Lok Satta Party has decided to boycott the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the Union Cabinet on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and called upon other political parties to follow suit.
State Lok Satta Party president Katari Srinivasa Rao said the party had all along maintained that it would welcome formation of Telangana as part of a comprehensive and amicable solution.
But, far from working out such a solution, the Congress Party had viewed State bifurcation as a party issue with an eye on votes and seats in the next general election.
When an agitation erupted in Seemandhra, the Congress appointed the A K Antony committee instead of a Parliamentary committee or a committee of Union Ministers.
The Lok Satta had set an example by rejecting the Antony committee.
“The Center's egoistic, dictatorial, incompetent and immature handling of a delicate subject runs counter to the country's federal structure and threatens national unity. That is why the Lok Satta has decided to boycott the GoM,” he said.
