New Delhi: Just a day before finalizing its report on the bifurcation of the state, the GOM is exploring the possibility of granting a special status to joint capital Hyderabad other than making it UT. Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who has been given the responsibility of finalizing the GoM report, explored various options on the status of Hyderabad with home ministry officials on Tuesday evening. Jairam Ramesh will discuss the options on Hyderabad with the Seemandhra Union ministers who have been called for a meeting with him at 10.30 am on Wednesday, sources told TOI. The Seemandhra ministers, MM Pallam Raju, V Kishore Chandra Deo, Kavuri Samabasiva Rao, D Purande swari, Panabaka Lakshmi, K Chiranjeevi, Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy, J D Seelam and Killi Kruparani have raised their pitch for making Hyderabad a Union Territory, a demand that is being fiercely opposed by the Telangana leaders. Apart from the status, the jurisdiction of Hyderabad too is being fiercely disputed with the T leaders wanting it to be restricted to the revenue division of Hyderabad district and the Seemandhra leaders seeking a larger common territory.
The GoM is aware of the demands from both the sides. A compromise that will be acceptable to both the sides will be arrived at, said the sources. After taking the views of all concerned including the Seemandhra Union ministers, the GoM in its full strength will meet at 2.30 pm the same day and after discussing all the contentious issues including the shape of Telangana, status and jurisdiction of Hyderabad and Bhadrachalam, will finalise its report.
Assembly session likely from Dec 2
The stage is being set for perhaps the last session of the state assembly of the united AP. Following a directive from the Centre, the assembly secretariat has begun preparations to hold the special session in the first week of December. The short but historic session which can extend to a maximum of four days,if necessary,will most likely commence on December 2 or 3,said sources. On Tuesday, Speaker Nadendla Manohar held meetings with the assembly staff and according to sources in the assembly secretariat, a meeting is scheduled with the police officials on Wednesday.
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Jairam Ramesh, who has been given the responsibility of finalizing the GoM report, explores various options on the status of Hyderabad with home ministry officials . Seemandhra Union ministers demand UT status for Hyd while T leaders vehemently oppose the move. T leaders want the strength of the new Telangana assembly to be raised from 119 to 153 to bring in political stability
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Jaipal sees no legal hurdles to division
New Delhi: The final report will be presented to the Union cabinet for clearance at its meeting on Thursday, the sources said. In this backdrop, Tuesday saw hectic developments in the national capital with leaders from both the regions making last-minute pitches to ensure a fair deal for themselves in postdivided Andhra Pradesh. Throughout the day, GoM members and Union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde, A K Antony and Jairam Ramesh met with various leaders from the state.
The day began with Union law minister Kapil Sibal meeting home minister Shinde to discuss the legal and constitutional issues likely to be addressed with regard to Hyderabad as joint capital. Later, on the same issue, Union science and technology minister and Telangana leader S Jaipal Reddy in meetings with Shinde and Ramesh vehemently argued against UT status for Hyderabad.
Emerging from the meetings, Jaipal said he had discussed the legal and constitutional problems that the formation of the new state would throw up. As an advocate of Telangana, I have conveyed my views to the GoM members in detail. There are no legal problems whatsoever due to the bifurcation of the state. In fact, there wont be any security issues for the Seemandhra people living in Hyderabad. Whoever forms the govt in Telangana will provide security to all the people living there, he said.
Meanwhile,MoS finance J D Seelam called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and requested UT status for Hyderabad. We are not against Telangana and also not against the transfer of Hyderabad to Telangana after 10 years. But this concession of UT would create a positive atmosphere in the assembly and help the Seemandhra MLAs to extend support to Telangana, Seelam told the media.
In the meantime, Union minister of state for railways Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy put pressure on the GoM for consideration of Rayala-Telangana.Armed with reams of resolution from 1,700 village panchayats from Kurnool and Anantapur district, he called on home minister Shinde on Tuesday morning and defence minister A K Antony in the evening and pressed for the inclusion of the two Rayalaseema districts in the new Telangana state. In case the Centre is not for the creation of Rayala-Telangana, Kotla wanted Kurnool to be made the capital of residuary Andhra Pradesh.
