Hyderabad: The UPA government continued to court controversy over the status of Hyderabad with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao describing the restrictions imposed on Hyderabad by the Union Cabinet as belittling and insulting the people of Telangana and demanding that the new state be given complete independence and statehood as in the case of the other states of India.The TRS chief said he will write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking amendments to the Bill,failing which he threatened war.According to the draft AP Reorganization Bill that was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Thursday,the joint capital of the two states will extend up to the GHMC limits of the state capital and administered by the governor with the assistance of two advisors appointed by the Centre.
As per the note submitted to the Group of Ministers,we wanted complete statehood for Telangana and that it should be the 29state of India.We are dissatisfied with the draft bill on Telangana since it is belittling to the people of Telangana.It envisages bestowing the control of law and order in Hyderabad on the governor which is insulting to the people of the region, KCR said at a press conference on Friday.The Constitution does not allow common capital for two states.Yet,we agreed to share Hyderabad as the capital with Seemandhra just on humanitarian grounds.But,they are trying to take advantage of that and infringe upon the autonomy of a democratically elected Telangana government, the TRS chief said.
KCR said the TRS vehemently opposes the continuation of the existing admission policy in higher education and medical education for another 10 years.Distribution of assets and liabilities,and pension of the government employees in proportion to population were the other anomalies listed by him
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I will write to the PM enlisting our objections,and suggest amendments to the draft bill.If needed,we will take a delegation to him.We will request the government to set right the anomalies in a humble manner.If they dont respond,then we will take to the streets and wage asecond war and show how enraged the Telangana people are. TRS sources said they are very upset over the fact that the Union Cabinet,without saying so,has turned the joint capital avatar of Hyderabad virtually into a Union Territory by bringing it under the control of the governor who is the representative of the Union government.Making it clear that the governor will be responsible for matters relating to law and order,internal security and security of vital installations,the AP Reorganization Bill approved by the Cabinet - says that he will discharge his duties in consultation with the council of ministers of Telangana but would not be bound by their advice alone.The decision of the governor in his discretion will be final, it states.Thus on all aspects of law and order and revenue in the joint capital of Hyderabad,the chief minister of the new state of Telangana will have no say and it will be the governor who will be calling the shots.
I will write to the PM enlisting our objections,and suggest amendments to the draft bill.If needed,we will take a delegation to him.We will request the government to set right the anomalies in a humble manner.If they dont respond,then we will take to the streets and wage asecond war and show how enraged the Telangana people are. TRS sources said they are very upset over the fact that the Union Cabinet,without saying so,has turned the joint capital avatar of Hyderabad virtually into a Union Territory by bringing it under the control of the governor who is the representative of the Union government.Making it clear that the governor will be responsible for matters relating to law and order,internal security and security of vital installations,the AP Reorganization Bill approved by the Cabinet - says that he will discharge his duties in consultation with the council of ministers of Telangana but would not be bound by their advice alone.The decision of the governor in his discretion will be final, it states.Thus on all aspects of law and order and revenue in the joint capital of Hyderabad,the chief minister of the new state of Telangana will have no say and it will be the governor who will be calling the shots.
Apart from the major issue of Hyderabad being virtually converted into a Union territory without being described as one,the draft Telangana Bill has many grey areas.For example,the GHMC limits extending over 625 sq km is spread across the entire district of Hyderabad and parts of Ranga Reddy and Medak districts.When it comes to the issue of law and order,the GHMC jurisdiction covers the entire Hyderabad district and parts of Cyberabad police limits.
Interestingly,several surrounding areas of Hyderabad including Shamshabad where the Rajiv Gandhi International airport is located,and Manikonda,where several IT companies have come up,do not come under the GHMC limits.With the TRS opposing the granting of key control of Hyderabad to the Centre through the governor,the status of the joint capital is far from being settled and the AP Reorganization Bill is likely to stumble at the first stage itself,that of being tabled in Parliament.Hyderabad is still the key and the arrangement proposed by the Cabinet might be acceptable to the Seemandhra people,but the fact remains that the Telangana people have been deprived of Hyderabad,and this alone is enough to scuttle the bifurcation of the state, said an official.
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(Source-toi)
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