HYDERABAD: The CPI's first public meeting in support of separate Telangana is likely to place it in a more advantageous position in the region than the CPM, which opposes any bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.Although renowned for mass struggles, the Left parties have both been bystanders as the separate statehood movement has enveloped all of Telangana. But with its impressive public meeting at Nizam College on Wednesday, the CPI has begun a journey to reconnect with the people of the region.Addressing the meeting, CPI general secretary A B Bardhan recalled that the Left movement had a close relationship with Telangana having waged an armed struggle for the liberation of the region in the 1940s.Although the party has now decided to wage a struggle for separate Telangana, Bardhan said, the CPI would act independently and not join any other party in furthering the objective of statehood.“Some have asked us why the CPI has failed to take up the T movement even after declaring support to the cause,” Bardhan said, and explained, “The CPI is not against people of any particular region. There are working class people in all the three regions of AP.” Narrating the 'injustice' meted out to Telangana in united Andhra, Bardhan said that his party's national council decided to fight for separate statehood after several rounds of discussions. Bardhan made it clear that a separate state of T would not be complete without Hyderabad.When Maharashtra was carved out as a separate state, there were demands for Mumbai to kept out of it.But this was not allowed, he pointed out.
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