New Delhi: On the creation of Telangana, the Group of Ministers (GoM) has amended the draft Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to address “concerns” of the peoples of Seemandhra and tried to keep the troop of Congress together in Andhra Pradesh.
The amendments came hours after MPs from the region disrupted both Houses of Parliament for the second day running on Thursday.
The amendments included a substantial financial package for the creation of a capital for the new Andhra Pradesh. The Bill envisages Hyderabad as the common capital for both States for 10 years, claimed sources.
Meanwhile it didn’t seem that the MPs from Seemandhra region will support the Bill. Demarcation of Hyderabad as a Union Territory is one of their key demands.
A Union Minister said, “The GoM has cleared some minor amendments. Basically, it took into account suggestions from Seemandhra to a large extent.”
The GoM, which had finalised the Bill on Tuesday for the consideration of the Union Cabinet, was compelled to take a re-look at the draft after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy staged a protest and petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee, complaining of the constitutional improprieties in it.
Bureau Report
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