Jagan's letter to Speaker on Telangana Bill: Full text

YSR Congress party president, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote to Speaker Meira Kumar to explain his unavailibility for the crucial all-party meeting on Telangana.

Here's the full text of the letter written by Jagan...

To
The Honorable Speaker,
Office of the Lok Sabha,
19, Parliament Street,
New Delhi 110001

Respected Madam,

Ref: Your invitation to leaders of political parties ahead of the Parliament session
Sub: YSRCP stand on Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill – 2013 Regd/-.

While thanking you for extending the invitation to attend the meeting of leaders of all Political Parties, I express my inability to make it to the meeting personally due to paucity of time.

However, I place in this letter our Party stand on the issues that are to come up during the ensuing session, more so the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill -2013 which is among the 32 items of the agenda as I understand.

It is the firm view of our Party that the Bill should not be tabled in the Parliament after it was rejected by the State Assembly which moved a resolution to that effect and was carried. Our Party is of the view that it is morally not proper to table a Bill rejected by the Assembly.

We have opposed the Bill and bifurcation of the state at many Forums and will continue to do so even in the Parliament as we feel that the division is undemocratic.

We always stand for the best parliamentary practices and extend our cooperation to you, Madam, but will oppose the State Reorganisaton Bill tooth and nail.

Thanking You,

Ys jagan mohan reddy