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After all, the CWC resolution stays
After all, the CWC Resolution Stays, Changes to Article 371-D, State Reorganisation Bill. Changes to Article 371-D will be done through the State Reorganisation Bill without recourse to Constitution Amendment.
- 371-D changes through T Bill
- No need of amendment to the Constitution
- Where is the Antony report, wonders the GoM
- Hyderabad as joint capital for 10 years
- No mention of Seemandhra capital in the Bill
- It will be part of the post-bifurcation exercise
- Rayala Telangana move dropped
- Union ministers divided over location of new capital
New Delhi: Changes to Article 371-D will be done through the State Reorganisation Bill without recourse to Constitution Amendment. Despite a plethora of suggestions given to the Antony Committee and the GoM, the Centre is going ahead with the determined agenda of following in principle the Congress Working Committee (CWC) Resolution of July 30, which laid down the parameters for the creation of Telangana. It was only on Monday that the GoM heard all the stakeholders, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, besides Union Ministers belonging to Seemandhra and Telangana regions.
The Antony Committee, which was set up with much fanfare, failed to produce a report. The report, sources stated, had not seen the light of day, leaving the GoM wondering where the report is. According to highly-placed sources, though voices are being raised for Constitution Amendment to overcome the hurdle of Article 371-D, the State Reorganisation Bill will bring out the necessary changes required to continue the protections provided under the Article in both the states. The Centre is in no mood to entertain the plea that the bifurcation cannot take place without Constitution Amendment that requires two-thirds majority in both Houses of Parliament and endorsement by at least 50 per cent of the state legislatures.
The Centre is ignoring the legal opinion tendered by Attorney-General G E Vahanvati, who is understood to have indicated that for creation of Telangana state, Parliament will have to pass Constitution Amendment.
Interestingly, it is not only on the issue of Article 371-D that the Centre is looking the other way, but also on various other suggestions given by the stakeholders of both Seemandhra and Telangana regions. “We have already made up our mind on vital issues and there is no going back on it,” stated a senior minister. He went on to add, “No matter how strong the case of any stakeholder is, the Bill will in toto follow the parameters laid down by the CWC Resolution.”
