Hyderabad, February 25: Former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology PM Bhargava has appealed to the central government to introduce a bill on Telangana in the current session of Parliament .
In an open letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and leaders of all political parties, the copies of which were released to the press here today, he said that since the Telangana movement reached a point of no return, the centre cannot go back on the promise it had made on the statehood demand.
“People of the region rightly feel that it is now or never. The central government constituted Justice BN Srikrishna Committee to delve into the issue and make its recommendations.
But after nearly 11 months of elaborate exercise, the committee has submitted a flawed report. There is a case pending before the High Court on why the committed kept secret the observations on the law and order situation on the basis of which it made the recommendations.
The attorney-general himself has stated to the High Court that the committee has no legal standing and its report has no significant validity. After home minister P. Chidambaram declared on December 2009 that `the process of forming the state of Telangana will be initiated’, the process was halted by those who have a vested interest in Hyderabad city,’’ the letter, which was also signed by Hyderabad Forum for Telangana convener Rama Melkote and about 100 eminent personalities from various walks of life in the region, said. Bhargava also released three pamphlets _ ‘Appeal to All Political Parties’, ‘Whose Hyderabad is it?’ and ‘Telangana: A Turning Point in Indian Democracy’ – on the Telangana history and agitation.
–Agencies