Guntur, January 07: Samaikyandhra leaders today welcomed the unified Andhra Pradesh option of Srikrishna Committee report. Speaking to Express, Samaikyandhra political JAC convener N Samuel said the government should act immediately to thwart any law and order problem in the state following the disclosure of the report. The government should also take up development works in the backward regions mentioned by the committee. The people’s views on the report should be considered. The JAC will carefully go through the committee report, he said.
Student JAC convener M Venkataramana of Acharya Nagarjuna University welcomed the first and sixth options of the report. However, he said the remaining options were not clear.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders in Vijayawada distributed sweets at Andhra Ratna Bhavan, welcoming the Srikrishna Committee report. Speaking on the occasion, City Congress Committee president Pyla Sominaidu hoped that the committee report would be acceptable to people of all three regions. Congress leaders Konijeti Ramesh, N Srihari and others expressed the same view. Welcoming the unified AP option of Srikrishna Committee report, TDP district president and Mylavaram MLA Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao said the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre should act immediately on the report and initiate measures to remove regional imbalances. Now, it is the responsibility of both Centre and state government to ensure balanced development of all the three regions in the state, he said.
–Agencies