Telangana theater moves to Delhi - TeluguPeople.com News

HYDERABAD : The Telangana drama has reached its Final Act to be played out in the Delhi theatre. The cast, crew and the props are shifting to the national capital for the climax scene to be enacted in the coming session of the Parliament.

While some of the dramatis personae of the searing drama are already camping in Delhi and some more will be reaching soon, a bulky consignment containing the copies of the draft Telangana bill reached the Union Home Ministry on Monday.

The copies of the draft bill, along with opinions of the MLAs, MLCs and suggestions for various amendments, were handed over to the officials of the Union Home Ministry.

The State government also forwarded the resolution moved by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and adopted by the State Legislature, to the Centre, seeking to reject the Telangana bill.

A team of General Administration Department (GAD) officials and Legislature Secretariat carried the consignment --- containing 35 bundles weighing 500 kilogram - in two shifts in regular flights from Hyderabad and delivered at the office of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

After discussing and giving a final shape by the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday, the Telangana bill would be sent to President Pranab Mukherjee's perusal.

Since the fate of the Telangana bill will be decided in New Delhi, political atmosphere in the national capital heated up with the ministers and leaders from the State belonging to all parties from both Telangana and Seemandhra regions descending on New Delhi to lobby for their respective causes.

The Telangana Congress leaders, including ministers K Jana Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, D K Aruna, J Geetha Reddy Shabbir Ali and others, landed in Delhi on Monday.

They met AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Affairs Digvijay Singh and complained to him against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's defiance and his plan to move the Supreme Court against bifurcation.

They are said to have appealed to the high command to direct Kiran to drop his idea of approaching the court, which will mar the relations between the State and the Centre.

Former Minister Mohammad Shabbir Ali said the Telangana bill was sent to the Centre after taking suggestions from the Law department. Just approaching the court opposing the bill, Telangana cannot be stopped, he asserted.

Information and Public Relations Minister D K Aruna exuded confidence that the BJP would extend support to the bill in Parliament. She said they were in Delhi to meet presidents of all national parties to garner their support for Telangana bill.

The Telangana leaders later met former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and sought his party's support to the Telangana bill in Parliament.

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu along with a team of his party leaders landed in Delhi on Monday and called on the Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh to seek his support for ensuring that the "defective and unconstitutional" bill is stalled in the Parliament.

Later, Naidu called on JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav. In the evening, he met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention in rejecting the bill, till an amicable solution was arrived at between both Telangana and Seemandhra people.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhara Rao is already in Delhi lobbying to muster support from all parties for the passage of Telangana Bill. On Monday, KCR called on Rasthriya Lok Dal leader and Union minister Ajit Singh and sought his support for Telangana bill.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, along with his loyalists and supporters, is expected to reach New Delhi by Tuesday morning with a similar mission.

Apart from meeting the President, the CM is also planning to meet some like-minded leaders in his endeavour to keep the State united. To emphasize his cause and also to draw attention of all concerned, he is also planning to stage a dharna besides moving the Supreme Court to stall the Telangana Bill. The President has granted appointment to Chief Minister at 12.30 PM on February 5.