New Delhi: As the government is desperately working out how to push the controversial Telangana bill in the Parliament on Tuesday, it seems that Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy may resign today. Notify that only five days left of the last session of Parliament before Lok Sabha poll which are due by May of this year.
Meanwhile BJP has made clear that Centre must not try to pass the Telangana Bill in chaos and without the presence of all stakeholders in the House.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, “One section of Andhra Pradesh can’t be missing.”
Jaitley also demanded that 16 MPs suspended for protests against Telangana, including those from the Congress, be allowed in during a discussion on the new state.
It also had been expected that a hectic talk over Telangana Bill bring the two major parties to an understanding where the bill can be passed with some semblance of a discussion in the house. The government might reportedly agree to moving official amendments to ensure that some of the BJP’s demands on addressing key concerns of Seemandhra – the non-Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh that is strongly opposed to bifurcation – like sharing revenue from the joint capital of Hyderabad, are met.
Seemandhra is worried about a smaller share of water, power and revenue from Telangana once the new state is created. Leaders from the region have vowed to stall the bill at all costs.
Even state’s chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who, sources say is likely to resign on Tuesday to protest against the bifurcation. Eight of his key officials have reportedly been transferred.
Bureau Report
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