No Telangana resolution in Assembly: Kiran
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on
Monday ruled out passing a resolution in the Assembly seeking creation
of separate Telangana and asserted that no one could force the Centre to
take a decision on the bifurcation of the state.
“Political
parties, except one or two, are grossly divided on regional lines. So
naturally any resolution on the statehood issue will be defeated in the
House. I told the Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLAs clearly that any
resolution on Telangana (in the Assembly) can be contrary to their
liking,” he told news persons during an informal chat after the House
was adjourned for the day.
Questioned about the then
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s statement (on December 9, 2009)
that the process for creation of Telangana would be initiated after a
resolution in the Assembly, Mr. Reddy remarked: “Indira Gandhi also made
a statement in Parliament in 1969-70 (on Telangana). Jawaharlal Nehru
came here to find a solution but the Telangana issue remained unresolved
for the last 50 years.”
It was a sensitive issue and no one could force the Centre to take a decision, he said.
“The
Government is strong in Delhi to take a decision. It has to take all
issues into consideration while taking a decision in the interest of the
state and the country. The Government should protect interests of all
people.”
Mr. Reddy, however, hoped the Centre would
come out with a decision soon on the vexatious statehood issue. The CM
recalled that agitation for a separate Telangana state was more intense
in 1969.
“I was in school at that time. The situation
was more intense than,” he said, referring to the ongoing agitation for
a separate state.
Earlier, TRS members disrupted the
Assembly proceedings on the first day of the monsoon session demanding a
resolution seeking creation of Telangana state.
The
house was adjourned for the day without transacting any business as
members of other Opposition parties like TDP, YSR Congress and BJP, too,
raised different issues.
As two adjournments did not bring order in the house, Speaker Nadendla Manohar adjourned it for the day.
Take By: The Hindu News
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