Falling into the Telangana trap

The Congress party's recent decision to support the formation of Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh has understandably brought the issue of redrawing the political map of India into sharper focus. Ashutosh Varshney flags off two important positions in his 'Not only Telangana' (IE, August 27) — the need to resolve the arguments for state formation "on a systemic basis and to set up the contemporary grounds of state formation", which leads him to bat for the formation of a fresh States Reorganisation Commission (SRC); and the need for inoculating institutional restructuring against "electoral motivations".

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