Hyderabad: Launching a counter attack, the Telangana BJP has warned that the party would hold a dharna at the CM’s camp office here if Chief Minister Chandrasekhar staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on the High Court bifurcation issue.
Telangana BJP president Dr K. Laxman said the Centre was ready for bifurcation of the High Court but the CMs of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were not being serious about this.
“We support the advocates JAC agitation demanding bifurcation of the High Court and withdrawal of options for Andhra origin judges seeking postings in Telangana. I agree it will cause injustice to Telangana. But the TS government was in deep slumber when the postings took place. There was no objection from the state government. Subordinate courts come under the purview of the states,” Dr Laxman said.
He said that though judges and lawyers were marching in the street by risking their jobs, the CMs of the two states were maintaining their cool. “BJP will stand by the advocates’ demand. The Centre will don the role of an elder brother and do justice to both the states. We will not compromise on the demand for postings of Telangana judges for Telangana,” he said.
Dr Laxman, BJP legal cell chief N. Ramachander Rao, MLC, Chin-tala Ramachandra Reddy, MLA, and others participated in the day-long dharna organised by the BJP legal cell at Indira Park on Tuesday demanding bifurcation of the High Court, withdrawal of suspension of 11 jud-ges and cancellation of postings of Andhra judges in Telangana.
Mr Ramachander Rao reminded Union law minister Sadananda Gowda that during his campaign for MLC elections in the state, he had promised to carve out a separate High Court within 100 days. “Yes, we promised to do this, and are ready to do so even today. But after Gowda’s statement, a PIL was filed in High Court. Subsequently, the state government identified a building in Gachibowli for location of the Telangana High Court. But when the issue came up before the CJ, he objected to this, saying rules do not permit two High Courts in one state and Andhra Pradesh sho-uld construct a new High Court in their st-ate,” Mr Ramachander Rao said.
