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Kiran softens stand
Kiran softens stand, Discussion on draft T Bill, Telangana Bill. No amount of views expressed from public platforms would have any impact on the final decision to be taken by the President.
Asks TDP, YSRCP to participate in debate
- Stalling the Bill will imply you are in favour of bifurcation
- Views expressed from public platform mean nothing
- Says he will express his opinion in the Assembly
Hyderabad: Reiterating that united Andhra was not his slogan but his policy, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday appealed to all those who are integrationists to give up their resistance and participate in the discussion on draft T Bill in the Assembly and the Council.
Addressing the media Kiran said that it was easy for the TDP and the YSRCP to take decisions and implement them since they were regional parties and they need not have to wait for directions from the party high command in New Delhi as in the case of the Congress party.
Kiran said if the members continued to stall the proceedings, it would mean that they were in favour of bifurcation of the state. If they were really concerned about the welfare of the state, the farmers, youth, employees and the development of the state, they should participate in the discussion on the Bill and clearly express their views, he said.
He said this was a great opportunity for all the members to reflect the aspirations of the people of their respective regions. Some parties like the TDP and the YSRCP had been changing their stand on the issue of bifurcation of the state from time to time. “It is now time to prove our sincerity and if they want to keep the state united they should participate in the debate,” Kiran said.
No amount of views expressed from public platforms would have any impact on the final decision to be taken by the President. “He will go by the opinion expressed by the Assembly and if we do not express our views in assembly then it would be deemed that we have given our consent for division,” he said.
Criticising the YSRCP for its continued stand that a resolution should be moved in the Assembly before taking up the draft Bill for debate, he said if they continued to stall the House and if no debate took place, it would mean that the YSRCP had given its consent to the Centre to divide the state as per Article 3 of the Constitution.
Replying to a question, he found fault with the YSRCP for trying to split the APNGOs. Asked if he would move a motion rejecting the Bill, he said, “Wait and see what I will do. About the Bill I will speak only in the Assembly, not outside.”
In reply to another question on whether he would seek more time from the President to complete the discussion, Kiran said it all depended on how much time the members would take to complete the debate. “It may be over in three or four days or may take more time.” On the issue of putting it to vote, he said as per the Constitutional provisions, practices and conventions, it must be put to vote to know what was the opinion of the Assembly.
