2012 Telangana protests: Difference between revisions

On 28 December 2012, a meeting was organized by Home Minister [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] to discuss the Telangana issue. The meeting was attended by eight political parties with significant presence in the state legislature. After hearing out all parties, Shinde said that it would be the final meeting on the issue and the government would reach a decision within 30 days. At the meeting, [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|MIM]] and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] reiterated their opposition to the division of the state. YSR Congress remained neutral, and asked the central government to make a decision. Congress representatives presented conflicting views, with one supporting the division and one opposing it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final call on Telangana in a month: Shinde|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Final-call-on-Telangana-in-a-month-Shinde/Article1-982153.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044100/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Final-call-on-Telangana-in-a-month-Shinde/Article1-982153.aspx|archive-date=5 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Centre promises Telangana decision in 30 days; Will Cong finally shed ambivalence?|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/india/36050580_1_statehood-sentiment-telangana-separate-state|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/india/36050580_1_statehood-sentiment-telangana-separate-state|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=785105 |title = Andhra Parties Want Early Decision on Telangana  |access-date=2013-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002303/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=785105 |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref> TDP representatives presented a letter from its president saying that it had never withdrawn its 2008 letter to Pranab Mukharjee supporting a Telangana state.<ref>{{cite web|title=TDP letter to Shinde|url=http://www.telugudesam.org/tdpcms/press/december2012/281212/Letter_to_Sushil_Kumar%20shinde.jpg|publisher=Telugu Desam Party|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314022217/http://telugudesam.org/tdpcms/press/december2012/281212/Letter_to_Sushil_Kumar%20shinde.jpg|archive-date=14 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Telangana Joint Action Committee]] demanded more clarity from [[Telugu Desam Party]] before admitting it to the committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=TRS disposes proposal: no entry for TDP into T-JAC|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-31/hyderabad/36078833_1_jac-m-kodandaram-pro-telangana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-31/hyderabad/36078833_1_jac-m-kodandaram-pro-telangana|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4139882072561017394 Video (30 minutes): ''Still Seeking Justice'' – A documentary on Telangana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221134141/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4139882072561017394 |date=21 December 2009 }}