Reddy's 36 reasons why Andhra Pradesh should not be bifurcated

In an 85-page note to the Group of Ministers set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Kiran Reddy on Monday raised 36 crucial points on why a separate state of Telangana is not desirable.

Read: Kiran Reddy's note to GoM against the creation of Telangana 

Reddy’s 'submission for reconsideration' memorandum calls the GoM's attention to problems related to Telangana-Rayalaseema river water sharing, concerns over the power sector, employment, education and short-circuiting of legal and constitutional convention.

The issues raised by the Andhra Pradesh chief minister:

• Is separation-bifurcation a solution to the present crisis?;
• Significance of United Andhra Pradesh; 
• Status of Hyderabad;
• Can Seemandhra’s contribution be disregarded?;
• River water-sharing;
• Views of the first State Reorganisation Commission;
• Agrarian importance of Andhra Pradesh; 
• Projects on River Krishna, sacrifices by people of all three regions;
• Jalaygyam;
• Shortfall of water availability in River Krishna and competing interests;
• Dam management and control on the Krishna river;
• New projects on the Krishna river;
• Complexities in the inter-se usage of the waters in Srisailam dam;
• Present management of deficit in the state of Andhra Pradesh;
• Difficulties in managing Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar projects;
• Institutional mechanism for management of the Krishna river;
• Inter-river basin transfer;
• Emergency inter-basin transfer of water;
• The dilemma of the Polavaram multipurpose project;
• The problems of Telangana;
• The problems of Rayalaseema;
• Upper riprarian projects in the Krishna river;
• Telangana deprived of its rightful allocated share in Krishna river;
• Diversion of waters outside the Krishna basin: is it not permissible?;
• Implementation of tribunal awards;
• Proliferation of river water disputes;
• Irrigation map of Andhra Pradesh;
• Project map of Godavari basin;
• Project map of Krishna basin;
• Power sector concerns;
• Employment concerns;
• Government employees;
• Private employees in organised sector;
• Skilled and semi-skilled;
• Self-employed;
• Professionals;
• Complexities of 371 D on the division process;
• Educational sector concerns;
• Feeling of short-circuiting of legal constitutional conventions;
• Impact of bifurcation on maintenance of law and order;
• Copy of the letter the CM of Andhra Pradesh wrote to the President of India;
• Copy of the letter the CM of Andhra Pradesh wrote to the prime minister;

Kind courtesy: Vaartha, a leading Telugu daily newspaper.