Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition in Parliament, will not support the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill-2013 in its present form, top leaders said in what appears to be a body blow to Telangana prospects.
Senior BJP leaders said the Congress was playing vote bank politics on the issue of AP bifurcation and the party has decided not to support such a move.
“The BJP is committed to the cause of Telangana, but not the way the Congress is dealing with it now. The BJP will deliver on the statehood once our government is formed in Delhi and it would be acceptable for the people of both Telangana and Seemandhra,” party president Rajnath Singh said in New Delhi.
His party spokesman Prakash Javadekar, who was in Hyderabad to attend a party event, echoed similar sentiments and expressed serious doubts about the Centre tabling the Bill in Parliament before the general
“Seemandhra is also India and people of Seemandhra are our people. How can we allow the Congress to go ahead with their own political plans ignoring the grievances of Seemandhra people?” Javadekar asked.
Analysts said the latest statements by BJP leaders assume significance as it might throw water on celebrations by Telangana enthusiasts and the passage of the T-Bill in Parliament could fall through if the UPA government fails to muster enough numbers for smooth passage of the Bill. While BJP has 114 votes in the 537-member Lok Sabha, the Samajwadi Party (SP) with 22 seats has clearly said it would not support the division of AP, despite supporting FDI in retail and the Food Security Bill.
With YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy roping in parties like Trinamool Congress (19), AIDMK (9), Biju Janata Dal (14), the numbers are slowly swaying against the formation of Telangana, they said.
Even the Congress with 205 seats cannot ensure full support of its own party members as its seven MPs from Seemandhra are opposed to it and even issued notice to move a no-trust motion against its own government.
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