Hyderabad: Revenue minister N. Raghuveera Reddy on Tuesday remained non-committal about whether Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy would move a motion against the AP Reorganisation Bill 2013 in Assembly.
Raghuveera Reddy, along with ministers Anam Ramnarayana Reddy and Ganta Srinivasa Rao, held a press conference to appeal to the YSR Congress and Telugu Desam to allow debate on the state division bill.
Asked whether the Chief Minister or any other member from the ruling party fighting for a united Andhra Pradesh would move a Motion as had happened in the Bihar Assembly while dealing with the Jharkhand division Bill, the minister initially said the option would be considered if such a demand arose during the debate.
When mediapersons brought to his notice that the YSR Congress had already been asking for such a Motion, the minister said anything could emerge out of the debate.
“That is why we are appealing to the YSRC and TD to cooperate with the Speaker in carrying out debate,”?he said. The Chief Minister was fully committed to an integrated state, he added.
The ministers sought to project that Parliament or the President might rethink on the state’s division if Seemandhra members could successfully send views on how bifurcation would spell doom. “The President will refer the issues raised by us during the debate for legal opinion,”?they added.
Raghuveera Reddy also accused the YSRC of facilitating division by halting the debate.
“The party is fully aware of its dismal performance in Telangana and decided to work for division so that it can taste electoral fortunes in 175 segments only,”?he said, adding that TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, was avoiding a debate as he was afraid of his true colours coming out during the same.
The ministers also said that MPs from Seemandhra would not be able to debate in Parliament if their counterparts in the Assembly failed to raise relevant issues.
If all 159 members from Seemandhra pressed for amendments to the Bill and defeated clauses that were in support of the division, Parliament would rethink on division, the revenue minister said.
