SPECIAL ON TELANGANA ALL PARTY MEET

2-1-2020

special news story for VAARTHA

Tuesday meeting may suggest 

Prime Minister to  appointment of a 

Group of Union Ministers for Telangana

to lay roadmap with six months timeframe.

By R Rajagopalan

Centre proposes to seek the views of Andhra political parties on 

Tuesday January 5th to lay a road map for Telangana,

whether a Group of Union Ministers or to appoint a former 

Chief Justice of Supreme Court or form a Committee of 

Secretaries, be appointed. The meet is to pass an

unanimous resolution to this effect.

Once the decision is taken, P Chidambaram shall get

the approval of the Prime Minister to constitute the body.

This all party meet also to pass a unanimous

resolution for restoration of peace, law and order

in Andhra Pradesh.

P Chidambaram Union Home Minister shall make a

speech  The all party meet will be held in the main 

committee room of  Union Home Ministry in 

North Block. At eleven am on Tuesday, 

meeting will commences, to last for two 

or two and half hours.

According to highly placed Union Home Ministry sources

GK Pillai Union Home Secretary shall conduct the meeting.

while P Chidambaram shall also be intervening.

The salient features of the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram

draft speech likely to emphasis the following points.

*

The National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the UPA 

Government in the previous term contained a paragraph on 

Telangana which read:

*

 “The UPA Government will consider the 

demand for the formation of a Telangana State at an appropriate 

time after due consultations and consensus.”  

*

Major political parties in Andhra Pradesh contested the 

2009 Assembly elections on manifestos that, in one manner 

or other, declared support for the formation of a 

separate State of Telangana.  

*

On December 7, 2009 the Chief 

Minister of Andhra Pradesh convened a meeting of 

the floor leaders of the political parties in the State 

Legislature.  

*

All political parties, except the CPI(M), supported the 

proposal to adopt a resolution in the State Assembly 

for creation of Telangana.  

 

*

The minutes of the meeting were received by the 

Central Government on December 8, 2009.  

After considering the minutes, the Central Government 

decided to initiate the process of forming the State of 

Telangana.  

*

On December 9, 2009, it was announced that ‘an appropriate 

resolution will be moved’ in the State Assembly.  

*

Subsequently, all  major political parties in Andhra Pradesh 

witnessed deep divisions among 

their members, especially MPs and MLAs.  

It was obvious that the situation had altered.  

*

The Government tried its best to bridge the differences.  

Unfortunately, there was no agreement and it was 

felt that there was a need to hold further consultations 

with all political parties and groups in Andhra Pradesh. 

*

Hence, another statement was made on behalf of the 

Central Government on December 23, 2009 emphasizing 

the need for ‘wide ranging consultations’ and promising to 

‘take steps to involve all concerned in the process.”  

*

And that is why Central Government decided to 

convene this meeting of the leaders of the eight 

recognized political parties in Andhra Pradesh.  

*

P Chidambaram will end the speech 

with the following appeacl 

*

Now I propose to invite suggestions/views from

all the leaders to lay a road map should this meeting

not pass a resolution-for a body to study and have wider

consultations at ground level. If the body so formed

should be given a time limit of six months to submit the report.

And the resolution will be submitted to the Prime Minister

to constitute such a Body.

BJP team to the all party plans to emphasis the salient freatures

before laying a roadmap, that the carving out of Telangana should

be on the administrative Conveniences of the present united Andhra

also to take special care on territorial Integrity and 

keeping the georgraphical continuity

with more care on economic viability and finally go in

for consensus for Telangana.

ends