Salient features of A.P. Reorganisation Bill
1. The Bill envisages Hyderabad as the common capital. The Andhra
Pradesh Governor will be Governor for both successor States of Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana.
2. The common capital includes the existing area notified as Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Centre shall form expert committee to
suggest a new capital of Andhra Pradesh within 45 days.
3. The Centre will set up an apex council for the supervision of Krishna and Godavari rivers on water sharing.
4. Twenty-five Lok Sabha seats to be allocated to residuary Andhra Pradesh and 17 Lok Sabha seats to Telangana.
5. Residuary Andhra Pradesh will get 175 Legislative Assembly seats and Telangana 119.
6. Existing admission quotas in all government or private, aided or
unaided institutions of higher, technical and medical education shall
continue for 10 years during which common admission process shall
continue.
7. The Polavaram Irrigation Project will be declared as a national
project and the Centre will take under its control the regulation and
development and the Tungabhadra Board will continue to monitor the
release of water to high level canal, low level canal and Rajolibanda
diversion scheme.
8. The High Court at Hyderabad will be common for both States till a separate High Court is set up for residuary Andhra Pradesh.
9. Any dispute, regarding financial assets and liabilities, shall be
settled through mutual agreement failing which by the Centre’s order on
the advice of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
10. All properties situated outside existing Andhra Pradesh will be
apportioned between the successor States on the basis of population
ratio.
11. Greyhound and OCTOPUS forces of the existing Andhra Pradesh will be
distributed after seeking opinions from the personnel and each of these
forces.
12. The award made by the 13th Finance Commission to the existing State
of Andhra Pradesh will be apportioned between the successor States by
the Centre on the basis of population and other parameters.
As soon as Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde tabled the Telangana Bill, expelled Congress MP Langdapati Rajagopal, who has been protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh, used pepper spray following which he was attacked by fellow legislators.
Another MP belonging to the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) Modugula Venugopala Reddy allegedly brandished a knife and even broke some glasses. But he denied that had a knife with him and instead said that he had snatched a microphone from the Lok Sabha Secretary General which some may have mistaken as a knife.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has called the Lok Sabha ruckus a blot on Parliamentary democracy. "These circumstances are a big blot on Parliamentary democracy. Many party leaders have asked me to tell the Speaker to take action against these MPs'' Kamal Nath said
CPI member Gurudas Dasgupta has demanded the arrest of L Rajagopal
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has blamed the Congress for the pandemonium in the House. "Even before the Speaker entered the House, there was ruckus. After the Speaker entered, there was more ruckus. Spray was released and people started coughing. I believe this was a part of the game plan," she said.She also claimed the Bill was not introduced as per due procedure. "Don't know when the Speaker came and the Bill was introduced. No papers were laid in the House. We are not against the introduction of the Bill. But we never imagined that the Bill would be introduced in such a way. We will not talk to the government in any form,"
Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha till 2 pm as soon as the Bill was tabled
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