A Visit to Punjab - 2

Amritsar

 Golden temple at Amritsar is a must visit place for all Sikhs at least once in lifetime.  The temple in the centre of sarovar is awesome.  The only rule here is to remove footwear and cover the head.  Hand bags can be carried; photographs can be taken outside the temple.  But some people have taken pictures in the corridor leading into the temple which is also prohibited.  I felt happy that there is no frisking here.

We have visited the museum here which has many portraits, paintings depicting the lives and struggles of Sikh gurus and arms and armour.  At the temple the service is voluntary.  I have seen a young girl who picked the broom and swept the surroundings as service to God. 

 Wagah Border

Wagah border is about 30KM from Amritsar.  Tourists who visit Punjab will visit Golden temple and Wagah border without fail.  The parade at the border by the BSF on either side, India and Pakistan, is chivalrous.  The patriotic songs played and the dances will ignite patriotism.  Watching the parade is unforgettable experience.Patriotic fervour is best experienced than expressed in words.

Jai Hind

Telangana Votes

Telangana State has formed.  But it is still on paper and has not come into existence.  The appointed day is 2^nd June.  By then the election results will be declared.  The party forming the government in the state of Telangana will define the future of Telangana.  Telanganites and all parties in Telangana are very anxious about the election results and their future.

It is a fact every Telanganites know in their heart that TRS as a political party had played key role in the pressurising all the major parties in the state and Centre to declare their stand on Telangana.  Except for CPI (M), all political parties in the state played double game.  When Telangana has become a reality every party wants to claim itself as playing a major role in its formation. 

Congress says, though it may lose in Seemaandhra it had taken the risk of passing AP Reorganisation bill creating Telangana state.  In fact, Congress knew that it was losing to YSRCP in Seemandhra.  To get votes in Telangana it has to fulfill its election promise of 2004 and 2009.   Under the influence of SA MLAs and MPs Congress passed the Telangana bill with many provisions benefiting SA. Congress people say that declaring Hyderabad as part of Telangana and its revenue to belong to Telangana, overall granting Telangana is boon given by Sonia Gandhi to the people of Telangana.  Telanganites strongly believe that Telangana is not given by anybody, it is not a boon, it is a democratically achieved right by peaceful agitations under the guidance of KCR/TRS and TJAC and sacrifices of hundreds of youth.  During the course of agitations, Congress always tried its best to suppress the agitation with police force.  None of the Congress leaders ever assured of formation of Telangana and tried to prevent suicides of youth.  After all the sacrifices, it wants to claim votes for formation of Telangana.  Telangana women can’t forget the delay and silence of high command when their kin died.  Yes, if it hadn’t been for Sonia G’s insistence Telangana could not have been possible.  But Telangana has to be formed sometime as there is a political party to take the struggle forward and people’s TJAC was working in tandem with it.  Because of the delay it caused in passing Telangana Bill, imposing governor’s rule in Hyderabad, providing extended employment and educational opportunities to SA is working against the Congress' electoral gains.  

In the initial stages BJP was favoured by Telanganites.  Sushma Swaraj’s promise in Hyderabad to help formation of Telangana and her speech in parliament on the issue of TG has won many hearts.  But in the final stages, when the bill was being introduced the high drama created by Venkaiah Naidu in Rajya Sabha and different deceptive statements by Sushma Swaraj and others did hurt the people in the region.  Finally the alliance with TDP which tried its best to stall the introduction of the bill made Telanganites to lose its soft corner for BJP.  The speech by Modi in Hyderabad in the past and two days ago has left bitter feeling.  His statement that, if Sardar Vallabhai Patel had not taken up police action they would have had to come to Hyderabad after taking a visa. This reminded YSR’s statement in 2009 - after the voting was over in TG in 2009, YSR in his election campaign has said they need to take visa to Hyderabad if Telangana is granted.  In Telangana this man said that he would abide by Centre’s decision on Telangana and he is not against formation of TG state.  Another factor is that Modi had forgotten that people of Nizam’s dominion wanted to join Indian Union and cooperated with it to get rid off Nizam’s tyrannical rule.  When they could get rid of Nizam they are very well capable of getting rid of any other tyrannical rule.

