Public CompanyLetters: Divided we fall I
Thanks to the Congress party blinking in the face of K Chandrasekhar Rao’s fast and declaring that it would support the creation of a Telangana state, an unprecedented crisis has been created. As many as 130 MLAs in the state assembly have already resigned, and it is possible there will be a similar move among the MPs. Thanks to the Telangana move, there are already protests from Rayalseema supporters.
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There is nothing in the history of Indian states to suggest that smaller states fare better than larger ones, the only difference comes from the quality of leadership — Nitish Kumar would have run an undivided Bihar just as well and Lalu Prasad would have run a divided Bihar just as badly.
Sanjay Gupta, New Delhi