New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will on Thursday raise the issue of the creation of Telangana at a meeting. According to a news channel, a Cabinet note on Telangana, prepared last night, says Hyderabad will be Telangana’s capital. However, the option for a capital for the rest of Andhra Pradesh has been left open. The Cabinet, after giving its approval to the creation of a separate Telangana state, is expected to form a Group of Ministers (GoM) to go threadbare into the issues arising out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. That is likely to be followed by a resolution being sent to Andhra Pradesh Assembly regarding the formation of the new state. After formation, Telangana will be the 29th state of India.
Calling bifurcation a loss for the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said, “I believe the Cabinet note is not on the agenda. It may come as a table item. But we will wait for the Cabinet decision. The party may win or lose an election, but the bifurcation will be a big loss for the entire state and all people. There will be a severe power shortage. Naxal movement might see a return. Water distribution will be a problem. Hyderabad is a hub for health facilities and education.On Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said the issue of creation of separate state of Telangana was receiving the government’s attention in the right earnest. Speaking to reporters on board his special aircraft while returning from New York after attending the UN General Assembly session, the Prime Minister had said the government was seized of the issue.
“The Telengana issue is receiving the attention of the government in right earnest. As soon as I go back I will find out from the Home Minster what stage he has been able to reach up to. But this is very much on our minds,” he said. On October 01, a report in a news agency had said that the approval of the Union Cabinet for creation of Telangana could be delayed as the Home Ministry is yet to finalize the note to be put up before it. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has not yet given the go ahead to the draft prepared for presentation before the Cabinet, sources said. The CWC, which met on 30 July, passed a resolution requesting the Centre “to take steps in accordance with the Constitution to form a separate state of Telangana… within a definite timeframe. There have been continuing protests in the non Telangana parts of Andhra Pradesh against the decision to carve out the new state. The Monsoon Session of Parliament also witnessed strong protests by Congress and TDP MPs from the Seemandhra region against any move to divide Andhra Pradesh.
Bureau Report
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