Science and Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and discussed the formation of Telangana state.
“I expressed my opinions about Telangana. He assured me that a final decision will be taken after considering my opinions,” he said. “When Telangana will be formed, then security will be provided to tackle the law and order problems,” he added.
“As such there are no legal problems for the formation Telangana. Hyderabad will be made a union territory, and we are all getting ready for it,” he said. “I had also talked to Congress Working Committee (CWC) regarding the issue. But right now people of Seemandhra living in Hyderabad are safe” he said. Earlier on November 18, a GoM had completed discussions with various stakeholders from the Telangana, Seemandhra and Rayalaseema region.
The Supreme Court had refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Union Cabinet”s decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out a separate Telangana state. A bench of Justices H L Dattu and Madan B Lokur on November 18 said the petition filed against bifurcation of the state is premature, as Parliament and state legislature are still to pass it. The Group of Ministers headed by Shinde, was constituted to address all the issues that need resolution at the central and state government levels in the matter. On October 3, the Union Cabinet had decided to go ahead with the process for the creation of a separate Telangana state carved out from Andhra Pradesh.(ANI)