The most hated party in TG is the TDP.  Chandrababu Naidu, the party president is the main director in creating dramatic resignations and violent agitations in SA after proclamation by the Home Minister of India that the “process of Telangana formation is initiated”.  CBN personally declared that he blocked TG formation during the regime of NDA when three new states were formed.  How can people forget his two eyes, two sons, and two halves of coconut theories?  When by-elections were held in Warangal, in one ward where the corporator belonged to TDP, the votes for TDP was just one.  That single vote could be of the corporator.  Even his family members did not vote for TDP.  The same situation may be repeated in this election too.

YSRCP initially said that it is not against TG; later its president took U turn and stuck to Unified AP state.  He gave up his party in TG.  He, for sure, lost TG votes, but strengthened his position in SA.  He secured his win over CBN who could not win hearts in either regions – TG and SA.

JSP and JSP have come up recently.  KK Reddy believed people around him when he was Chief Minister.  His anti TG statements as chief minister of AP had resulted in suicides in Telangana.  Though he always claimed to be a Hyderabadi, and also a Telanganite he worked against Telangana and granted funds in hundreds of crores to his constituency in Andhra.  His statements have distanced him from Telanganites and Andhra people also disown him as he is born and brought up in TG and loves Hyderabad more than Andhra.  He may receive his party symbol as gift in future from people of Andhra and Telangana. 

The party JSP by film actor PK has come up as a joker in pack of cards.  Individually it has no value but put with other cards in sequence will help to win the game.  The party is born to facilitate win for the party which is hyped by media to win election 2014.  As an actor he can attract some crowd and this will add to the massive gatherings at election campaign meetings.  If brokers take money to bring people to the meeting, may be, the actor will be paid in some way if the party wins.  In Telangana only youth of SA origin who are his fans and have no political knowledge will follow his advice.  PK should not forget that his brother who had better fan following failed to win in one of the two constituencies contested in Andhra and that party had won just one seat in TG.  Telanganites are politically shrewd people and know the value of their vote.  

TRS is the only party which is born for Telangana and works for Telangana.  The political party to be in power has to do something for its people.  This party is the only party which gives undivided attention and fights to protect the rights of Telanganites in all fields as the division of the state happens in June.  The two national parties and TDP have varied interests.  Their priority will be SA as they have more number of MP seats which help the parties to run the show in the Centre.  Telanganites are aware of this fact. 

For the future of Telangana Telanganites will vote for the party they think will stand by them.  Hope election 2014 will bring new era in Telangana and pave way for progressive Telangana.

Political Parties In India

In India, Indian National Congress party is the only national party present even prior to independence.  In my childhood I only heard of Congress and Communist parties, later about Jana Sangh.  Members of National Congress have separated from the original party and formed different factions, but the one surviving as the original party is Indian National Congress.  The Communists parties are divided into two one CPI, Communist party of India and CPM, Communist party of India (Marxist).  I do not understand when their fundamentals are same why they want to maintain two parties, is it for the welfare of the people or for more people to bask in the glory of power politics?  The Jana Sangh is disintegrated and gave rise to Bharatiya Janata party.  The other national party of recent origin is the Nationalist Congress Party, which is nothing but and extension of Indian National Congress Party.  The founders of NCP were against Mrs. Sonia G, taking the reins of INC and becoming Prime Minister of India.  But now they are all working under her Chairman ship – as UPA Government!  The party which had come into existence based on Ambedkar ideology is the Bahujana Samaj Party founded by Shri Kanshi Ram.  This party aims to strengthen the backward and down trodden in the castiest Indian society and bring it to power in the State and at Centre. 

All the national parties are formed on the ideology of welfare of all sections of people of India.  As the people in these national parties being predominantly from northern parts of India, imposition of Hindi in all the states of India had given rise to discontent in South, particularly Tamilnadu and paved way to the formation of regional party DMK, later AIADMK.  During the early eighties Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao, renowned Telugu film actor, inspired by MGR, Tamil film actor and founder of AIADMK, had founded Telugu Desam Party (TDP).  Since past few years as the role of money and muscle power has increased in electoral politics many parties are being formed without any concrete ideology.  People, who are rich and have some mass following like film actors, are in forefront in forming parties for personal gains.  Now politics is for power and more power and money and not for power to serve people.

