The GoM, headed by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, deliberated various issues concerning the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, including distribution of assets between the two states as well as suggestions given by various stake holders.
"We will try to push the proposal as hard as possible. We have to discuss multiple options. We are in discussions. We will bring the Bill in the Winter Session (of Parliament, which begins in December)," Shinde told reporters.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's camp is said to be seriously considering premature dissolution of the Assembly as the "final option" to thwart bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
"We have suggested to the Chief Minister that Assembly should be dissolved. We have already taken legal opinion on this and we are awaiting the final view," Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh, a strong opponent of bifurcation, told reporters here on Thursday. "If the House is dissolved, there is no issue of bifurcation," he said."
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SOURCE: Deccan Chronicle, November 21, 2013.
