Amid the growing apprehensions about the fate of draft Telangana State Bill, three senior Telangana Ministers on Thursday called on Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrashekhar Rao and discussed the stalemate.
Telangana Ministers K Jana Reddy, Basavaraj Saraiah and Uttam Kumar Reddy met KCR at a time when Seemandhra leaders continue to mobilise their strength to delay the debate on the Bill in the State Assembly.
Telangana Ministers met KCR ahead of his meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday evening. Sources said that the KCR was going to submit a memorandum to the President seeking his intervention to ensure that the State Reorganisation Bill was passed by Parliament at the earliest so that the Telangana State becomes a reality.
As part of the drive against the Bill, YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtarpati Nilayam and submitted a memorandum. He also handed over an affidavit of his party’s MlAs, all belonging to the Seemandhra region against bifurcation of the State.
Interestingly some Telangana supporters tried to block the path of Jaganmohan Reddy’s convoy when it was on its way to Bolarum. The police took them in to custody. One of the protesters had his head and beard half shaven as a mark of protest against the Seemandhra leaders.
later talking to the reporters Jaganmohan Reddy said that like his party’s MlAs, Telugu Desam MlAs including party president N Chandrababu Naidu should also submit affidavits to the President in support of united Andhra Pradesh.
Charging Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other leaders of ruling Congress party with hoodwinking the people, he demanded that the Assembly should pass a resolution in support of united Andhra Pradesh.
“We will not support any debate on the State Reorganisation Bill in the State Assembly,” he said. Meanwhile, there was complete suspense over the next move of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy who was coming under pressure form several Seemandhra leaders of Congress party to flat a new party.
Amid the speculations of many Congress leaders quitting the party over Telangana issue, senior party leader from Anantapur JC Diwakar Reddy called on the Chief Minister. later talking to reporters he said he had no idea of the future plans or what he was going to do after January 3 when the Assembly session will resume.