Well, if you were surprised at the circular issued by Union Home Ministry (MHA) to Telangana State regarding awarding all powers of law & order over Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy to the Governor, you are not alone. You have company in the form of Rajnath Singh, the minister himself under whose name the circular was issued. When TRS MPs met the Minister in Delhi and complained about the circular’s contents, the Minister was puzzled! He is now looking at the file and seem to be asking questions to the officials in his ministry on the motives behind the circular. We know that a strong lobby works in MHA for certain AP bigwigs and the circular seems to be their handiwork. ...

After issues over Polavaram, Power PPAs, Water to Delta, the BJP and TDP combine in AP and in Centre are moving to hand the powers over law & order in Hyderabad and Cyberabad jurisdictions to the common governor. As per news from Delhi, the centre reportedly prepared this draft after AP CM Chandrababu Naidu gave it in writing to the Centre that the the law & order in Hyderabad should be maintained through the police forces of both AP & Telangana. Mr Naidu asked in his letter that all powers over law& order should be vested with the Governor and that the Commissioners of police should report directly to the Governor and not either of the State Governments. As per ...