HYDERABAD: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to take the battle over Polavaram project to Delhi. KCR is expected to take up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the national capital this week.
In the meantime, TRS MPs have threatened to stall Parliament when the session commences on Wednesday in pursuance of their demand that the ordinance transferring seven mandals from Telangana to AP be cancelled.
KCR had called for a Telangana bandh last week in protest over the NDA government issuing the Polavaram ordinance.
Now, a day after taking charge as the CM, the TRS chief is set to voice the concerns of Telangana in his capacity as the head of the state when he meets the PM and his cabinet colleagues. TRS sources said KCR was likely to visit Delhi on June 6 and 7. "KCR's visit to Delhi would be a courtesy call since he will be going there for the first time after taking charge as chief minister. But the main focus would be on the controversy linked to the Polavaram irrigation project. While he would seek justice for Telangana, KCR will also demand special category status to the new state and funds for its development," said sources close to the CM.
While the CM would not want to go on a confrontationist path with the Centre, he would not at the same time compromise with the interests of Telangana, the sources said, and added that if need be, the TRS government is even ready for a legal battle with the Modi-led government. Meanwhile, the TRS parliamentary party elected party secretary general and Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao as its leader. Mahbunagar MP AP Jitender Reddy was elected party floor leader in the Lok Sabha and Warangal MP Kadiam Srihari nominated as the party chief whip.
With the Parliament session scheduled to commence on Wednesday, the eleven newly-elected Lok Sabha members and the lone Rajya Sabha member of the TRS said they would stand united to stall the proceedings till the Centre drops the Polavaram ordinance.
"In the previous Lok Sabha, there were only two TRS MPs, but still KCR was able to voice the concerns of Telangana in the House and achieved statehood for the region. Now, we are eleven and we will battle it out to ensure that the ordinance is withdrawn. We will not allow the Lok Sabha to function," Jitender Reddy told TOI before he left for Delhi.
The Lok Sabha is likely to be adjourned on the first day after expressing condolences over the untimely demise of Union minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident on Tuesday. Thursday and Friday have been earmarked for oath taking by the new members, and election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
On June 9, President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to address the joint session, while the following two days have been earmarked for regular business. It is then that the TRS MPs are likely to stage a protest and try to stall the proceedings.
"As such we are not against the Polvaram irrigation project. All that we are demanding is that seven mandals of Bhadrachalam must not go to Seemandhra and the design of the project must be changed so that the submergence of the tribal villages is avoided," said Keshava Rao.
In the meantime, TRS MPs have threatened to stall Parliament when the session commences on Wednesday in pursuance of their demand that the ordinance transferring seven mandals from Telangana to AP be cancelled.
KCR had called for a Telangana bandh last week in protest over the NDA government issuing the Polavaram ordinance.
Now, a day after taking charge as the CM, the TRS chief is set to voice the concerns of Telangana in his capacity as the head of the state when he meets the PM and his cabinet colleagues. TRS sources said KCR was likely to visit Delhi on June 6 and 7. "KCR's visit to Delhi would be a courtesy call since he will be going there for the first time after taking charge as chief minister. But the main focus would be on the controversy linked to the Polavaram irrigation project. While he would seek justice for Telangana, KCR will also demand special category status to the new state and funds for its development," said sources close to the CM.
While the CM would not want to go on a confrontationist path with the Centre, he would not at the same time compromise with the interests of Telangana, the sources said, and added that if need be, the TRS government is even ready for a legal battle with the Modi-led government. Meanwhile, the TRS parliamentary party elected party secretary general and Rajya Sabha member K Keshava Rao as its leader. Mahbunagar MP AP Jitender Reddy was elected party floor leader in the Lok Sabha and Warangal MP Kadiam Srihari nominated as the party chief whip.
With the Parliament session scheduled to commence on Wednesday, the eleven newly-elected Lok Sabha members and the lone Rajya Sabha member of the TRS said they would stand united to stall the proceedings till the Centre drops the Polavaram ordinance.
"In the previous Lok Sabha, there were only two TRS MPs, but still KCR was able to voice the concerns of Telangana in the House and achieved statehood for the region. Now, we are eleven and we will battle it out to ensure that the ordinance is withdrawn. We will not allow the Lok Sabha to function," Jitender Reddy told TOI before he left for Delhi.
The Lok Sabha is likely to be adjourned on the first day after expressing condolences over the untimely demise of Union minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident on Tuesday. Thursday and Friday have been earmarked for oath taking by the new members, and election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
On June 9, President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to address the joint session, while the following two days have been earmarked for regular business. It is then that the TRS MPs are likely to stage a protest and try to stall the proceedings.
"As such we are not against the Polvaram irrigation project. All that we are demanding is that seven mandals of Bhadrachalam must not go to Seemandhra and the design of the project must be changed so that the submergence of the tribal villages is avoided," said Keshava Rao.
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