Our stand is vindicated: YSRCP

Hyderabad, Jan  27, 2014: Resolutely affirming that the Party stand has been vindicated on the undemocratic division process of the State, YSR Congress has said that true colours of Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition have been exposed as their ambiguity and deception were unmasked as they are toeing the same line of our Party which has asked for a resolution for a united state and demanded to send the Bill back to Centre for reconsideration.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and N Chandrababu have been deceiving people and have taken people for a ride all these days by spinning stories while YSRCP has vehemently opposed the division and has demanded for an assembly resolution for a united state and to send the Bill back for review as it is against the federal spirit, party spokesperson Gattu Ramachnadra Rao told reporters here on Saturday.

Our Party leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has toured the entire state to muster support for the need to amend article 3 to the effect that it cannot be misused by the Party in Centre and has mobilised public opinion across the nation that the state is being divided undemocratically without taking the assembly into consideration.

There were countless representations to the State and Central Governments for convening the assembly to pass a resolution but they were not heeded to.

Our Honorary President YS Vijaymma has served notices under rule 77 and 78 on December 12 and 16 subsequently seeking a resolution for a united state and sending back the draft Bill as it is full of fallacies. Even on January 24 she reminded about her earlier notices but the Speaker did not reply though it is binding on his part to reply within 10 days.

Our contention that agreeing to participate in the discussion amounts to accepting the division was not taken well by the other parties that have casted apprehensions and when our Leader in the Assembly has insisted on voting on the clauses of the Bill, they were not considered.

“Suddenly the Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition resort to theatrics and take out their masks and as if giving a startling revelation they say that the Bill is full of loopholes and it should be sent back to the Centre for review and a resolution should be passed in favour of a united state. They also have the audacity to say that there is no need to discuss the Bill which is only a draft.  

These copycats have given notice to the Speaker to that effect under the same rules which YSRCP has given in last month. The two leaders who claim to be senior most members did not err in judgment but it was by design and they are acting according to a plan.

The veracity of the Bill is being questioned after the special session is running out of time and is on extension. For such experienced persons this cannot be an excuse. They never attended the BAC meeting nor did they object to any of the deeds that lead to the division process.

In both the parties there were conflicting arguments from members in tune to their respective regional affiliations but the leaders were mum and allowed the double speak to do the rounds. This dichotomy has now ripped open and Chief Minister and C Ramachandriah giving notices to the Assembly Speaker and Council Chairman shows that they lack political perspective and have been fooling the people all the time.

Kiran Kumar Reddy who has been talking on the Bill for the past three days suddenly asks his minister to give a notice under rule 77, though one such notice given by YS Vijayamma was pending since last month.

The Bill is a sword which has come to slash the State into two and we should oppose it tooth and nail has been our stand while Congress and TDP that has supported the division Bill and brought the affairs to this pass and they need to apologise publicly, “ he said.

Forty-four days after the Bill landed on a war-footing the session took up discussion and Kiran Kumar Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu are still trying to fool the people. Had they agreed to YSRCP proposal of assembly resolution Delhi would have been scarred by now, he added.