Speaking to media persons after meeting Sonia Gandhi here, Jaipal Reddy said that he has requested Sonia Gandhi to hasten the Telangana formation process. He said that no strings should be attached to the Telangana State and it should be independent like other States in the country. He also opposed the proposal to make Hyderabad a Union Territory and also said that Bhadrachalam should remain part of Telangana.

Jaipal Reddy said that no constitutional amendment was required to form Telangana State. He said the Centre could continue the implementation of Article 371 (D) in both Telangana and residual State of Andhra Pradesh. He expressed confidence that the Telangana Bill would be introduced during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning from December 5.

Jaipal Reddy is also learnt to have discussed the latest political situation in the State including Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s statements against the Congress High Command’s decision.

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]]> https://innlivenews.in/2013/11/25/jaipal-asks-sonia-to-hasten-t-formation-process/feed/ 0 https://innlivenews.in/2013/11/19/cm-congratulates-pm-sonia-gandhi/ https://innlivenews.in/2013/11/19/cm-congratulates-pm-sonia-gandhi/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:08:25 +0000 https://innlivenews.in/?p=26175 Hyderabad, Nov 19 : Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for inaugurating “Bharathiya Mahila Bank”, the first ever bank exclusively for women, in Mumbai.

In a message, the Chief Minister said that the proposed Mahila Bank would go a long way in realising the dream of women empowerment in the country. He also thanked Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram for inviting him for the programme. He said that Andhra Pradesh has always been in the forefront of women empowerment and has been a role model for the entire country. Stree Nidhi Bank has been set up by the state government to provide easy loans to women. Andhra Pradesh is the only state to launch a bank specifically for the women.

An amount of Rs.1500 crores has been provided as starting capital for this bank. This scheme has been envisaged to financially uplift the rural women and to protect them from the clutches of micro finance and other private money lenders. Women can get Rs.15,000 as loan which can be repaid in 24 installments. Another important initiative taken towards women empowerment which will benefit over 1.49 crore women in the state is the interest free loans programme. INN

The UPA Chairperson gave this re-assurance to a group of freedom fighters from Telangana who met her on the sidelines of 71st anniversary of Quit India Movement celebrated at Quit India Movement at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. The freedom fighters – Pasam Chandrasekhara Reddy (Nalgonda), Venkata Rao (Mahabubnagar), Ramachandra Reddy (Warangal) and Nagabhushana Tao (Khammam) were among 121 freedom fighters who were honoured during ‘At Home’ programme by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Later, the freedom fighters met Sonia Gandhi and thanked her for taking a favourable decision on Telangana. She reportedly assured the freedom fighters that the Centre would soon carve out Telangana as the decision has already been taken and announced. However, she asked the Telangana people to wait in peace and avoid confrontation with Seemandhra people.

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According to sources, citing lack of consensus, the Congress High Command might delay the decision, which was earlier expected to be taken during Congress Core Committee meeting scheduled on July 12. “There is no change in stand by any leader. While Telangana leaders want a separate State, the leaders of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, are against the division,” a senior Congress leader involved in the process of preparing the road-map for Telangana told this website.

PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana has collected the views of MPs and ministers while camping in the national capital since three days. However, sources say that the opinions expressed before the PCC president and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy were divided. Following lack of consensus, the Congress leadership might not announce any decision on the Telangana although the Core Committee might discuss the issue.

Another leader pointed out that the Telangana Sadhana Sabha held on May 30 in Hyderabad was aimed at preventing the exodus of leaders to Telangana Rashtra Samithi. The Congress leadership was worried that more MPs and MLAs would follow senior leader K Keshava Rao, MPs G Vivek and Manda Jagannatham to the TRS. The Telangana Sadhana Sabha meeting was perfectly planned and it coincided with the visit of AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh to Visakhapatnam. The next day, he came to Hyderabad and held discussions on the issue. This was again followed by a series of meetings and visit of senior leaders to the national capital.

Sources said that the report submitted by Digvijay Singh to Congress president Sonia Gandhi contained no specific recommendation on formation of Telangana. He only presented an overall view of the existing scenario in the State. The Congress party is now planning to drag the issue till the end of August although it might take measures to maintain the present momentum.

مجلس اتحادل المسلمین سے تعلقات منقطع ہونا، کانگریس پارٹی سے لگاتار کئی قائدین کی وائی ایس آر کانگریس پارٹی میں شمولیت اور حال ہی میں سابق وزیر شنکر راؤ کو پولیس حراست میں لیتے وقت اپنایا گیا رویہ. ان سبھی باتوں کی وجہ سے نہ صرف کانگریس پارٹی کی ساکھ متاثر ہوئی ہے بلکہ مسلم اور دلت بھی پارٹی سے دور ہو رہے ہیں. ان حالات کے بیچ پردیش کانگریس کمیٹی کے صدر بوتسا ستیانارائنا سے اختلافات نے ریاستی حکومت کو خطرے میں ڈال دیا ہے

