The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh had many reasons including economic compulsions and the lack of proper social and cultural integration of the masses.
Going by the tenets of public policy which suggests that the smaller the area the more efficient would be the administration, India should have 50 States but there should be effective decentralisation and delegation of powers for a smooth transition and to ensure no major problems would crop up later.
The division of States was the prerogative of the politicians who should have dealt with the sensitive issue with care but it was an inevitability, said I. Ramabrahmam, professor of the School of Social Sciences at the Hyderabad Central University on Monday.
Delivering the keynote address at a seminar on ‘Governance and government in the State of A.P.: Issues and challenges’ at the Andhra Loyola College (ALC) here, Prof. Ramabrahmam said the effectiveness of policy implementation was largely dependent on the market forces and the role of civil society and A.P. was no exception to it. Notwithstanding the impact of losing out Hyderabad to Telangana and other issues, A.P. stood a great chance of rising like the Phoenix from the ashes due to its abundant natural and human resources, he stated.
K. Nageshwar, professor of communications and journalism at the Osmania University, inaugurated the event.
Having claimed that the Bill was passed in an arbitrary manner, the MPs who were crying foul about it (SCS) could have proposed an amendment thereto and got it moved through the Secretary-General of Parliament but they were either ignorant of the procedures or kept quiet due to their political constraints.
The consequences of their failure were going to take a serious toll on the State, he said. College correspondent M. Sagayaraj, principal G.A. Peter Kishore and Head of Department of Politics Samuel Dayakar were among those present.
