After failing to stall the bifurcation process, the Vijayawada Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal is now saying that if the Telangana Bill is delayed by at least one month, then the state's division can be stopped.
"If we can manage to prevent the bill from coming to the Parliament in one month, then the process will be kept on the back burner for ever," the flamboyant MP and a staunch supporter of the united Andhra Pradesh cause said.
His logic is that if the Telangana Bill fails to get the Parliament approval in the coming winter session, then there is no way it can come up before the next general elections, scheduled to be held in April/May, 2014.
After the winter session, the Parliament will meet again only in February for the vote-on-account budget and it becomes impossible for the government to push an important bill like new state formation when the elections are round the corner.
The MP also made it clear that the Parliament will have to consider the views of the state Assembly on the issue of bifurcation.
"It cannot go against the will of the state Assembly," Rajagopal said.
Given the numerical strength of the Seemandhra legislators, the draft Telangana bill will not find the favour of the state Assembly.
Taking objection over the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejecting the resignations of the Seemadhra MPs, including his resignation, Lagadapati said that they would revolt against the party leadership and fight for the cause of Samaikyandhra.
