Jagan writes to LS Speaker Meira Kumar

February 4, 2014

Hyderabad

 To

The
Honorable Speaker,

Office
of the Lok Sabha,

19,
Parliament Street,

New
Delhi 110001

Respected
Madam,

Ref: Your invitation to
leaders of political parties ahead of the Parliament session

Sub: YSRCP stand on Andhra
Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill – 2013 Regd/-.

While
thanking you for extending the invitation to attend the meeting of leaders of
all Political Parties, I express my inability to make it to the meeting personally
due to paucity of time.

However,
I place in this letter our Party stand on the issues that are to come up during
the ensuing session, more so the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill -2013 which
is among the 32 items of the agenda as I understand.

It is
the firm view of our Party that the Bill should not be tabled in the Parliament
after it was rejected by the State Assembly which moved a resolution to that
effect and was carried.

Our
Party is of the view that it is morally not proper to table a Bill rejected by
the Assembly.

We
have opposed the Bill and bifurcation of the state at many Forums and will
continue to do so even in the Parliament as we feel that the division is
undemocratic.

 We always stand for the best parliamentary
practices and extend our cooperation to you, Madam, but will oppose the State
Reorganisaton Bill tooth and nail.

Thanking
You,