<<–2/”>a href=”https://exam.pscnotes.com/5653-2/”>p>With the situation becoming grim, a meeting of the floor leaders of the Political Parties in the State Legislature was convened by the Chief Minister, K.Rosaiah on December 7, 2009. It is learnt that all political parties, except CPI (M), were in favour of a proposal to adopt a resolution in the State Assembly for creation of a separate Telangana. The CPI (M) apparently referred to the stand it had taken at the time of the Pranab Mukherjee Committee. The AIMIM on the other hand observed that the proper forum to express its views would be the Legislative Assembly. Taking into account the situation in the state and the deliberations in this all party meeting, the Union Home Minister, P.Chidambaram in the late evening of December 9, 2009 at New Delhi announced the decision of the Central Government to initiate the process of forming the state of Telangana, adding that an appropriate resolution would be moved in the State Assembly. Based on this development TRS President, Chandrasekhara Rao gave up his fast and the agitation was called off.
This decision of forming Pranav Mukherjee committee however, created a backlash in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, resulting in agitations and eruption of violence in many districts. The agitations included bandh calls by political parties, road blockages, fast-unto-death programmes, relay hunger strikes etc. A near total bandh was organized in all the districts of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema on December 11, 2009 at the call of political parties. The agitations continued during the second and third weeks of December, 2009. Reportedly, nine MPs, one hundred forty three MLAs and forty one MLCs submitted their resignations in protest against the announcement on the formation of a separate Telangana.
Looking at the totality of the situation, including the intensity of the backlash and the strong sentiments expressed through agitations in all the regions of the state as also the near vertical division on the issue among the major political parties in the state, the Union Home Minister made another statement on December 23, 2009 that the situation in the state had altered since December 9, 2009 when the Central Government had announced that the process of the formation of a separate state of Telangana would be initiated and an appropriate resolution would be moved in the State Assembly (meaning perhaps thereby that moving such a resolution in the State Assembly was appeared to be difficult at this point of time). The Home Minister, therefore, in this statement emphasized the need for wide ranging consultations with all political parties and groups and promised to take steps to involve all concerned in the process. Although, this statement led to ending of agitations in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, agitations restarted in Telangana region due to the perceived change in the stand of the Government of India.