MP slams delay in dividing HC

The TRS MP demanded for national status to the Kaleshwarm project and establishing a steel plant, tribal university, and Kazipet railway coach factory in TS as promised in the bifurcation Act.

The TRS on Friday said that people of Telangana state will never forgive the Modi government for unilaterally merging seven mandals in Khammam district of the state with Andhra Pradesh and for bringing an ordinance in its very first cabinet meeting for the purpose.

“Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has gone on record to say that he will not take oath as CM of AP until and unless these mandals are merged into AP. TS lost Sileru hydel power project located in these mandals to AP, when TS was facing severe power crisis,” Mr Vinod said amidst loud protests from TD members.

Mr Vinod’s comments on delay in bifurcation of the High Court also led to a furore in the House with TD members obstructing his speech. “There is illmotive (sic) on the part of AP for obstructing the bifurcation of the High Court. They could build the Secretariat and Assembly within a short span in Amaravati. But they have not built High Court buildings. This shows their ill motive. The present High Court in Hyderabad is serving both states. A majority of the judges in the High Court are not from our region. I don’t want to attribute anything to this. We demand that the Centre immediately bifurcate the High Court as promised in the Act," Mr Vinod said.

He demanded national status for the Kaleshwarm project, and establishing a steel plant, tribal university, and Kazipet railway coach factory in TS as promised in the bifurcation Act.

Mr Vinod took a dig at the NDA government for not sanctioning funds for Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya despite Niti Aayog recommending `25,000 crore. He recalled that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Karnataka Congress leader Veerappa Moily had opposed giving special status to AP and had written to the Centre in this regard in 2014.