Jaganmohan Reddy continues fast on seventh day against Telangana reform.

Hyderabad: YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday continued his indefinite fast even as he was shifted from one hospital to another in view of his deteriorating condition. 

Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, was shifted late Friday night to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) for better treatment but he refused to end the fast, which entered seventh day Saturday to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh without justice to all regions. 

Hyderabad: YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday continued his indefinite fast even as he was shifted from one hospital to another in view of his deteriorating condition. 

Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, was shifted late Friday night to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) for better treatment but he refused to end the fast, which entered seventh day Saturday to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh without justice to all regions. 

The doctors have warned that his condition may further deteriorate, if he continued his fast. 

Jagan's mother YS Vijayamma, wife Bharati and brother-in-law Anil Kumar were not allowed to meet Jagan. They left the hospital after seeing him from a distance. 

The MP is only drinking water since he began his fast in Chanchalguda Central Jail Sunday. He was shifted to Osmania Hospital late Thursday night. 

Vijayamma, who is also honorary president of the party, and other party leaders had Friday appealed to him to call off the hunger strike. 

Jagan's mother and wife filed a memo in CBI court, seeking permission for one of them to stay with Jagan in the hospital. The plea will be heard Saturday. 

Jagan is in jail since May last year in a disproportionate assets case. 

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Hyderabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is going to address a rally here, had a closed-door meeting with prominent industrialists, retired bureaucrats, film professionals and Tdp leaders here this afternoon. 

Modi, who was recently appointed as the chief of poll campaign committee of BJP, spent over three hours in the interaction. 

He reportedly told those present in the meeting that he was here to get feedback, and not to talk about politics. Former Union Home Secretary K Padmanabhaiah, retired Director General of Police C Gopinath Reddy, former chairman of VSNL T Hanuman Chowdary and noted cardiologist B Somaraju were among those who met the Gujarat strongman. 

Also a host of film professionals, such as Ramgopal Varma, Puri Jagannath, Krishnam Raju, Kota Srinivasa Rao, K Raghavendra Rao, M M Keeravani, Murali Mohan, Mohan Babu, Jagapati Babu, Manchu Lakshmi and Gautami, were present at the meeting held at the hotel where Modi has put up. 

BJP leaders Bangaru Laxman, Bandaru Dattatreya, V V Rama Rao, N Indrasena Reddy, AP BC Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah, Scheduled Castes (Madiga) association leader Manda Krishna Madiga and others also met him. 

Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu and state president G Kishan Reddy introduced the guests to Modi. The BC Association leader submitted a memorandum seeking 50 per cent reservations for backward classes in legislative bodies.

Political justice needs to be done to BCs and he will work for it, Modi was quoted as saying by Krishnaiah. Madiga presented his case to the saffron leader for categorisation of SCs into sub-groups to ensure equitable justice. "Modi responded positively," Krishna said.

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Soldiers pay tribute to the five Army jawans at Palam airport in New Delhi. (PTI)

New Delhi: Under attack from the Opposition, Defence Minister AK Antony is likely to make a fresh statement in Parliament today on the killing of five Indian soldiers at the Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir.

The minister's earlier statement on the incident has led to a huge political storm with the opposition accusing him of letting Pakistan off the hook. The BJP has also demanded an apology from him. The government has however defended Mr Antony and has said that there was no need for him to apologise.

On Tuesday, Mr Antony said that 20 heavily armed militants accompanied by "persons dressed in Pakistan Army uniforms" had ambushed an Army patrol on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, 200 km south of Srinagar. 

The Opposition is stressing that the minister's detailing of the deadly ambush differed from the assessment of the Indian Army, which initially blamed the Pakistani army for the killings.
 
According to a report in news agency Press Trust of India, the statement made by Mr Antony was reportedly vetted by several senior officials including National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, the DGMO and some Defence Ministry officers. 

The killing of the jawans on Tuesday and its fallout dominated the discussions in both Houses of parliament on Wednesday. The Opposition held up proceedings over what it called Mr Antony's "blunder". 

Top BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and conveyed "deep anguish" over Mr Antony's statement. They reportedly also cautioned him against holding talks with newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The two leaders are likely to hold separate talks at the UN General Assembly session in New York next month.

The Defence Minister was present at the meeting with the BJP. He had met the Prime Minister on Wednesday morning and later told Parliament that his statement on Tuesday was based on "whatever information" he had at the time, promising to update the Houses after Army Chief General Bikram Singh's Kashmir visit on Wednesday.

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Congress forms panel to address Telangana concerns

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday set up a four-member committee chaired by A K Antony to hear concerns arising out of decision on Telangana. 

Ever since the Congress-led UPA government announced that it had cleared the creation of the Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh, many groups have raised concerns – some by pro-Telangana group and others by those in favour of a united Andhra.

One of the concerns is of the TRS, which is against Hyderabad being made the joint capital of two states for 10 years.

