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Sonia asks Kamal Nath to secure BJP’s support for T bill in winter session!

Following feedback from two separate sources on the delay in drafting the bill on Telangana, Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put the GoM on the fast track. Dr Singh has been asked by the United Progressive Alliance chairperson to hold three to four meetings in a week to complete the task of drafting the bill. Gandhi reportedly was visibly angry when she was told that the ministers in the GoM are not ready to stick their necks out while drafting the bill. In a meeting of the Congress core group on Friday, Gandhi also directed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath to secure the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party in passing the bill in the winter session ...

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President Pranab suggests tribunal for Andhra-Telangana issues?

President Pranab Mukherjee, the former trouble-shooter of the Congress party, may informally ‘guide’ the Union government in drafting the bill on the creation of Telangana. He will be acting ostensibly on the basis of a memorandum received by him from 35 Members of Legislative Assembly of the Andhra Pradesh’s Congress unit. Indications of Mukherjee’s interest in the matter can be gauged from the queries sent by the Rashtrapati Bhavan secretariat to senior home ministry officials, seeking clarifications on how the government is going to handle various tricky issues, including those listed in the MLAs’ memorandum. Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, who is currently in Delhi, has already held two meetings with Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The governor also ...

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Seemandhra Leaders’ Emails that OKed Telangana with conditions leaked!

From Agnikanam blog In the process of implementing the decision of forming Telangana state as 29th state of India, the Group of Ministers (GoM) invited emails from people with their opinion on the de-merger of Andhra Pradesh. The below are some of the leaked excerpts from the emails written to GoM by Seemandhra politicians and people. All leaders are accepting the formation of Telangana state but with some personal conditions. Chandrababu Naidu, president of Telugu Desam Party (TDP): Sonia Gandhi should distribute alleged black money equally among her children and stand as example. Congress should never probe or ask for any CBI or any probing authority to investigate any of Chandrababu Naidu’s alleged illegal wealth be it in Telangana and ...

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GoM to submit report before winter session – Shinde

The Group of Ministers on Telangana will submit its report on creation of the new State, by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, before the winter session of Parliament, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Friday. But the Minister, who heads the high level panel, refused to give any time frame by when Telangana would be created. “There is a process [of creating a new State] …. When Parliament passes the [Telangana] Bill, the new State will be formed,” he told journalists here. Meanwhile, senior officials of the Home Ministry had a meeting with their colleagues in other Central ministries over the creation of Telangana and submitted reports on Andhra Pradesh. The Home Ministry and other Ministries are preparing reports on division ...

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