Hyderabad: Even before the state legislature discusses the AP Reorganisation Bill, 2013 — the so-called Telangana Bill — to express its opinion, President Pranab Mukherjee will get the 'views' of legislators of both regions in advance.
Seemandhra and Telangana MLAs have decided to express their views and suggestions on the Bill to the President in the form of affidavits.
Mukherjee will return to Delhi at the end of December. The state has time till January 23 to send its opinion to the President.
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The Assembly has not been able to discuss the Bill due to constant disruptions though it was tabled on December 16.
Fearing that the second part of the session, beginning January 3, may be a repeat of the current one, Telangana MLAs from all parties barring the CPM have already sent a joint letter to Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar stating that they will express their opinion in writing, and that this is to be considered as their views expressed in the Assembly. This, they said, could be forwarded to the Centre.
Legislative Council chairman A. Chakrapani also ruled that members can state their opinion in writing. Seemandhra legislators cutting across party lines have also decided to submit affidavits to the President and Manohar, opposing bifurcation and the T Bill, and demanding that the state be kept unified.
In the case of Telangana MLAs, the political joint action committee will submit affidavits to President.
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Anantapur: Authorities assigned to provide security to President Pranab Mukherjee refused to permit Samaikyandhra activists to submit representation during his visit to Anan-tapur and Puttaparthi on Monday.
Revenue minister N. Raghuveera Reddy said that several Samaikyandhra leaders had sought permission to meet the President regarding problems arising due to the state’s bifurcation.
Primary education minister and Seemandhra representatives forum convener Sailajanath, who is a part of the centenary birth anniversary celebrations of former President Neelam Sanjee-va Reddy, tried to convince the authorities to permit the activists to meet the President at the Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy stadium on Monday.
Raghuveera Reddy, however, said that Samaikyandhra representatives would meet the President in Hyderabad. The refusal of permission, meanwhile, is likely to spark protests in various parts of the district on Monday.
Sri Krishnadevaraya University JAC has given a call for protests in all parts of the dist-rict due to the President’s support to the division in his speech a day before arriving in Hyderabad.