Andhra CM Kiran Reddy still opposed to Telangana

Hyderabad: Almost a week after the Centre gave its nod to the creation of Telangana as a separate state and initiated the proceedings for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, its Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is still opposed to the division of the southern state. 

Reports, Tuesday, said that the Chief Minister Reddy has written a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi urging her to keep the state united. 

The letter, which urges the Congress president to "keep the state of Andhra Pradesh united," has been signed by the state Congress chief and top leaders from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema region, which are opposed to carving out Telangana. 

Reddy has also requested the Congress chief to halt the process of creating Telangana until a two-member committee formed by the party addresses the concerns of coastal and Rayalaseema regions and submits its report. 

Reddy's letter to the party president comes in the backdrop of severe protests by anti-Telangana supporters in the coastal and Rayalaseema regions and a series of resignations from several party MLAs, MPs opposed to the Centre's Telangana move.


The party had so far left its stand on the Telangana issue ambiguous, saying it is up to the Central government to take a decision. Interestingly, the Congress has 33 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, 19 of them from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. 

Now anti-Telangana leaders in the Congress seem to have taken a cue from the YSR Congress's newly aggressive stand against bifurcation. 

Kiran Reddy's letter to Sonia Gandhi is also significant in view of an announcement from the YSR Congress that it would fight the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy's sister Sharmila, who just completed a 3100-kilometre padyatra in Andhra Pradesh, said in an interview that Congress has done injustice to Seemandhra for narrow political gains. 

Telangana: Andhra govt paralyzed as CM, mantris skip work

Kiran Reddy, who was in favour of a unified Andhra Pradesh, spent just an hour in his office on August 1, and is learnt to be meeting representatives from the Telangana and Seemandhra region at the camp office, and at home during the day.

ERABAD: Governance in Andhra Pradesh is in paralysis with enormous protests over the announcement of separate Telangana taking precedence over official work. The growing unease is fuelling fears of further chaos and anarchy across the state and government employees, divided along regional lines, are refusing to work with each other. 

While protests in Seemandhra region continue to cripple essential services and affect daily life, the secretariat in Hyderabad, the seat of administration, is largely empty, with chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and his council of ministers staying away from office for a week now. 

Kiran Reddy, who was in favour of a unifiedAndhra Pradesh, spent just an hour in his office on August 1, and is learnt to be meeting representatives from the Telangana and Seemandhra region at the camp office, and at home during the day. 

Paralysing work in government departments, employees sharply divided along regional lines are reportedly not moving key files, which commentators say could lead to virtual collapse of the administration. 

"The chief minister and his cabinet are not attending duties along with Seemandhra employees, while Telangana employees are engaged in celebrations. In the melee, the common people are suffering and there don't seem to be any governance in the state," Julakanti Ranga Reddy, MLA, CPM floor leader in the Assembly told TOI. 

Nearly 3,000 employees belonging to Seemandhra region have been boycotting duties from August 3 at the Secretariat, even as dozens of files are piling up on their desks. "This is the first time that the state government is faced with such a critical situation. The chaos, if not arrested immediately, will lead to a huge crisis," an analyst said, as news of regular street protests paralysing movement of goods vehicles, hitting healthcare, courts and agriculture sector, kept pouring in. 

Thousands of files are pending clearance with employees not sending files to their counterparts from other region, fearing rejection of their recommendations. 

The education sector is in the doldrums with several issues, including decision on capitation fee, tuition fee, scholarships, fee reimbursement, which were supposed to be taken up by the government, pushed to the backburner. Ministers S Sailajanath and K Parthasarathi, who look after the education ministry, are actively involved in Seemandhra protests now. 

Two months after the declaration of Eamcet results, the government has not begun counselling for admission into engineering colleges, affecting over three lakh students, officials said. The entire process is now caught in a legal wrangle with no senior official available to take up the issue. Law minister E Pratap Reddy, who is supposed to expedite the matter, is busy supporting protests organized by Seemandhra activists. 

In the agriculture sector, cultivation in more than 52 lakh hectares for the kharif season is likely to be hit badly, as the government is yet to distribute seed and fertilizer among farmers as agriculture minister Kanna Laxminarayana is busy spearheading a movement for united Andhra and his staff staying away from work. 

Implementation of welfare schemes, including the fledgling Amma Hastam, Indiramma Kalalu and Bangaru Talli are facing teething troubles, and going by the current developments, public may have to wait for a long time to receive any benefits from the schemes. 

"There is nobody to hear and resolve their grievances as the entire cabinet is engaged in a regional war," a senior official said requesting anonymity. 

More than 10 lakh state government employees and pensioners are waiting for the pay revision commission, which is not likely to happen soon, one official said. "Dozens of departmental promotion committee meetings were cancelled after the announcement on Telangana. Promotions to assistant secretaries and deputy secretaries have been put on hold in the backdrop of the present crisis," said a senior IAS officer. 

