The Telangana Chief Minister-designate, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on Tuesday said any central ordinance on Polavaram project would be opposed by the Telangana government.
Mr. Rao, who spoke to the media in New Delhi, said he had information about such an ordinance being cleared in the first meeting of the Union Cabinet.
“This would be an unconstitutional and undemocratic move and I urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to desist from any such move”, said the TRS supremo.
The proposed ordinance would pave way for transfer of 136 villages, 211 hamlets and seven mandals of Khammam district to the successor state of Andhra Pradesh.
The Telangana CM-designate argued that the boundaries could not be altered through ordinances, when two elected governments were waiting to take charge. They can be altered only after Parliament discussed it.
To a question, Mr. Rao said he was not opposing the Polavaram dam proposal but only its design. He sought to remind that Chhattisgarh and Odisha states were also opposing the project.
On another query on the reported statement of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N. Chandrababu Naidu objecting to setting up of a “war room” by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on the disputes over allotment of employees, Mr. Rao said a “War Room” was meant to collect and disseminate information on any issue, but not for waging a war.
He said he would welcome Mr. Naidu if he were to visit the “War Room”.
