» We Are For United Andhra Pradesh: Jagan To Centre
We Are For United Andhra Pradesh: Jagan To Centre
In response to the Union Home Ministry seeking suggestions of the political parties on AP's bifurcation, Reddy reiterated YSRCP's opposition to dividing AP.
YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Sunday made it clear that his party was against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
In response to the letter sent by the Union Home Ministry seeking suggestions of the political parties on the state's bifurcation, Jaganmohan Reddy reiterated that his party was against any move to divide the State.
"We want to make it clear in no uncertain terms that our party is committed to a unified Andhra Pradesh, and will oppose any move to divide it," he said in a letter addressed to MHA Joint Secretary S Suresh Kumar.
"The decision of the Union Cabinet on 3rd October 2013 to bifurcate the state of Andhra Pradesh is not acceptable. It is a well-known fact that 75 percent of the state population has been agitating and is on the roads opposing the move to bifurcate the state for over 3 months. Yet the Congress party and the Union Of India chose to ingore this fact and are bent upon this grave injustice," the YSRCP chief said.
Jagan said that the YSRCP strongly oppose the Group of Minister (GoM) as it was set up with the sole objective of facilitating the division of the State.
"In this light, we request you to kindly roll back the decision taken by the Union Cabinet to bifurcate the State, in the larger interests of democracy," he said. (INN)