activists on Thursday night at Bachupalli crossroads. The bus was heading towards Vijayawada from Hyderabad. Dundigal police have registered a case in this connection.
Prabhakar Reddy feared that the lives and properties of Seemandhra people would not be safe in the event of division of state. (INN)
2010/12/16 3:25:44 Congress MLA R. Damodar Reddy has claimed that 15 MLAs and five to six MPs of the ruling party from Telangana were eager to join hands with Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
His claim was refuted by another party leader J.C. Diwakar Reddy who emphatically said that none of the 156 Congress MLAs would switch over to Jagan's camp. They would like to stay with the ruling party to curry official favour, he added. Mr. Damodar Reddy and Mr. Diwakar Reddy were talking to media persons in the Assembly lobbies separately.
Mr. Damodar Reddy said most of the Ministers were expecting mid-term polls to be ordered since several Congress MLAs were looking to Mr. Jagan. They were unhappy for not having say in the administration which was mostly handled by Congress high command. Even the posting of officers was done from New Delhi. As a result, officers visited corridors of power in the capital.
He disclosed plans of Congress MPs from Telangana to hold a dinner meeting in New Delhi later this month to discuss their strategy in the present circumstances marked by confusion. Party MLAs and MLCs from the region would also be invited for the meeting. Later, they would meet AICC president Sonia Gandhi.
He criticised Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan for reportedly presenting to the Centre a rosy picture about Telangana though the region had passed through a rough time due to the agitation for separate State.
2011/6/6 3:41:01 Hinting that any solution to the contentious separate Telangana issue would not be forthcoming soon, Union Health Minister and Congress In-Charge for AP Affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday expressed confidence that the state government would be able to tackle the impending threat of intensified agitations for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Mr Azad told media persons before leaving for the United States that the separate Telangana issue was ‘very sensitive’ and the situation which prevailed immediately after the December 9, 2009 statement of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has not changed.
“My two-day trip to Andhra Pradesh was part of the Centre’s efforts to solve the Telangana issue, and I had met leaders from across the state. They are a divided lot, with leaders from Seemandhra keen in Andhra Pradesh remaining integrated while the leaders from Telangana keen on a separate state,” Mr Azad said.
Mr Azad’s words come at a time when the Congress leaders from Telangana gave hints that their patience was wearing thin over the separate statehood issue by saying that they planned a last trip to New Delhi on June 9 to push for a solution. “This would be our last trip,” a Minister from Telangana had said on Saturday after a meeting of the ruling party’s Legislators.
He added that the Centre has to choose one of the six options given by the Justice BN Srikrishna Committee to solve the issue.
“Efforts are on to find a solution to the Telangana issue. It will take time, but a solution will be found. We are trying to convince the Legislators from Telangana that a solution would be found and they have to observe restraint, instead of threatening to resign,” Mr Azad said.
He also expressed confidence that the state government would be able to handle any situation arising out of the intensified agitations for Telangana.
“There are some problems being faced by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. He will be able to sort them out. There is nothing major to worry about,” the party In-charge for AP Affairs said.
“We have put in a government of young leaders and they would be able to handle the problems efficiently,” Mr Azad added.
2011/10/29 4:47:46 Congress in-charge of state affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday reiterated that there was no exact time frame to resolve the the Telangana statehood issue.
Talking to media persons after emerging out of meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Azad said that the government was making efforts to resolve the Telangana issue. "I would like to reiterate that we are for an early resolution of this issue," he said.
Azad expressed confidence that the Centre would find a solution to controversial and sensitive statehood issue soon. “The Congress party will stand by its promise and solve the problem. However, it is difficult to give the exact time limit as the consultation process is still on,” he pointed out.
Responding to a question, Azad said the party has not discussed elaborately on Telangana issue in the Core committee meeting held on Friday. "We discussed several organisational issues," he said.
Azad said that the party would convene a meeting with the UPA allies to elicit their views on the issue. (INN)
Former minister and senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy on Saturday called upon political leaders to resolve the Telangana statehood issue through sharing of power between those from Seemandhra and Telangana.
Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Sunday reiterated that power sharing was the best solution to resolve the separate Telangana issue.
Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy on Thursday reiterated that he was in favour of United Andhra Pradesh. However, he said he would abide the decision of Congress High Command on the issue of separate Telangana.
Former Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday termed the on-going consultation on Telangana state formation as 'waste of time’.
Former minister JC Diwakar Reddy reiterated that the Congress leaders would accept the decision taken by the party High Command on the Telangana issue.
The Telangana Congress MLAs on Friday decided to organize protests on November 1, the State Formation Day, across the Telangana region in protest against the Centre’s failure to announce a decision on Telangana.
Senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy’s brother J C Prabhakar Reddy on Friday warned that people of Rayalaseema were capable of 'teaching a fitting lesson' to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao in the state capital Hyderabad itself.
Congress in-charge of state affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday reiterated that there was no exact time frame to resolve the the Telangana statehood issue.