As updated by election commission on 12-3-14 the total number of political parties in India is 1616.  National parties are 6, recognised state parties are 47 and unrecognized parties are 1563.  36 national parties have influence at the national level.  This is what making the regional parties more powerful and allowing them to play a greater role at national level.

For a party to become a national party it should fulfill any of the following criteria:

-         It should win 2% of seats (11) in Lok Sabha from three different states

-         At General elections to Lok Sabha or Legislative assembly elections it should be polled 6% of votes in four states plus win four Lok Sabha seats

-         Recognised as state party in four or more states.

The parties who fail to fulfill the criteria in any general election will lose its identity as national party.

For a party to be recognised as state party it has to fulfill these criteria:

-         In any General elections or Legislative assembly elections it should get at least 3% of seats in Legislative assembly or minimum of 3 seats

-         In any General assembly it should get it one Lok Sabha seat for every 25 Lok Sabha seats allotted to that state

-         In General elections or Legislative assembly to get at least  6% of votes in state and one Lok Sabha seat and 2 assembly seats

-         In General elections to Lok Sabha or Legislative assembly elections should have polled minimum of 8% of votes in the state.

The increase in regional imbalances socio-cultural conflicts has lead to formation of regional parties.  These regional parties work for the development of their region.  India being a nation of many religions, languages and cultures is bound only by the feeling of ‘Indian’.  But the imposition of the language or culture of one region on the other is creating conflicts.  Now in almost all the states in India there are one or more regional parties apart from the significant presence of national parties.  In fact, the presence of national parties is getting marginalized in some states, the best example is Tamil Nadu. 

As no national party is in a position to gain absolute majority in General elections, it is the regional parties which play the role of king maker.  Every regional party wants to have major share in the power at Centre and work for development of its own region. Black mail politics for stable government is the cause of corruption at high places. 

In future it is only the regional parties that are going to rule the nation. The parties should form a national council with apolitical intellectuals and academicians from different fields of science and culture from all the regions.  This council should develop plans for development of all regions and council of ministers should follow it without regional bias.  The council of ministers and intellectuals should work to fulfill the goals embedded in our constitution.

As national parties are losing their all India appeal more and more local parties will come up in future as it is a very simple procedure.  Any body who abides by Indian constitution can form a party and apply to Election Commission of India under section 29A of Representation of Peoples Act 1951.   The required payment of fee is Rs.10,000/- only.  Application may be submitted in prescribed proforma.  Once the party is recognised a symbol is given on which the party can contest.  State party’s symbol will be in that state only and national party uses the same symbol all over the nation.

Indian Union is now becoming federal government and every state party should have a broader perspective of development of not only their state but join together to make India a developed nation.  As Indians we are more powerful internationally and our divided interest can be catastrophic to the nation.

I hope people of India will give a decisive vote for a stronger and safe India.

A Visit to Punjab

Chandigarh

This year All India Physicians conference was held at Ludhiana in Punjab.  As there is no direct flight to Ludhiana we had to go to Chandigarh and from there to Ludhiana.  We planned to visit places of tourist importance in Chandigarh and Ludhiana.  Friends advised, if possible, to visit Shimla.  So we added that to our travel itinerary.  Our travel was in the third week of February.  We first reached Chandigarh airport, from there by taxi landed in hotel Sun Park.  This is about 20 KM. The hotel room was just ok.  It was midday, but very cold in Chandigarh.  When we asked for hot water they said it will come, ever after 1/2hr of waiting we could not get even luke warm water.  As we wanted to go out for half a day trip, we had to take bath with that water and get ready for the tour.   Though we were told that warmers will be there in the room there wasn’t any in the room.

The hotel travel desk arranged a cab for our tour.  The driver had taken us for a trip to Sukhna Lake, Rock garden and Zakir Hussain Rose Garden.  All these were within a range of 60KM from our Hotel.  We planned for half a day tour or travel of 120KM.

