Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal said that the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill 2013 should be debated in the state Legislative Assembly.
Participating in a "Meet The Press" program organised by the AP Journalists Forum on Sunday, Lagadapati said that each and every clause should be debated and put to voting in the state. However, he advised the Centre to stop the Telangana Bill in the interests of the people of Seemandhra.
Lagadapati said that he was pained after the agitation by common people in the Seemandhra region was referred to as an agitation by investors. He said that the Centre did not take into account the mass agitation of Seemandhra people while taking a decision on Telangana.
The Vijayawada MP held TRS leader T Harish Rao responsible for the suicides in the Telangana region. He alleged that it was Harish Rao who "enacted the drama" of self-immolation during a protest at Siddipet. This move prompted several youth to commit suicide, he said.
Another Congress MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao described the Congress Working Committee's decision as wrong, and said that it was unacceptable under all circumstances. He said that the division of the state would cause injustice to the people of the Seemandhra region. (INN)