Monday, 2 December 2013

Doors open on Rayala Telangana

Hyderabad: Wittingly or unwittingly, the Congress leadership dropped sufficient hints on Monday that Rayala Telangana with 12 districts, including Kurnool and Anantapur from the Rayalaseema region, is a possibility. The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from Telangana leaders, including Union minister Jaipal Reddy.
Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, in an informal chat with newsmen, said that the Rayala Telangana proposal was very much under consideration, but that no final decision had been taken. He said the GoM would meet on Tuesday evening to finalise the draft Bill.
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AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh said the Rayala Telangana proposal was very much alive and it was for the GoM and Union Cabinet to consider and approve it.
The indications, however, are that the Telangana Bill will not make it to Parliament by December 20, the last day of the Winter Session. A special session will then have to be called to pass the legislation.
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Union parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath met with floor leaders on Monday ahead of the opening of the Parliament session on December 5, where he said the T Bill was not yet ready.

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