The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimmen slammed the BJP-led NDA government for taking the ‘ordinance route’ to merge seven mandals of Khammam district with Andhra Pradesh for the construction of the Polavaram project. There was no need for the Government of India to issue an ordinance when the Parliament is due to meet shortly, said Majlis president Asaduddin Owaisi.
“It is not good for parliamentary democracy. What message is the government trying to send?” he asked. Speaking to presspersons after meeting Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan here on Thursday, Mr. Owaisi said he lodged a strong protest with the latter. It is for the Telangana government to take a decision and it had not given its approval for merger of the mandals, he said and hastened to add that the Majlis was not against the Polavaram project.
The Majlis leader expressed surprise at the statement of TDP leader N. Chandrababu Naidu that discussion should take place on the issue before a decision was taken.