Streets of Chandigarh city are wide and clean.  There are no houses or shops abutting the main roads.  Traffic can move smoothly. 

 

Sukhna lake is beautiful.  The environment is serene.  The birds swimming in the water are a pleasant site to watch.  Boating on the lake by pedaling is at own risk.  Many youngsters wearing life vests were into boat riding.  If we sit on the steps of the lake and hold something to eat the birds come and try to pick up the packets.  But there are instructions not to feed these birds.  The birds are fearless and come very close to the people sitting on the steps.  It is a picturesque place to spend a cool evening.  As tourists we could spend only an hour there.

 

 

 

Next we visited Neck Chand Rock Garden.  I think this is the best tourist attraction of Chandigarh.  It is a must visit place. 

With artifacts of demolished buildings and other structures, broken tiles and glasses and naturally occurring rocks many beautiful statues, sculptures, buildings, waterfalls and streams are created.  There is also a huge open air theatre in here.  It takes more than two hours to see this place.  I feel that this should actually be called as Rock village as we see houses and streets here.  The creation of this rock village – rock garden is human marvel.

 

 

 

Zakir Hussain Rose Garden is a fragrant place with more than 5,000 varieties of roses.  Roses are of many different colors, shades and sizes are present.  They are given different names which are difficult to remember for simpletons like me. 

We asked our cab driver if there are any places which we can see in an hour we had, he was very reluctant to answer and dropped us back at the hotel.  We asked him if he can take us to Kalka Railway Station the next morning at 4AM, he said it will cost us Rs.1300/-.   As the hotel people had said that they could arrange it for Rs.1000/- we preferred that.

While returning from Ludhiana we again came to Chandigarh airport.  The toilets here were very dirty.  At one place in the airport I read photography is prohibited in the airport.  But some kids have taken photos in the airport.  I suppressed my temptation to do so.

Third Gender

In my childhood whenever I saw eunuchs I would not understand why people looked down upon them or why they behave differently.  To me they look human, but dressing up differently and behaving in a peculiar way to extract money from people.  I could not understand the difference between the male, female and third gender.  As a child I was bothered why eunuchs are abandoned by parents and had to live in separate groups.  It would surprise me that parental love failed to accept the deviation in their children and support them to become better individuals. 

As a person with medical knowledge I always felt sorry for ‘hijras’ segregated from the society and becoming objects of ridicule. Various genetic and physical disorders are accepted as disease or deviation and persons are accepted in the mainstream life.  It is pathetic and inhuman that the genetic and physical variation resulting intersex individuals is not acceptable to the society.  Sex or gender identification depends mainly on

-         genetic structure of the individual

-         internal and external reproductive structure

-         hormonal conditions

-         social upbringing and gender role

The normal male genetic composition is 46XY, and female is 46XX. XX and XY are sex chromosomes which determine the sex of the individual. The development of male internal and external organs is active and depends on the presence of ‘Y’ chromosome in the genetic structure.  The absence of ‘Y’ leads to development of female external and internal organs.  In female the presence of 2^nd ‘X’ is essential for maintenance of ovaries.  A person with single X without Y or another X chromosome may apparently look like a female but will not have functioning ovaries and secondary sexual characters fail to develop in them.  These people are generally accepted as female and can lead a normal female life but will not able to reproduce.  Moreover, presence of X is linked to intelligence and absence of one X may become a cause for decreased intelligence. 

Because of genetic abnormalities the development of external genital organs may become impaired.  Sometimes due to congenital hormonal imbalance or certain drugs used by the pregnant woman can result in development of ambiguous external genital organs.  It may be obvious at the time of birth, sometimes later in life.  These persons are termed as intersex or hermaphrodites.  A true hermaphrodite will have ovaries (female gonads) and testes (male gonads).  True hermaphrodites are generally brought up as males.  But by puberty they may develop breasts and also start menstruating.  Depending on the choice of individual and social brought up, the person can change to either a complete male or female by the removal of ovaries or testes.  Based on this if there is any correctable abnormality of external genital organs is corrected by appropriate surgical procedure. 

