Govt trashes Sonia Gandhi charge on Andhra Reorganisation Bill

March 18, 2015 15:08
Govt trashes Sonia Gandhi charge on Andhra Reorganisation Bill

The Lok Sabha has passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Amendment Bill, 2015, which raises the number of members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from 50 to 58. The government rejected Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s charge that it is not fulfilling promises made to Andhra Pradesh when Telangana was carved out of it. Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju blamed the UPA government for the anomalies in the Act and said his government is working to prepare a more comprehensive bill to address various concerns and shortcomings.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said his government is trying to address the concerns of the state’s people. “But the government has inherited the situation, people talk of nine months, nine weeks, you took nine-and-a-half years to bring the bill and we took nine months.” Naidu said the original Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act had some mistakes which forced the government to bring the amendment bill. UPA had promised but failed to bring an ordinance on Polavaram project. “But in its first cabinet meeting, our government cleared it,” he said. Polavaram project is “crucial for the future of Andhra Pradesh” and should be implemented with “urgency, with complete regard to environmental sustainability and with full sensitivity to the Resettlement and Rehabilitation of affected families”.

By Premji

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