The Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana has urged party’s Central leadership to reconsider the decision on bifurcation of the State in the wake of strong opposition from the Seemandhra people.
Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Mr. Satyanarayana said a copy of the resolution signed by himself, the Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Ministers and elected representatives favouring united Andhra Pradesh was forwarded to the Central leadership.
“I will talk to the Central leadership and appraise them about the prevailing situation and urge them to review the decision,” he remarked. Stating that a majority of the Ministers and public representatives were in favour of resigning their posts and membership of the Assembly/Council, the PCC chief said he could not do so as he would not be able to voice the concerns of the people of the region.
As critical questions were raised on bifurcation issue with concern being shown towards water, irrigation, education, infrastructure and status of Hyderabad, he wanted the high command to come out with a policy decision on the issue.
Mr. Satyanarayana said he could not say whether a resolution on Telangana would be passed in the Assembly or not. He brushed aside the talk of new capital saying that the key question was the future of five crore people of Seemandhra region. He hit out at TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao questioning his right to claim that they would provide full security to the people of Seemandhra in Hyderabad. “Who is he to talk about protecting the interests of Seemandhra people? Every one born in this country has the right to live in his or her place of choice. For that matter, Indira Gandhi contested the Lok Sabha election from Medak constituency. Nobody is living in Hyderabad at the mercy of KCR,” he pointed out. The PCC chief appealed to the people not to damage the statues of national leaders.
He blamed the TDP and YSR Congress leadership of encouraging the protesters to damage the statues. He accused the opposition parties of playing dirty politics for political mileage. He wanted the Congress leaders not to keep quiet and take on those indulging in violence.
