Was Abdul Kalam A Traitor?

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has taken strong exception to the Seemandhra ministers’ comment that demanding separate statehood for Telangana was nothing but “desadroham” (treachery or sedition).

TRS president K Chandrasekhara Rao came down heavily upon these ministers for making such a statement, provoking the Telangana people who have been patiently waiting for the report of Srikrishna Committee. “If those supporting Telangana are traitors, then Congress president Sonia Gandhi should also be declared a traitor for including the Telangana demand in the Congress manifesto and UPA’s common minimum programme.

Former president Abdul Kalam should also be called a traitor for announcing in Parliament that the government would take up the Telangana state formation. And what about Chidambaram, who also announced the initiation of the process of Telangana state formation on December 9. Is he also a traitor?” KCR asked.

The TRS president demanded that the ministers take back their words; otherwise, Governor ESL Narasimhan should dismiss them from the cabinet. “The ministers would not be allowed to enter the Telangana, if they do not withdraw their comments,” he said.

BJP national leader M Venkaiah Naidu also castigated the Congress ministers for making such irresponsible statements. “They should have understood the people’s sentiments at least after seeing the recent by-election results,” he said.