The Group of Ministers (GoM), set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, finalised its report on Wednesday along with the draft Telangana Bill but remained non-committal on the time of its submission to the Union Cabinet.
After a four-hour marathon meeting, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who heads the GoM, said they discussed various issues concerning the bifurcation and distribution of assets between the residuary State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
“Some discussions are still left. I cannot say when the GoM will submit the report to Cabinet,” he told reporters. The Cabinet has a scheduled meeting on Thursday. Sources said the GoM has finalised its report as well as the draft Telangana Bill to be submitted to the Union Cabinet for its consideration.
On Tuesday, Shinde had said the ministerial panel was trying to find ways to not to hurt any region of the state while creating Telangana. The GoM had held a series of meetings with leaders of eight political parties, Union Ministers from Andhra Pradesh and CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy and officials in the past one month and they gave their opinion on distribution of assets and other issues between the new State and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh.