As Telangana stands suspended, Pranab Mukherjee ensured while meeting a delegation of Congress MPs from the state’s Andhra and Rayalaseema regions in the Parliament House that the statehood of Telangana will not be discussed in Lok Sabha unless and until Andhra Pradesh passes a resolution keeping into view the wishes and demands of the leaders for another separate state of Telangana.
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Perhaps Andhra Pradesh splitting into two states is acting as a catalyst to haste the formation of smaller states. For Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister of India to consider the trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh. She has requested Dr. Manmohan Singh to let the rise of independent states of Bundelkhand and Harit take place.
This decision has been taken to tame the “Unmanageable” state of Uttar Pradesh. “I have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to give us clearance for creating independent states of Budelkhand and Harit Pradesh out of a giant-sized and unmanageable Uttar Pradesh.”
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Union home secretary G K Pillai hinted that Hyderabad will be the capital of Telangana, the proposed state to be cut out of the state of Andhra Pradesh. “Hyderabad, I think, will always be the capital of Telangana, Pillai stated at a press meet today.
This statement comes a day after atleast 130 MPs have threatened to resign in a protest against culling out the state of Telengana. “I’m sure that in the coming days, as people understand the real implication of what is meant, I think the agitation would die down and the process for formation of the new state would continue,” Pillai said.
Pillai’s remark has been termed “Provocative” by many.
The crisis has deepened as more and more political patriots deciding on resignations. The MPs led by K.Sambasiva Rao said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured them that no hasty decisions will be taken to bring into effect the new state. Rao said that “The prime minister has assured us that no hasty decision will be taken on this issue. He said the matter will be discussed in the Congress core committee meeting expected later Friday.”
L. Rajagaopal, a Congress MP, warned the government that he will start a fast if Telangana is ever designed out of AP. Out of the 130 MPs who have already submitted their resignations, 76 legislators belong to the ruling Congress, 40 of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and 14 of the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). They have all accused the UPA-led government of not consulting them when making decisions on Telangana. The Congress has a total of 156 legislators in State Assembly. Chief Minister K. Rosaiah although denied that the possibility of a minority position in the assembly if supporting legislators resign, but said that he received neither written nor oral directions from the central government to move a resolution in the assembly and pointed out that such resolutions can be passed only after consensus.
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On October 2nd, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, the leader who carved the path of Non-Violence, Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, told reporters that “some articulation and finalisation of institutional partnership in the field of energy, environment and climate change” is necessary in the wake of the recent global warming. India, according to the minister, is a“responsible player wanting a fair and equitable (climate change) agreement and prepared to play a leadership role in this regard, given its unique position in world affairs.”
Everything as of now depends on the meeting of the heads of the two states, Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama, on November 24, 2009.
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According to Robert Gibbs, White House Spokesperson, this meeting will trigger discussions on important issues such as global warming, nuclear programs and ohter such “global, regional, and bilateral issues of shared interest and common concern.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had hand-delivered the state-visit invitation from Obama during her July trip to India. Talks will be on to move forward the civilian nuclear trade between the two states that had been withdrawn some 30 years before.
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