T-creation unlikely to be discussed
The government is expected to wait for the Winter Session of Parliament to introduce a bill to finally pave way for the creation of a separate Telangana state. For now, the government is gearing up for a long-drawn out process which involves a clearance from the Union Cabinet, setting up of a group of ministers to examine the division of assets and resources and the nod of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for bifurcation of the state to form Telangana.
Government sources said the Telangana issue is unlikely to come up in the meeting of the Union Cabinet on Thursday. After Tuesday’s decision of the Congress Working Committee to recommend to the Central government to form the 29th state, bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, it was widely speculated that the Cabinet will take up the issue in its next meeting.
It is learnt that the Cabinet has to initiate the process for the formation of Telangana by first creating a GoM to go into economic issues on creation of the new state.
The official said preparing a Cabinet note on such a far-reaching issue takes time and needs wider consultation and cannot be done in haste.
There has been indication from the top government functionary that the Centre may wait for adoption of a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly before the Union Cabinet takes up the issue for consideration, the official said. Sources also pointed out that Article 3 of the Constitution allows Parliament to take up the issue but the Centre is clearly keen to follow all due procedures involving the state government before it takes the next step. Besides, creation of Telangana will take four to six months as it involves a number of steps, including adoption of state re-organisation bill by Parliament by a simple majority, sources said.
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