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- Anger over meetings with PM & Sonia

Hyderabad, Jan. 10: Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan’s three-day visit to Delhi and his meetings with Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, A.K. Antony and Ahmed Patel have created a buzz about the possibility of President’s rule in the state.



Since his return to Hyderabad yesterday, the governor has been holding teleconferences with officials in the city and the trouble-torn Telangana districts where statehood agitators have blocked highways and gheraoed the homes of Congress MLAs, MPs and ministers.



Constitutional experts say President’s rule is the best option to avert competitive mass resignations by Congress MLAs and ministers from coastal Andhra and Telangana, which would create a constitutional crisis. Under President’s rule, the Assembly will go into limbo.



However, talk of President’s rule has further angered the political parties, most of which see Narasimhan as a man the Centre foisted on the state to control the Telangana agitation.

The BJP has sought Narasimhan’s recall and the Telugu Desam Party has demanded that the retired IPS officer be censured. A pro-statehood Congress leader has dubbed the governor “General Dyer” (of Jallianwala Bagh fame) and a person “totally against Telangana”.



Students at Osmania University in Hyderabad participate in a pro-Telangana agitation. (PTI)

What has angered the Telangana protagonists most is the governor’s meeting with Sonia. “In what capacity did he meet her and submit a report on law and order?” BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya asked.



Even Congress leaders from Telangana accused the governor of “overstepping his brief” by meeting their party chief.

As expected, Now should we write-off AP from Congress kitty.