Hyderabad: There is no consensus among Seemandhra Union ministers and Congress MPs on what to do next in order to prevent the Telangana Bill from being passed in Parliament.
Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal told the media on Friday that Seemandhra Congress MPs may meet President Pranab Mukherjee in the next few days to hand over a letter withdrawing their support to Dr Manmohan Singh’s ministry.
“We intend to dislodge this government so that Parliament will be dissolved. So there will be no question of the Telangana Bill coming before Parliament,”? Rajagopal said.
Though, the bifurcation issue was discussed by Seemandhra Congress ministers and MPs for over three hours on Friday, no action plan has emerged out to stall the Telangana state.
Union ministers K.S. Rao and M.M. Pallam Raju did not attend the meeting. The discussion held on whether the ministers should quit their posts or whether MPs should resign, or will it be proper to meet the President and withdraw support, or should the BJP, the main Opposition party, be encouraged to move a no-confidence motion in the ongoing Parliament session. Another meeting will be held on Monday.
Rajagopal, however, told the media that all options will be explored including pulling down the government. “We may withdraw support to the government so that it will be in a minority and will not have the right to introduce any new bills,”? he asserted.
Some MPs actually met BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu to see what the BJP thought about moving a no-confidence motion against the government, particularly after the declaration of five Assembly poll results on Sunday.
Pained by the turn of events concerning the division of state, Union tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to have his resignation accepted immediately.
Chiranjeevi had earlier tendered his resignation to the minister post on October 4 to Prime Minister protesting against Union Cabinet approving the Telangana state formation on October 3 following Congress Working Committee decision.
In his letter to Sonia Gandhi on Friday, Chiranjeevi has stated, “I’m pained with the sequence of events in the process of bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh. I am also hurt that the Seemandhra people’s views have not been reflected nor have their aspirations being met with the recent Cabinet resolution. It is extremely difficult for me to discharge my ministerial duties with such a heavy heart and a burdened conscience. Since I have already tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister on October 4, I request you as chairperson of UPA to kindly have my resignation accepted at the earliest with immediate effect’.