Transgenders will be mostly of pseudo male or pseudo female hermaphrodites, depending on their genetic composition.  Person having XX will possess ovaries, but the external genitalia resemble more like a male due to hormonal imbalance.  In these person after correction of hormones, and necessary surgical treatment will make the person a female.  Persons having XY genetic composition having testes, but the body tissues not responding to testosterone hormone appropriately will not develop male genital organs and in some extreme cases may develop external female genital organs.  In these persons the gonads are removed and hormone supplementation is given and surgical correction to female genitalia is done. 

The variations in genetic composition of the individual are the cause for ‘normal’ male or female appearance to deviation on either side of gender can occur.  Like any other genetic abnormalities this gender deviation should also be considered as a variation in characteristics of human spectrum.  Transgenders or intersex persons must be considered as normal human beings and all rights, all human rights, bestowed by the constitution will be applicable to them.  The recognition of eunuchs as third gender by Supreme Court and passing  verdict on 15^th of this month has paved way for better future of ‘hijras’.   

I hope the society will understand the transgenders/intersex/eunuchs are part of human race and let them live a dignified life.  As soon as a child is born with ambiguous genitalia, a detailed investigation is carried and child is brought up as male or female depending on the genetic/gonadal and apparent external genital appearance.

The verdict of Supreme Court should make the government to take steps to bring them into mainstream with education and employment and help them live a dignified life.

Social upbringing and gender role is a psychological factor which may make a person feel a male or female.  Genetic, physical appearance and hormonal status is clearly defined in these individuals.  But psychologically they may feel different and may have different sexual orientation.  They do not come under intersex or transgenders and their problems are different.  They too should be respected as long as their orientation is not inhuman or against the principles of human rights.

Political Parties - Biased High Commands

The contestants in Telangana are declared.  Canvassing by all the parties is zooming.  People of Telangana should think twice before casting their vote for assembly and parliament. 

Telangana statehood decision is taken and the appointed day is 2^nd June this year. Before this, the elections results will be out.  There are so many undecided issues in the division of the state, the most important being employment, water and educational opportunities, not to forget the burden of joint capital and governor’s rule in Hyderabad, a poisonous nail in the body of Telangana.  The decision on these issues will be decided by the Telangana and Andhra P assemblies.  Telanganites should not forget the dubious way by which Hyderabad state was merged with Andhra to form Andhra Pradesh in 1956.  It took sixty years, more than 1500 lives of youth sacrificed and unrelenting agitations to get demerger, that too with unconstitutional riders.  The fate of Telangana state depends on the decisiveness of the Telangana assembly and its leader.  This vote impacts the Telangana future generations. 

In Telangana the main contestants are two national parties and two regional parties.  These parties are influenced by the interests of their ‘high commands’.  The high command of Congress is in Delhi under Sonia Gandhi.  The core committee decides all the issues in Delhi with an interest to gain more seats not only regionally but nationally.  Priority is given for Central power.  The members of core committee are influenced by regional satraps.  The treacherous Seemandhra congress MPs who agreed to abide by high command decision on Telangana have unabashedly sprayed poisonous gas on the speaker and members of parliament to immobilize and scuttle the introduction of Telangana bill in parliament.  For people of Andhra origin their high command is not party, it is their property; their region and people stand next as they have to get elected from their region by their people.  In view of retaining their wealth and power they consider Andhra people as their high command. The Telangana congress MPs are ever abiding to their high command in Delhi and  to the Seemandhra junta in AP.  They think they can buy Telangana votes with money as people here are poor and get influenced by money and liquor and vote whoever pays them more.  Telangana agitation did bring some change here, the results in by-elections stand evidence.

BJP is the other national party which again operates from Delhi. The central committee has Venkaiah Naidu as a member who is a Seemandhra.  His strong influence and collusion with Chandra Babu Naidu has made some BJP leaders to say not to bring forth the Telangana Bill in the last parliament session.  When Sushma Swaraj said that she did not know that Telangana Bill is introduced in Loksabha every Telanganite felt as backstabbed.  The negative feeling continues.  Chandrababu Naidu and Venkaiah Naidu together prevented the formation of Telangana in 2002 by BJP government.  Again together created as many hurdles as possible to prevent the smooth passage of Telangana Bill in both houses of parliament.  They are the forces behind the declaration Hyderabad as Joint capital for ten years.  If BJP wins and Naidu is at helm of affairs we do not know what amendments will be made in constitution to make Telangana state a subservient to Seemaandhra. 

