New Delhi,October 03 :“The Bill needs only simple majority. But, if the NDA supports the Bill it will be passed with two-thirds majority. So it is the Congress which has to decide, not others,” he said.
The young TRS MLA said his father and Kothandaram would present the “right picture” to the Prime Minister when they meet him on the situation in the Telangana region.
He alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has not been providing the “right picture” to the Centre and has been “misleading” everyone by his public statements.
“Life in entire Telangana has been crippled for the past three weeks. But the chief minister says situation is under control. So, we want the Prime Minister and others to know the right picture of what is happening there and we will brief him,” he said.
Ramarao said when people’s aspirations are not met in a Parliamentary democracy, things could reach “unwanted proportions” and then it would be difficult to control.
Normal life in all 10 districts of Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh has been affected for the past 20 days due to a general strike called by the JAC to protest against the Centre’s delay in announcing the formation of a separate Telangana state.
Chandrasekhar Rao said the agitation and the strike would continue till the Centre comes forward and announces the formation of a separate Telangana state.
“We are not going to withdraw the agitation. The agitation will continue… The state government and the police force have tried all possible ways to provoke us and make the movement violent, but it will not happen. Our agitation has been silent, democratic and non-violent. It will continue the same way,” he said.
Rao also said there was no need for further discussions and appointment of a panel as “enough discussions and deliberations” have taken place in the past 10 years.
“How long they are going to cheat us? How many committees will they appoint? There was a Pranab Mukherjee Committee, then the Srikrishna Committee and now one by Ghulam Nabi Azad. There is no need for further discussion on the issue,” he said in response to a question.
Rao said the people of Telangana are just asking the Centre to live up to its announcement made on December 9, 2009 in which it had said the steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state would be initiated.