پیر کو روز ہائی کمان کے بلاوے پر دہلی پہنچے وزیر اعلی کو ان سب الزامات کا جواب دینا پڑا. حالانکہ کرن کمار ریڈی نے یہ یقین دلانے کی کوشش کی کہ وہ حالات پر قابو پانے پوری ایمانداری سے کام کر رہے ہیں، لیکن کانگریس ہائی کمان نے یہ صاف کر دے کہ وہ انسے ناراض ہیں اور انھیں یہ ناراضگی دور کرنے کے لیئے مثبت اقدام اٹھانے پڑینگے

پیر کے روز کر ن کمار ریڈی نے دہلی میں سونیا گاندھی اور غلام نبی آزاد کے علاوہ کئی سینئر قائدین سے ملاقات کی. چیف منسٹر نے قریب آدھے گھنٹے تک سونیا گاندھی اوران کے سیاسی مشیر احمد پٹیل سے ان کے گھر دس جن پتھ پر ملاقات کی ۔ مانا جا رہا ہے کہ کرن کمار ریڈی نے تلنگانہ معاملہ پر تفصیلی گفتگو کی ہے ۔ اس کے علاوہ کر ن کمار ریڈی نے غلام نبی آزاد سے بھی آدھے گھنٹے تک بات چیت کی ۔ انہوں نے صدر جمہوریہ پرنب مکھر جی سے بھی ملاقات کی۔
ذرایع کے مطابق کرن کمار ریڈی کو دہلی طلب کرنے کا اصل مقصد تلنگانہ معاملے پر بات چیت کرنا تھا. انکا یہ دورہ ایک ایسے وقت میں ہوا جبکہ جوائنٹ ایکشن کمیٹی نے پہلے ہی تلنگانہ حصول کے لئے بڑی تحریک چھیڑنے کی دھمکی دے دی ہے ۔ جے اے سی نے واضح کیا ہے کہ وہ قومی شاہ راہوں پر احتجاج کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ، مارچ کے پہلے ہفتہ میں چلو اسمبلی ریلی منعقد کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے

واضح رہے کہ غلام نبی آزاد اور سشیل کمار شنڈے پہلے ہی کہہ چکے ہیں کہ مرکز تلنگانہ مسئلہ پر غور و خوص کر ہی ہے اور اس سلسلہ میں صدر پردیش کانگریس اور تینوں علاقوں کے قائدین سے بھی بات چیت کی جائیگی

وزیر اعلی سے ملاقات کے بعد سونیا گاندھی نے سشیل کمار شنڈے سے تلنگانہ معاملے پر گفتگو کی

The MPs who came to Delhi with the resignation letters had left them with Congress President Sonia Gandhi office and said they will send them in the proper format this time if the issue is delayed.

S Rajaiah said they will continue in the party till the resignations are accepted.

The MPs softened their stand after AICC spokesperson PC Chacko said that the Party is not against Telangana and is probing all options.

To keep the pressure up the MPs said that they will send letters directly to the Speaker Meira Kumar if there is any undue delay. They arrived here with a letter of joint resignations to Congress President Sonia Gandhi..

“This time we will send the letters in the prescribed format to the Speaker,” Gutha Sukhender Reddy said adding that they come to a decision after thorough discussions and weighting pros and cons.

The seven party MPs – Manda Jagannatham, Ponnam Prabhakar, S Rajaiah, G Vivek , G Sukhender Reddy, Rajagopal Reddy and Madhu Goud Yaskhi have been vocal about the issue and have taken the stand of sending the resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi was came to the national capital on invitation from senior leaders.

However, their opinion stands divided on whether or not to give the resignation letter in wake of Chacko’s statement.

In the letter to Sonia Gandhi, the MPs said that the situation is critical in the region with continuing suicides, and it would be difficult for them to continue in the party in such circumstances.

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PCC Vice President Indrasena Reddy wrote a letter to Congress chief, Sonia Gandhi stating that Botsa had attended the Samaikyandhra Meeting held at Rajahmundry in the capacity of PCC president which has sent wrong signals to people of the other regions.

He urged the Congress President to take disciplinary action against Botsa as he has hurt the feelings of people of other region by attending the meeting.

The State president should have been kept away from the meeting which was organized by integrationists as it has been a debatable point, he said in the letter. He should be reprimanded for his behavior which has hurt the sentiments of people of other regions, he said. INN

While Government whip Jagga Reddy said that TRS president K Chandrasekhar Reddy has been agitating only to making his presence KCR said Congress has no future in the State. He alleged that KCR had once told him that smaller states could not develop fast. KCR is known for his provocative statements and adopting attitude of confrontation, he said.

TRS MLA K Tarakarama Rao on the other hand criticised congress and called it a party that has no value for democratic principles. It has been encouraging dynasty rule, he said. “We have the right to criticize anyone who is against Telangana and even Nehru had sided with Andhra people during the merger,” he said.

When we criticize Sonia, Congress leaders are raising a hue and cry but they are silent when Jagan Mohan Reddy criticizes her, he said. As the sentiment is strong, we are prepared to join hands with anyone who promises a separate state, he said. INN