New Delhi: The five-member committee on Telangana statehood issue on Tuesday said it will give several options with their pros and cons in its report that will seek to achieve the highest satisfaction of the largest number. Addressing a press conference here,the committee chairman and former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna hoped that report, to be submitted to home minister P Chidambaram by Friday,will bring out a permanent solution to the contentious issue of demands for bifurcation of AP.Refusing to go into the contents of the report,he expressed the hope that all political parties in the state will accept the report and maintain peace and harmony after the report is submitted.I hope peace prevails in the state after the report is submitted.It is the responsibility of the politicians and the media, he said. The committee members also said all political parties in the state have assured them that they will maintain peace and harmony in the state.Several options with their pros and cons, the panels member-secretary Vinod K Duggal said when asked how many options will the committee give in the large report. Hopefully,the largest number of people will have the highest sense of satisfaction with the report.I hope we will achieve that, Duggal said.The committee was constituted by the Centre on February 3 to look into the demands for the creation of a separate state as well as keeping Andhra Pradesh united.
Ecohing Duggals views,Srikrishna said the committee had attempted to get the highest satisfaction of the largest people.Duggal said every aspect mentioned in the terms of reference of the committee was looked into in a detailed manner and the issue at hand (Telangana ) has been analaysed in all its hues and shades.Every politician will say that the report is a well- researched document and it is totally unbiased and absolutely professional.I hope everyone will be satisfied with the report, he said. Going into detail about the report,Duggal said it will have two volumes with the first one containing the substantive report and the second one having all the appendices that are needed.Each important aspect including the aspects given in the terms of reference have been studied detaily and have been dedicated a separate chapter, he said. On the submission of the report,Srikrishna said he will submit the report before December 31 as mandated by the government.The time given to me was December 31.I am never known to have crossed the time.So,the report will be submitted to the home minister by December 31, he said.On whether the committee would give a permanent solution to the problem,Justice Srikrishna said: We assume it is a permanent solution.But it is for the government to think over it and find a solution and it is for the people to accept it.
Asked what aspects have been covered by the committee,he said: whatever the government gave in the ToR and what all the aspects politicians in the know suggested and what all people told us. Srikrishna said it is for the government to decide on the contents of the report.Duggal said the committee,in the past ten months, had visited all the 23 districts of AP and interacted with people from all sections of the society.He said the committee members have made their own research papers on various aspects in the state. Asked whether he hoped that the political parties will maintain peace and harmony,Srikrishna said the committee takes the promise of political leaders on its face value.We take it on face value.But if there is a problem then the police is there and the law and order machinery will take action, he said.About paramilitary force being deployed in huge numbers in T,he said security is always needed and it is the duty of the government to take precaution.
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