Gutta Sukhender Reddy: Telangana’s doomsday today

New Delhi: Gutta Sukheneder Reddy, the sitting-in MP of Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency, expressed his discontentment over the passing of the bill on Polavaram ordinance in Lok Sabha. He addressed the media near the Parliament in Delhi and said that today was the doomsday for Telangana. He said the bill was passed a forcibly amidst lot of protest. He suggested that the Prime Minister should take the opinion of the four Chief Ministers into confidence on this very matter. He said that the bill is being opposed by Chattisgarh and Odisha states in addition to Telangana.

It is evident that amidst a strong opposition from the MPs of Telangana, Chattisgarh and Odisha, the bill on Polavaram Ordinance was passed in Lok Sabha with the voice vote. Later, the house was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Friday. In the Lok sabha, the TRS Party MP Vinod Kumar has strongly opposed the Bill presented by Union Home Minister concerning the inclusion of 7 Mandals of Submerged areas under the Polavaram project, on Friday. He reiterated that the ordinance was against the constitutional guarantees. He said that there was a need to seek the opinion of the states concerned, before changing the boundaries of any state. He said that moving a bill in Lok Sabha without taking the opinion of the states was illegal. It is worth mentioning here that the MPs of all the three states arrived at an amicable decision to oppose the move of passing the bill concerning the Polavaram Project. MPs of Odisha and Chattisgarh joined hands with TRS in their futile move.