Govt gives no date on Telangana formation, promises to look into issues - Indian Express

Press Trust of India : New Delhi, Mon Aug 12 2013, 20:54 hrs < /a> The government was accused of acting in an "autocratic" manner and playing a "dangerous game" on Telangana. Government on Monday refused to give any timeline for formation of Telangana while promising to look into all issues of concerns like the status of Hyderabad. Replying to an impromptu debate in the Rajya Sabha on Telangana formation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government would take forward the decision of Congress party to form Telangana state and rejected the opposition allegation that it was taken in a haste. "I cannot give a date. The process will be taken forward in accordance with the procedure and precedence," he said when asked by Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley on whether the government was determined to form the new state despite opposition from within and outside. He, however, said this process would not take as long as it took while forming the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which took about two years. "Every political party's view will be kept in mind before the government takes a decision on how to take forward the process of Telanagana formation," Chidambaram said on behalf of an indisposed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. He was responding after Opposition members came down heavily on the government over Telangana, accusing it of trying to score political points by taking a hurried decision after sitting on the sensitive issue for four years. The government was accused of acting in an "autocratic" manner and playing a "dangerous game". Brushing aside criticism, Chidambaram said, "The more you accuse the Congress party, the more you abuse the Congress party, the Congress party will become stronger and stronger." Hitting out at those opposing the decision, he said, "These are matters in which politics overtakes reason and logic. You are damned if you do, you are damned if you don't." ALSO READ Chidambaram rules out terror, external link in Kishtwar violence LoC killings: Does not matter if I skipped martyr's funeral, says Bihar minister PIA offices in Delhi, Mumbai have received threats: Pakistan Pak summons Indian envoy over civilian's death, alleges ceasefire violation by BSF Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHbqnkObU9y6ifd1ekN8pdR0IesQQ&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-gives-no-date-on-telangana-formation-promises-to-look-into-issues/1154416/

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