Andhra Pradesh lodges protest with Centre over disputes with Telangana
Hyderabad: Alleging that Hyderabad City Police adopted partisan attitude on inter-governmental issues concerning Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, AP government has requested the Centre to operationalise the Act's provisions to bring city police under common Governor.
Hyderabad is the common capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10 years and ESL Narasimhan is the common Governor of both the states.
The protest by the AP government came against the backdrop of bitterness between the two states over various issues, including institutions which have not been allocated exclusively to any of the two.
"Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao met the Cabinet Secretary and the Home Secretary on November 7. He lodged a protest of the AP government with regard to the partisanship exhibited by Hyderabad City Police in settling inter-governmental issues arising out of the Re-organisation Act," a release issued by AP government last night said.
"These issues have to be settled in terms of the Sections of the Act. The Chief Secretary briefed them about a series of incidents involving a questionable role of Hyderabad Police," it said.
The AP Chief Secretary referred to the "incidents" involving institutions like National Academy of Construction
(NAC), National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) and the row over transfer of funds in AP Building Construction Workers Welfare Fund, the release said.
"The AP government has posted B Sam Bob, principal secretary to government, as in-charge Director General of NAC. When he went to the office to take charge, he was prevented by police from entering there and was requested to return. After prolonged arguments with the police for an hour, he had no other option but to come back," the release said.
"Since it is Society under the Societies Registration Act with branches across the state, the Telangana government should have allowed the existing arrangement to continue. If there was an issue, the Telangana government (should have) referred it to Government of India for a settlement. But, the institution has been taken over by the Telangana government," it said.
