New Delhi/Hyderabad: The Group of Ministers (GoM) looking into issues related to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, will hold a crucial meeting in the national capital on Wednesday as the hectic parleys were on to find an amicable solution.
The GoM, which held consultations with central ministers from the state, various political parties and government departments, will meet at 2.30 pm. The meeting may finalise the report to be presented to the union cabinet.
The cabinet meet scheduled for Thursday is likely to take note of the GoM’s recommendations for incorporating them in the draft bill being prepared for carving out Telangana state.
The draft bill is likely to sent to President Pranab Mukherjee later this week for referring the same to Andhra Pradesh assembly for its opinion.
The central government intends to table the bill during winter session of parliament next month.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who is heading the GoM, hinted that Wednesday’s meeting of the GoM may not be the final one. “We are trying to find a solution which doesn’t hurt anybody,” he told reporters.
Some GoM members met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening.
Shinde and Jairam Ramesh met her on Tuesday and they believed to have discussed the draft report. Jairam Ramesh later met Science and Technology Minister S Jaipal Reddy, who hails from Telangana.
Jairam Ramesh is also scheduled to meet central ministers from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra) on Wednesday morning.
A day after meeting Gandhi, Jaipal Reddy said people and all political parties of Telangana were totally opposed to the demand for union territory status to Hyderabad. (IANS)
