Countdown begins: Crucial Cabinet meet on Telangana tomorrow

Countdown begins, Cabinet meet to decide on Telangana tomorrow:

New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the creation of Telangana state. The Centre has convened a special meeting of the Union Cabinet to decide on Telangana on Tuesday.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has informed the media that the final decision on the creation of the Telangana state will be taken in the meeting on December 3.

He also added that all options on the state capital Hyderabad will be put before the Cabinet and the final decision will be taken there.

According to top sources confusion remains on whether to hand over law and order and land related issues to the Governor till the time Hyderabad is a joint capital of both the states.

Telangana leaders are opposed to this while the Seemandhra leaders are apprehensive that their property in Telangana might be targeted once the new state is made.

The YSR Congress Party is vehemently opposing the bifurcation of the state. The Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is also opposing the new state. According to insiders, he may even quit if the Centre goes ahead with the Telangana Bill.

Some of his Cabinet colleagues and MLAs from Seemandhra are also likely to quit after the Union Cabinet decision.

The new state Bill may even come up before the winter session of Parliament, which begins on December 5. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has taken an ambiguous stand on the new state. He maintains that both the regions must get a fair deal.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by K Chandrashekhara Rao, which is in the forefront of the agitation, has already warned the Centre of dire consequences, if it goes back on its word. Some leaders are favouring a Rayala-Telangana with the inclusion of two districts from Rayalaseema - Ananthapur and Kurnool to the new state. People of Rayalaseema are opposing any such move.

Source:ibnlive.in

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