No scope for Samaikya resolution, says CM
HYDERABAD: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has rejected YSR Congress' demand for moving a Samaikyandhra resolution in the Assembly before a debate on the Telangana draft bill is taken up by the Assembly.
Stating that the demand was meaningless since a Samaikyandhra resolution independent of the Telangana bill could not be moved in the House as the bill was remitted to the state legislature by the President, Kiran said during an informal chat with reporters here on Saturday, 'Whatever resolution moved in the House will have a bearing on the Telangana process only if it is passed as part of the debate on the Telangana bill. It is, therefore, not possible to move a separate resolution favouring Samaikyandhra in the Assembly.
Even if the House adopts such a resolution, the President might not accept it becaise it will be independent of the Telangana bill.' Kiran called upon YSRC legislators, who are firm on stalling the proceedings of the Assembly till a Samaikyandhra resolution is moved in the House, not to press for a resolution in favour of keeping the state united.
Instead of trying to obstruct a debate on the bill in the House, if all the Seemandhra legislators, including those from the YSRC, allow a smooth discussion, then it would help the cause of Samaikyandhra, he suggested and called upon Seemandhra MLAs of various parties to express their views on the bill by taking part in the debate. Asked if the debate on the bill had begun or not, Kiran said it had not begun.
'Debate on Bill Yet to Begin'
Stating that the debate on the T-bill was yet to begin, the chief minister hoped that it would begin in the Assembly at least on Monday. 'The Assembly should debate the Bill. It is better if the debate begins at the earliest. The government will try to facilitate the debate. However, it is the presiding officers who have to decide,' he said.
'Seeking Opinion is Seeking Vote'
Stating that no states reorganisation bill has been passed by the Assembly concerned without being put to vote, Kiran said President's seeking of the views of the Assembly meant nothing but holding a voting on the bill.
'How can any House express its opinion on the reorganisation bill without holding a voting. Voting could be either a voice vote or any other form of division,' he said.
News Posted: 5 January, 2014
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