Shinde skewing facts, charges Vijayamma

Hyderabad: The YSRCP on Wednesday charged the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde of having distorted facts by claiming that they had given a letter in support of bifurcation of the State. In a letter to Shinde, the party honorary president Y S Vijayamma said that while all political parties had supported bifurcation, three parties’ i.e., YSR Congress, CPM and MIM had vehemently opposed the move to divide the State.

She said they were baffled to see that the Union Home Minister distorting the facts during his recent media briefing in New Delhi. She said the YSRCP has been very clear on the issue of bifurcation even at the all-party meeting held in New Delhi on December 28, 2012.

She said the letter had stated that ‘Doing justice to one region does not mean causing injustice to the other regions. This fundamental principle was ignored by Congress Party which has priorities in votes and seats. It is not fair on the part of the Centre to keep with it the powers of restructuring any State unless it can take decisions that would be agreeable to all the concerned parties without injustice to any region. This is the view expressed by three political parties‐ YSR Congress Party, MIM and CPI (M). If you cannot do justice, do not bifurcate the State and maintain status quo—this is the stand of the three parties.