Telangana tangle (TV script)

ANCHOR LINES: Well, its a new day and a new demand nowadays...for separate statehood. The Telangana tangle refuses to solve itself. and with the partail success of Telangana, other demands have also raked up in the Indian political system, leaving the already worried Congress baffled this time. Here's a report...

(Up sound)

BYTE: G Jagadeeshwar Reddy, TRS spokesperson
(We demand a separate Telangana state from the Centre)

(Up sound, shots of protesters hitting the street with placards, dramatic music in background, tense colours, time lapse)

VO1: And we thought that the British Raj was hell bent on dividing the country...

(shots continue)

The demand for separate statehood based on language concentration has hotted up in India. Supporters of Telangana has finally tasted success after 50 long years of demand, violence and bloodshed. KCR's fast has turned him into the latest poster boy of Andhra politics. His sacrifice has bore fruit. (shots of supporters and KCR in hospital)

BYTE: P Chidambaram, Home Minister
(We will look into their demand and the process of formation of the new state will be initiated)

A moral victory for the supporters of the cause

(Visuals: Supporters holding voctory rally, dancing, celebrations)

VO 2: The Telangana victory has upped the ante of other bifurcators. Gorkhaland...

BYTE: Roshan Giri, GJM Spokesperson
(We demand for a separate Gorkhaland state...want to secede away from the colonial rule in West bengal)

So mush so, that they have met Home Minister Chidambaram and put their foot down. And also called for a Darjeeling bandh on December 14. And the leader of their cause. His truly-the ousted...(file shots)

BYTE: Jaswant Singh, MP, Darjeeling
(The people have been demanding for a separate state for long)

And if you think that was enough...here comes other demands...Bodoland, Maru Pradesh and Vidarbha.

Graphics
Bodoland: Demand by Bodo People's front, demand for 13 years
Vidarbha: Plight of farmers and poor governance drove the demand
Maru Pradesh: In Rajasthan

VO 3: And here's a first of its kind...A chief minister wanting to trifurcate her state...for the sake of its development.

BYTE: Mayawati, Chief Minister, Uttar pradesh
(I have written to the Pm demanding separate states of Bundelkhand and Harit Pradesh)

The Congress Government is in a fix. After the initial agreement for Telangana, they have backtracked, thanks to the collective resignations of Congress, TDP and PRP MPs from the Andhra assembly...so the stir continues and violence is still on.
(Visuals of fresh protests, bandh in Rayalseema)

Hyderabad emerging as a crucial point

BYTE: Madhu Giri, Congress MP
(Of course, there can be no question of creation of Telangana without Hyderabad. It's like a body without its head)

GK Pillai fuelled the fire...

BYTE: GK Pillai, Home secy
(Yes, of course. Hyderabad will be an integral part of Telangana)

Though later on he reverted his statement, it hasnt gone down too well with the congressmen.
And it has decided, now, to wait and watch and not to take any decision in haste. (file shots)

BYTE: K Rosaiah, CM, Andhra Pradesh
(The PM has assured me that it wont take any decision in haste)

VO 4: With fresh demands emerging everyday, like TMC's demand for a separate state carved out in jharkhand, it seems a politics of secession has dawned onto our country. Leaving the ruling coalition helpless. Telangana or no Telangana the demands for separate statehood has sure proved to be a chink in the armour of the UPA. (file shots)

Yashodeep Sengupta

NOTE:

• This is not a script under an ideal condition
• This could be a script for special treatment and packaging because ideally ant TV script should not exceed 90 secs and should not have so many soundbytes
• Some of the info might (just) be factually incorrect)