TDP is the important regional party; high command Chandrababu Naidu was intolerant to hear the word Telangana.  His high command is Andhra people and whatever decisions he takes it is only in the interests of that region.  The other regional parties YSRCP, Jai Samaikyandhra Party and Janasena party high commands are all Andhra leaders and their priority is protecting the interests of Andhras.  Not to forget is the Loksatta Jaya Prakash Narayan who though won from Kukutpally in Hyderabad, Telangana, never ever spoke about resolving the issue of Telangana, and never supported Telangana.  His roots are in Andhra, though he calls himself intellectual, he is blinded by his love for his Andhra brothers. 

The other important regional party is Telangana Rashtra Samithi, TRS, born for Telangana, to achieve Telangana.  This is lead by K.Chandrashekar Rao.  The entire family got involved in agitations for Telangana statehood.  For TRS Telangana people are high command and TJAC can influence it in taking major decisions.  Their primary interest is working for the benefit of Telangana and its people.  The TRS government when formed will work to get the rightful share in employment and strive to get rid of unconstitutional riders imposed on Telangana under the influence of Andhra leaders. 

Progressive development of Telangana can be achieved only by the people of Telangana who believe that their power is in hands of Telanganites directly.  People in parties under the leadership of Andhra leaders cannot take decisions individually.  Their Andhra leaders' biased decisions will be directly or subtly be imposed on Telangana. 

For Telanganites this is a crucial election.  Their vote will make or mar future of Telangana.  New born Telangana must be in the hands of its natives and not with those who hate to utter the word Telangana, whose roots are in Andhra or other regions.

Puerperium - Care after Delivery

Child birth is an important event in the life of a woman.  After the birth of a baby the woman is a mother and the change that brings in her life is for ever at fundamental level.  But medically speaking the changes that occur in a woman during pregnancy will return to almost prepregnancy level within 6-12 weeks.  This period is called puerperium.  For practical purposes this is limited to 6weeks period.  

A woman needs medical and family care during this period for restoration of physical and psychological normalcy.  For the woman who has become a first time mother needs good guidance and care to take care of her and the newborn.  The physical and physiological changes that occurred in the body of the woman will gradually return to pre-pregnancy state.  Immediately after childbirth, woman will have bleeding which may continue for 2-3 weeks.  Initially bleeding may be dark and thick, within a week it will be thin and pinkish and by third week it could be pale brownish yellow discharge.  Bleeding subsides usually by third week.  Occasionally it may continue off and on for another month.  Any time if the bleeding is felt to be excessive, woman should consult obstetrician.  Uterus which had accommodated the baby and placenta till delivery will gradually return to its original size of about fist.  By 6^th week it comes to its almost original non gravid size. 

All the changes that have occurred in heart, lungs, kidneys gastrointestinal and hormonal systems will come to non pregnant state. 

Changes in breast persist and help in milk secretion.  Milk secretion continues as long as the mother feeds the baby. 

The physical stress of labor and delivery may make woman worn out and new mother may take rest for few hours.  After the resting period she will start taking care of the newborn – start suckling the baby.  With the encouragement and help from family members and medical personnel she may as well feed the baby within an hour of delivery.

Various religions and ethnicities have different taboos that interfere with the recovery of woman after child birth.  When the delivery is a normal one, the woman should take bath regularly and keep herself clean.  Normal diet with increased proteins and fruits and lots of water is must.  Though heavy work is not allowed for 6weeks, woman should move about and take care of the newborn. Routine activities can be resumed after 6weeks of delivery.  Appropriate postnatal exercises can be taken up for restoration of body tone. Sexual activity can be resumed when woman feels comfortable and the perineal wounds if any healed well and there is no pain in the genital area or lower part of abdomen.  If sexual activity is resumed contraceptive practice also initiated.  A healthy woman can ovulate any time from 5^th week of delivery.

