Hyderabad : Noting that the Centre's “unconventional and undemocratic” method to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh is a threat to “federal polity”, Telugu Desam Party requested the President of India tonight to direct the Centre to find an amicable solution before bifurcation.
TDP also commended the erstwhile NDA government for having “followed democratic procedure” in the creation of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh states in 2000, wherein the respective states passed resolutions in their assemblies and said this should have been taken as a good precedent for formation of new states.
In a three-page letter to the President, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu alleged the Centre is going ahead with the bifurcation process in a “casual and frivolous manner” without addressing concerns of people of all regions. TDP has also decided to boycott the scheduled meeting with the Group of Ministers in New Delhi today to discuss the bifurcation issue.
“I personally met you on September 21 on the issue and also addressed three letters to the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister does not seem to be taking any steps to initiate consultations with stakeholders.