The public health department has been severely affected with 5,000 junior doctors staying off work over a mandatory rural stint, while recruitment of 2,000 doctors are on hold across the state. 

The Aadhaar cards deadline too is nearing, but there has been no word from the government on this issue either. 

In the Seemandhra region, government offices have been shut down for the last six days. Essential certificates such as income, caste, birth and death certificates are not being issued. In some coastal towns even banks are not functioning. 

Cabinet note to deal with substantive issues on Telangana: Govt

New Delhi: Amidst an uproar over creation of Telangana, Government on Monday told Parliament that a Cabinet note is being prepared to go into substantive and procedural issues concerning formation of the new state.

"In the matter relating to the separate state of Telangana, the Constitution of India lays down a procedure for formation of new states. Besides, a number of substantive matters have to be addressed with the formation of new state. These matters are under consideration of the Government," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a brief statement in the Rajya Sabha. 

Chidambaram, who spoke after demands by MPs for a statement from the government and a debate on Telangana, said the Home Ministry will "bring a comprehensive note for the Cabinet containing both substantive and procedural issues for the decision of the Cabinet." 

The issues, he said, "will include, but (will) not (be) limited to, sharing of river waters, generation and distribution of electricity, safety and security of all residents of all three regions, guarantee of fundamental rights of all residents etc." 

He said once the Cabinet takes decisions on these matters, there will be an opportunity for the House to have a structured discussion on the subject. 

"The government will welcome such a discussion at an appropriate time," Chidambaram said. 

His statement came amidst uproar and demands by members for a statement on the creation of Telangana state. Both the Rajya Sabha as well as the Lok Sabha witnessed uproar over the issue, preventing normal functioning of the two Houses on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. 

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Amid protests and resignation threats, pro-Telangana leaders meet chief minister

Hyderabad: Ahead of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's meeting with leaders opposed to the bifurcation of the state, pro-Telangana leaders met him this morning and requested him to not allow protests and "political forces" to work against the formation of the new state.

The meeting came a day after seven Congress MPs resigned in protest against the split of the state. Under pressure due to massive demonstrations in their constituencies, many other Congress leaders, mainly from Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, have also threatened to quit.

Among those who had warned of resigning were four central ministers from the state - Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju and Ministers of State Purandeswari, JD Seelam and Killi Kruparani. They were however persuaded by party leader Digvijaya Singh to rethink their decision. Earlier, the Congress managed to bring around nine of the 14 state ministers who had threatened to resign.

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Yesterday, the ministers said they agreed to backtrack after they were assured that a high level panel would be set up to address concerns of people in coastal and southern Andhra Pradesh, collectively referred as Seemandhra.

Leaders from the area will meet the chief minister this evening. 

The Congress has 33 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, 19 of them from Seemandhra.  

Telangana fallout: Seven Congress MPs resign

Andhrapradesh: Despite the best efforts by Congress top brass, party leaders from Seemandhra region have been unrelenting in their opposition to the creation of a separate Telangana state. 

Five Lok Sabha Congress MPs from Andhra region - L Rajgopal, A Saipratap, V Arun Kumar, G V Harsh Kumar, Anant Venkatram Reddy - tendered their resignation to the Lok Sabha Secretary General on Friday. They also submitted the resignation of MP SPY Reddy. 

Also, party’s Rajya Sabha MP KVP Ramchandra Rao has also tendered his resignation. 

Besides the MPs union ministers from the region are also mulling resigning from their posts. “Ministers from Andhra region will be meeting the PM and Sonia Gandhi possibly tomorrow to tender their resignation,” said Union Minister Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy. 


However, the party also continued to engage the disgruntled leaders in talks and hopes that they would be dissuaded against resigning. The resignations came after the MPs mulled over the issue in late-night meeting yesterday. As per reports, the leaders felt that after the creation of Telangana it makes little sense for them to continue in their posts. 

The four union ministers who are likely to quit are Pallam Raju, JD Seelam, Purandeshwari Devi and Killi Krupa Rani. 

In Andhra Pradesh, several Congress MLAs have already tendered their resignation with reports claiming that many more will join their ranks. 

Notwithstanding the protests, the Congress high command asserted that the Telangana issue is settled once and for all and hoped that those opposed to the decision would accept the "justified" decision. 

Meanwhile, 14 Telegu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs have also resigned protesting that the Centre did not give firm assurance on protecting the interests of people in the proposed Andhra Pradesh state after the separation of Telangana. 

Yesterday, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde ruled out the possibility of the introduction of the bill for the creation of Telangana in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. 

However, he ensured that the new state will become a reality in six months. 

"Not in this session. I do not think it will come so soon. May be, by next session," the Union Minister said at a press conference here. 

Shinde said, "Normally it takes 8-9 months but we will try to do at the earliest. May be five and half months to six months, may be earlier than that."