Following views are entirely my own. Neither
I support one single region nor I am against anyone's emotion. If you feel so,
kindly don't read it. I have all the freedom to put my views into my blog. I am
opinionated; Andhra Pradesh (as a whole) is such a beautiful State India should
be proud of, rather supporting the evil thought of bifurcating the State.
First
and foremost, Andhra Pradesh is not at all an underdeveloped State. Its capital,
Hyderabad, is one such a rapidly developed and developing Information
Technology arena, if someone allows me in rarest of the interpretations, that
it was indeed one of the destinations that made every computer engineer in the
country swarm-in to build their dream careers.
With retrospection,
I questioned myself (what else a common man can do in India) what on earth made
one single party or an entire polity bifurcate a developed State which has a fully
fledged capital developed in every single aspect: infrastructure, income,
education and et al. Finally I have to a conclusion that has no conclusion
except being stuffed with plenty of reasons against the bifurcation.
Water Problems: I
accept, water comes through Telangana, but the other side of AP has much of
fertile land. If bifurcation happens there will be disputes among the people on
allocation of water resources, as it is already visible with neighboring
States. The main loss is to farmer. Employees, they have all the options to
shift their places but framer can never relocate and hence may foresee self-annihilation
as the only option.
Tax burden: The ruling party has
already declared (if bifurcation goes forward) a new capital is on the cards
for Seemaandhra. Practically, is it that simple to come up with a
state-of-the-art capital within a decade? Developing a new capital seems to be
as easy as developing a SEZ!
Okay,
take for granted that a new capital would be developed, but with whose money?
Won't that be mine or yours? I have stayed in Hyderabad for almost 20 years and paid all the taxes responsibly and
now they say it is not mine. Again for the new capital also I will have to pay
only to see after many years that my tax goes to mere waste politicians. Gosh!
Exploitation at its best. Am I ready to pay tax again and again just to develop
one more capital only for the sake of ? Nope. I am not at all a game for that.
Emotional front: When
in business there is no emotion. Neither I'm in business nor I foresee myself
to come up with one. Almost two decades ago, I came to Hyderabad with a feeling
that the city is mine (my State's capital). Had I been informed that it will
not be mine if any random political party says so, I would have opted the next
or at least the best option Chennai at that time. I felt Hyderabad is mine, and
I still feel the pearl city is so cool with all of us. No one (neither the
ruling party nor the alliances) has heck of an authority to throw us out.
Career options:
Professionally, too, I am not able to convince myself that I will have a great
career in Hyderabad post bifurcation. Being rotten up with all possible
agitations either pre bifurcation (Telangana Udyamam) or post division announcement
(Samaikyandhra Udyamam), Hyderabad has come down to certain level that any
investor started thinking twice to go forward. Irrespective of my two decades
stay in the city and my very innate feeling of favoritism towards the city, I
feel bitter to hear (some of my Telangana friend's suggestions) 'don't come to
city, the job market is very bad'. Lot of IT companies have their apprehensions
about the status of Hyderabad.
Whatever
you say, apart from so called emotional/tribal wishes, Andhra Pradesh
bifurcation is totally against my wish. God forbid, I get to see that in near
future.
We,
all together, should grow as global citizens only for the goodness of our
future generations. But should never end up thrashing each other with hated
speeches and views for a piece of land.