Karnataka has a reason to be worried because similar agitations are getting a boost, encouraged by the attention that the Telangana movement has received. "It will definitely embolden the forces that are advocating the cause of a separate state of northern Karnataka and Kodagu," says Prof Abdul Azeez from the Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC).
With political ambitions driving the leaders of all political parties, the Telangana movement goes way beyond its agenda of redressing the economic and developmental neglect of the region.
The former chief minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, points to the strong support being extended to the movement by the BJP.
Struggling to find a toe-hold in Andhra Pradesh, the BJP sees the Telangana issue as a godsend. The party is competing with the Telangana Rashtra Samiti to share the spoils when the new state is carved out.So far as economic issues are concerned, Azeez feels the creation of Telangana could further complicate the inter-state water disputes like the sharing of Krishna river waters and implementation of several irrigation and hydro-power projects.
Meanwhile, the storm within the first family of neighbouring Tamil Nadu is bound to add more twists to this growing climate of uncertainty for business and development. Knowin [...]
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