Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- It is no secret that the right is always looking for reasons to flay minorities for politicalmileage. Hyderabad's annexation to India in 1948 being brushed under the carpet throughout the state's history for most parts was in fact nothing short of offering it on a platter to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has now conveniently used the historical incident to spin a new narrative.

Telangana was part of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad (1724-1948), and it was merged with present day Andhra Pradesh to create the joint AP state in 1956 on a linguistic basis. In AP, the RSS and BJP were never important players. The Congress eventually was met in opposition from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

For the lon...