Puerperal care involves

-         care of perineal/ vaginal wounds

-         attention to any excessive or offensive vaginal bleeding

-         appropriate adequate nutrition

-         psychological support in emotionally stressed woman

-         watch out for any infection –genital, urinary or breast infection or infection of veins in legs

-         encouragement and guidance for breast feeding

-         Education about newborn care and immunisation and contraceptive practices.

The birth of a child turns a woman into a mother and her care makes a boy or girl a healthy citizen. 

“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”.

Winning Horses - Losing Principles

The main political parties are unable to decide on their contestants.  They did not even bring forth the election manifesto.  All the parties are promising Moon and Mars in their speeches but fear to put forth the manifesto first before any party.  May be, everybody wants to know what other party promises and promise all that and more.  The parties are also not concluding their alliances with other parties and the list of candidates, particularly in Andhra and Telangana.  Parties are worried that the leaders who are not given tickets may immediately shift their loyalties.    

TRS had finally decided to contest all alone all the seats in Telangana.  It is the regional party, riding high as the only party that unequivocally fought for Telangana and finally achieved Telangana state.  Now that Telangana state is going to come into existence from 2^nd June, Telanganites are more inclined to have their own regional party to come into power.  Congress wants to reap benefits as the party that had kept its promise of formation of Telangana and BJP the party which pressurized Congress to pass Telangana bill and supported it, thus highlighting its key role in the formation of Telangana.  TDP also wants to claim its role as the main opposition party in state which had given letter to the Central Government expressing its positive view on formation of Telangana State.  CPI is another party which had played supportive role in agitations for Telangana state, also wants to improve its tally in these elections in alliance with TRS and Congress.  But it could not materialize till now.  CPM has become untouchable in Telangana for its singular stand of Samaikyandhra.  MIM is a branded Muslim party and it has its presence mainly in old city of Hyderabad.  It will contest in areas where the Muslim population is in majority.  Other than Hyderabad it will contest for a few seats in Nizamabad and Ananthapur in Andhra.  They do not seem to think of any alliance with any other party.

TRS is very confident of its victory in these elections.  It has presented its manifesto and first list of candidates on 4^th April.  The other parties are searching for winning horses in Andhra and Telangana.  Congress is even offering 1+1 in Seemandhra, those who are ready to contest in this election will be guaranteed ticket in the 2019 elections too.  Most of the Congress MLAs and MPs in Seemaandhra have shifted to TDP fearing defeat as congressmen as they cannot digest and explain the demerger of Telangana to people in Seemaandhra.  Some of them moved to BJP.  The leaders who blamed TDP’s letter as the cause for division of the state have joined TDP and praise Chandra Babu for his administrative capabilities.  Those who joined BJP forget that it is the party that has constantly threatened Congress to bring the Telangana bill or it will form Telangana state within three months of its formation of government in the centre in 2014.  The leaders are jumping from one party to another within short time that now it is difficult to say who will be in which party by time of election date .  If the party they dived into gives them a ticket to contest at their choice of place they will be in that party, otherwise jump into another party or contest as independents.  In their election speeches they criticize the party in which they were in power and ruled the nation till a month ago.  Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy’s situation is the most pathetic. As Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, when he strongly condemned the Congress party and Mrs. Sonia Gandhi’s decision on Telangana, all the Seemandhra Ministers praised him as their hero and star batsman.  They encouraged him to form a party too.  Now that the Jai Samaikyandhra party is formed and Kiran Reddy wants to fight elections every one deserted him and he is left with a pair of chappals and no significant leader.  Whatever was the reason for his actions as CM he wanted to be the champion of promoting Samaikyandhra and win in his ancestral town.  He has no place in Telangana and it appears even Seemandhras abandoned him for he calls himself a Hyderabadi.   “naa ghar ka, naa ghaat ka” adage suits him best.

.  The fundamental ideology of all political parties and leaders is to be in power and anything and every thing done to achieve this goal is fair.  All the party leaders are selecting candidates who are rich and powerful as their winning horses.   People are watching the leaders who are changing parties like changing trends in fashion.  People always gave intelligent decision.  They always vote for change, vote for lesser evil. Another two months we will know the verdict of the people.