The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, demanded that the Central government order an inquiry into alleged mismanagement and rampant corruption in the Regional Passport Office in Hyderabad and take remedial measures immediately.
He sought a separate RPO at Karimnagar to cater to the northern Telangana districts.
In a letter to the Union minister for external affairs, Mr S.M. Krishna, he alleged that only influential people managed to get their passport in a day while the common man had to struggle all night, sleep on the footpath for a token and wait for days to get a passport.
“There appears to be a namesake public relations officer and he is totally out of touch with the public and their grievances. The helpline numbers never function and there is no response to complaints sent through emails. Brokers rule the roost and charge Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 for services,” he alleged.
“The RPO officials are ill-mannered. Applicants complain that RPO officials are rude,” he added.
“Despite so much of technological progress, it is astounding to note the pathetic state of affairs at the RPO. I request you to appoint a senior and experienced administrator to probe the mismanagement of RPO, Hyderabad, and also initiate necessary process of reengineering,” he said. The TRS chief said that though the RPO in Hyderabad is considered the second largest passport office in the country after Mumbai, the state of affairs in this office is unprofessional and irresponsible, giving sleepless nights to passport applicants.
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KCR meets T-panel, warns of war
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Friday strongly advocated bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh stating that there was no “emotional integration of the people of Telangana with those from Andhra since the merger” and warned of civil war if it was not done.
Mr Rao, along with a delegation of party leaders, including Ms Vijayashanti, Mr G. Vinod, experts Prof Jayashanker, Mr Vidyasagar and others made a power point presentation to the Srikrishna Committee in New Delhi and gave a voluminous report seeking separate Telangana. TRS is the first political party to present its view point before Srikrishna Committee.
During the 4-hour meeting, KCR presented a voluminous report on the injustice done to the region over the years pertaining to 10 subjects including irrigation, education, power, financial allocations and employment.
Justice Srikrishna, who heard the TRS delegation, expressed satisfaction at the outcome of the discussion and promised to call the TRS team again in July for further discussions.
“The TRS delegation gave a power-point presentation and also provided documents to push their case. We will hold discussions again. We need to have a closer look at all the documents and papers presented to us,” Justice Srikrishna said after the meeting.
Expressing satisfaction over the outcome of the meeting, Mr Rao said the TRS delegation had made it clear to the panel that bifurcation was the only solution or else there would civil war.
“Merger of Telangana with Andhra was neither unconditional nor eternal. Any alliance cannot be continued by force. The Samaikhya Andhra agitation is pure rubbish. There is no way for people of Telangana to live with Andhra,” KCR remarked.
Mr Rao said while elected representatives like MPs, MLAs from Telangana region support Telangana in one voice; it was not the case in Seema-Andhra region.
“TRS told the committee that there were 5/6 divergent views in Seema-Andhra region. Some want Samaikhya Andhra, some suggest separate Andhra State, some wanted separate north coastal State, some from Rayalaseema are opposed to merger with Andhra while some other want to join with Telangana in the name of Rayala-Telangana,” he said.
The committee agreed that it received divergent views from Seema-Andhra. It sought additional information on some subjects, KCR said.
He said they had provided irrefutable proof of government documents, GOs, CAG reports and other data. “The committee members looked surprised at our inputs,” he said.
Mr Rao requested the committee to look into the “illegal” construction of Pothireddypadu and other projects that harmed the interests of Telangana.
“We brought to the committee’s notice how work on Ichampalli has been set aside and Polavaram taken up,” he said.
Mr Rao, along with a delegation of party leaders, including Ms Vijayashanti, Mr G. Vinod, experts Prof Jayashanker, Mr Vidyasagar and others made a power point presentation to the Srikrishna Committee in New Delhi and gave a voluminous report seeking separate Telangana. TRS is the first political party to present its view point before Srikrishna Committee.
During the 4-hour meeting, KCR presented a voluminous report on the injustice done to the region over the years pertaining to 10 subjects including irrigation, education, power, financial allocations and employment.
Justice Srikrishna, who heard the TRS delegation, expressed satisfaction at the outcome of the discussion and promised to call the TRS team again in July for further discussions.
“The TRS delegation gave a power-point presentation and also provided documents to push their case. We will hold discussions again. We need to have a closer look at all the documents and papers presented to us,” Justice Srikrishna said after the meeting.
Expressing satisfaction over the outcome of the meeting, Mr Rao said the TRS delegation had made it clear to the panel that bifurcation was the only solution or else there would civil war.
“Merger of Telangana with Andhra was neither unconditional nor eternal. Any alliance cannot be continued by force. The Samaikhya Andhra agitation is pure rubbish. There is no way for people of Telangana to live with Andhra,” KCR remarked.
Mr Rao said while elected representatives like MPs, MLAs from Telangana region support Telangana in one voice; it was not the case in Seema-Andhra region.
“TRS told the committee that there were 5/6 divergent views in Seema-Andhra region. Some want Samaikhya Andhra, some suggest separate Andhra State, some wanted separate north coastal State, some from Rayalaseema are opposed to merger with Andhra while some other want to join with Telangana in the name of Rayala-Telangana,” he said.
The committee agreed that it received divergent views from Seema-Andhra. It sought additional information on some subjects, KCR said.
He said they had provided irrefutable proof of government documents, GOs, CAG reports and other data. “The committee members looked surprised at our inputs,” he said.
Mr Rao requested the committee to look into the “illegal” construction of Pothireddypadu and other projects that harmed the interests of Telangana.
“We brought to the committee’s notice how work on Ichampalli has been set aside and Polavaram taken up,” he said.
