As expected, the Polavaram Ordinance is challenged in Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. The PIL filed cited how the ordinance is unconstitutional as it seeks to alter the boundaries of states without Parliament’s role and seeked the court to strike it down. Only the Parliament through Article 3 of the constitution can alter boundaries of the state. Advocate R Chandrasekhar Reddy filed the PIL. He also filed another PIL asking for an immediate ‘stay’ on the ordinance.

The High Court on Saturday issued certain guidelines to those entering its premises with effect from June 2, when Telangana State becomes a reality. Telangana advocates have been demanding a separate high court for them. The Congress and BJP showed no interest in placating them while at the same time, executed the Polavaram Ordinance with extraordinary stealth and speed. Fearing anguished T advocates’ protests in the premises like those during the Telangana struggle, the High court notified that no one who doesn’t have business in court would be allowed into its premises. As per the notification issued by the registrar-general, no outsider, including the advocates not practicing in the court, would be permitted to enter the premises without proper reason. ...

The Government of India under the pretext of constructing Polavaram Dam, in the process of paying compensation to the tribals whose lands are under threat of being submerged has gone to the extent of issuing an ordinance transferring seven Mandals in the tribal district of Khammam from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh. This is unconstitutional, undemocratic, anti-tribal and against the spirit of federalism. At a time when Parliament is about to meet in a week’s time resorting to bring an ordinance in such an hurried manner as if there are no important matters of public interest in front of Modi Government is ridiculous. Transferring of a tribal Village or a Mandal that has predominantly tribal land, from one authority to a ...

Allotment of members through lottery in the Rajya Sabha to the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was completed on Friday in the chambers of the Chairman Hamid Ansari. As per the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 7 members have been allotted to Telangana and 11 to the residual state of Andhra Pradesh. Interestingly, the vocal supporters of the 2 States are allotted to opposite State. Keshava Rao of TRS has been allotted to Andhra while CM Ramesh and KVP have been allotted to Telangana. The vacant seats of N Janardhan Reddy went to AP quota. Members alloted to Telangana - Gundu Sudharani, (TDP) C.M. Ramesh (TDP) G Mohan Rao (TDP) V. Hanumantha Rao, (CONG) Palvai Govardhan Reddy, (CONG) Ananda Bhaskar ...

In a disgraceful way, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu in a press conference on Thursday afternoon admitted publicly that he personally fulfilled the promise of Polavaram made by UPA Govt through the ordinance. After about an hour, the news poured in that the President promulgated the Ordinance. This confirmed our story earlier that Venkaiah Naidu personally got the ordinance signed by President even while the union cabinet lied that they didn’t even discuss the issue. Venkaiah justified his act by saying that there is no controversy on the transfer of 7 mandals to Andhra and that all have agreed it at the time of passage of AP Reorg Bill. Then the natural question is why they had to lie about the ...