In between,a team of about 20 Telangana leaders including MLA Marri Sashidhar Reddy, Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao, former minister P Shankar Rao, former MP Mallu Ravi and MLC S Jagadeswar Reddy presented a memorandum to Shinde which demanded that the strength of the Telangana assembly be raised from 119 to 153 to in order to remove the political instability inherent in smaller states. Increasing the strength would provide stability and make political participation wider, Sashidhar Reddy said.
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(Source-TOI)
The GoM is aware of the demands from both the sides. A compromise that will be acceptable to both the sides will be arrived at, said the sources. After taking the views of all concerned including the Seemandhra Union ministers, the GoM in its full strength will meet at 2.30 pm the same day and after discussing all the contentious issues including the shape of Telangana, status and jurisdiction of Hyderabad and Bhadrachalam, will finalise its report.
Assembly session likely from Dec 2
The stage is being set for perhaps the last session of the state assembly of the united AP. Following a directive from the Centre, the assembly secretariat has begun preparations to hold the special session in the first week of December. The short but historic session which can extend to a maximum of four days,if necessary,will most likely commence on December 2 or 3,said sources. On Tuesday, Speaker Nadendla Manohar held meetings with the assembly staff and according to sources in the assembly secretariat, a meeting is scheduled with the police officials on Wednesday.
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T TEASER
Jairam Ramesh, who has been given the responsibility of finalizing the GoM report, explores various options on the status of Hyderabad with home ministry officials . Seemandhra Union ministers demand UT status for Hyd while T leaders vehemently oppose the move. T leaders want the strength of the new Telangana assembly to be raised from 119 to 153 to bring in political stability
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Jaipal sees no legal hurdles to division
New Delhi: The final report will be presented to the Union cabinet for clearance at its meeting on Thursday, the sources said. In this backdrop, Tuesday saw hectic developments in the national capital with leaders from both the regions making last-minute pitches to ensure a fair deal for themselves in postdivided Andhra Pradesh. Throughout the day, GoM members and Union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde, A K Antony and Jairam Ramesh met with various leaders from the state.
The day began with Union law minister Kapil Sibal meeting home minister Shinde to discuss the legal and constitutional issues likely to be addressed with regard to Hyderabad as joint capital. Later, on the same issue, Union science and technology minister and Telangana leader S Jaipal Reddy in meetings with Shinde and Ramesh vehemently argued against UT status for Hyderabad.
Emerging from the meetings, Jaipal said he had discussed the legal and constitutional problems that the formation of the new state would throw up. As an advocate of Telangana, I have conveyed my views to the GoM members in detail. There are no legal problems whatsoever due to the bifurcation of the state. In fact, there wont be any security issues for the Seemandhra people living in Hyderabad. Whoever forms the govt in Telangana will provide security to all the people living there, he said.
Meanwhile,MoS finance J D Seelam called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and requested UT status for Hyderabad. We are not against Telangana and also not against the transfer of Hyderabad to Telangana after 10 years. But this concession of UT would create a positive atmosphere in the assembly and help the Seemandhra MLAs to extend support to Telangana, Seelam told the media.
In the meantime, Union minister of state for railways Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy put pressure on the GoM for consideration of Rayala-Telangana.Armed with reams of resolution from 1,700 village panchayats from Kurnool and Anantapur district, he called on home minister Shinde on Tuesday morning and defence minister A K Antony in the evening and pressed for the inclusion of the two Rayalaseema districts in the new Telangana state. In case the Centre is not for the creation of Rayala-Telangana, Kotla wanted Kurnool to be made the capital of residuary Andhra Pradesh.
In between,a team of about 20 Telangana leaders including MLA Marri Sashidhar Reddy, Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao, former minister P Shankar Rao, former MP Mallu Ravi and MLC S Jagadeswar Reddy presented a memorandum to Shinde which demanded that the strength of the Telangana assembly be raised from 119 to 153 to in order to remove the political instability inherent in smaller states. Increasing the strength would provide stability and make political participation wider, Sashidhar Reddy said.
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(Source-TOI)
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