Legislative history[edit]The Union Cabinet formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) com

mittee in August 2013 led by Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde to look in
to suitability of a division of Andhra Pradesh. The members include Finance Mini
ster, P. Chidambaram, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Law Minister Kapil Sibal
, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Narayanaswamy. It also took
the Srikrishna committee on Telangana into account.
Amidst a lot of protest in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the parliament), th
e bill was introduced by speaker Meira Kumar at 12:00PM on 13 February 2014.[7]
During this time there was lot of shouting slogans in the parliament ,congress p
arty own MP's attacked Anti Telangana protestents and MP Lagadapati Rajagopal us
ed pepper spray in the parliament.Later he said he was attacked by some Congress
MPs from other states and has to use it in self-defense. The parliament was the
n adjouned at 12:05PM to 02:00PM.[8]
The leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said she does not know i
f the bill was introduced and denies to acknowledge that it was introduced.[9] O
n 18 February 2014, the Telangana Bill was passed by the Voice Vote in the Lok S
abha with support from the BJP while the house live telecast was cut off and the
doors and galleries were sealed.[10] [11] [12] UPA Govenment taken this issue a
s taken at high priority as it is important for their 2014 elections and it rema
ined as Blackday of Indian parliament.[13]
On 20 February, the Telangana bill was passed by Rajya Sabha with the support fr
om the BJP. There were MPs from various parties asked for division but that was
rejected by speaker and finally the bill was passed by voice vote.[14][15]
The bill received the assent of the President and published in the gazette on 1
March 2014.[16] The new state will come into effect "from the date set by the ce
ntral government also known as appointed date." It will then become the 29th sta
te of India.
Suspension of Members of Parliament[edit]Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on 13 Feb
ruary 2014 suspended 18 MPs from Andhra Pradesh for rest of the session. The MPs
suspended were 11 MPs of INC, Sabbam Hari, Anantha Venkatarami Reddy, Rayapati
Sambasiva Rao, SPY Reddy, M Sreenivasulu Reddy, V Aruna Kumar, A Sai Prathap, Su
resh Kumar Shetkar, KRG Reddy, Bapi Raju Kanumuri and G Sukhender Reddy. 3 MPs o
f TDP Niramalli Sivaprasad, Nimmala Kristappa, K Narayana Rao, 2 MPs of YSR Cong
ress and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and M Rajamohan Reddy and two others from the Tela
ngana region.[17][18][19] Lagadapti Rajagopal, an MP of congress used pepper spr
ay to disturb the proceedings in the house. Due to this several other members ha
d to hospitalized. Speaker Meira Kumar said the bill is passed by common voice v
ote.
Resolution for the united Andhra Pradesh in Assembly[edit]Though only an opinion
is required under Article 3 of the Indian Constitution, a resolution was adopte
d and the bill was rejected by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Counc
il on 30 January 2014. The rejection was accompanied by recording of 9,072 amend
ments and expression of views on its various clauses by its MLAs, and 1,157 like
suggestions by its MLCs. But according to Article 3 of the Constitution of Indi
a, the power to form a new state vests with the Parliament, provided that the bi
ll creating such a state is introduced on the recommendation of the president an
d that the president has referred it to the legislature of the affected state for
expressing its views thereon. This interpretation of the article would render th
e view that the Andhra Pradesh Assembly will have no legal effect and the format
ion of Telangana is solely the prerogative of the Government of India.[20]
Petitions against the Bill in Supreme Court[edit]Nine petitions are filed in the
Supreme Court of India requesting for a stay of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization B
ill, 2013 tabling in parliament. The supreme court later rejected the pleas sayi
ng, "We do not think this is the appropriate stage for us to interfere". They wo
uld only consider the petition if the bill is passed in parliament.[21] But the
court issued notices to the centre regarding the issue on 7 March 2014. The apex
court will take up the issue on 5 May 2014.[22]
Details of the Bill[edit]The bill was introduced on 5 December 2013 first day of
winter session, cabinet approved the Telangana with ten districts. Hyderabad wi
ll remain as common capital under governor supervision till new capital for Andh
ra Pradesh was developed. Capital for Andhra Pradesh will be declared in 45 days
.[23] It is likely to be named as Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Bill in order to
avoid an amendment to the constitution.
The Bill has been drafted based on the boundaries of the proposed Telangana Stat
e as approved by the Cabinet in the meeting held on October 3, 2013. Successor s
tate of Telangana will have 119 elected MLAs, 40 MLCs, 17 MPs of Lok Sabha and 7
MPs of Rajya Sabha. The successor state of Andhra Pradesh will have 175 elected
MLAs, 50 MLCs, 25 MPs of Lok Sabha and 11 MPs of Rajya Sabha.
There would be a common High Court and its expenditure would be apportioned betw
een the two successor states based on population ratio until a separate HC is se
t up under Article 214 for the state of AP. The existing Public Service Commissi
on shall be the Public Service Commission for the state of AP and the UPSC would
, with the approval of President, act as the PSC?for Telangana
The ministry of water resources, GoI, shall constitute Krishna River Management
Board and Godavari River Management Board within a period of 60 days from the da
te of coming into force of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill-2013. The Boar
ds shall be responsible for the administration, regulation and maintenance of th
e head works of the dams, reservoirs or head works of canals as notified by the
GoI on Krishna and Godavari Rivers strictly to implement all the awards made by
the Tribunals.
The Boards shall be responsible for making an appraisal of proposal for construc
tion of new projects on Krishna and Godavari rivers and give technical clearance
.
The Governor shall have special responsibility to the security of life, liberty
and property of all those who reside in the common capital of Hyderabad. The Gov
ernors responsibility shall extend to matters such as law and order, internal sec
urity and safety of all vital installations in the discharge of these functions.
This transitory provision shall cease to be have effect after such period not e
xceeding 10 years.
The Bill provides for creation of separate cadres of All India Services in respe
ct of the two states from the appointed day, Advisory Committee(s) would be cons
tituted to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
The GoI shall help the successor states of Telangana and AP in raising additiona
l police forces for maintenance of public order and shall also deploy one additi
onal unit of the force in Hyderabad for a period of five years.
The Greyhound training centre in Hyderabad shall function as common training cen
tre for the successor states for three years. In this period of three years, the
GoI shall assist the successor state of AP in setting up a similar training cen
tre for Greyhounds. The existing Greyhound and OCTOPUS forces shall be distribut
ed between the two states.
Of the total equity of Singareni Collieries Company Limited, 51 per cent shall b
e with Government of Telangana and 49 per cent with Government of India. Existin
g coal linkages of SCCL shall continue without any change. New linkages shall be
allotted to the successor States as per the new coal distribution policy by Gov
ernment of India.
Allocation of natural gas will continue to be done as per the policies and guide
lines issued by the GoI. The royalties payable on domestic onshore production of
oil and gas shall accrue to the state in which such production takes place. All
ocation of power from Central generating stations shall be allocated to the succ
essor states in the ratio of the average of the actual energy consumption of las
t five years of the relevant Discoms. For a period of 10 years, the successor st
ate that has a deficit of electricity shall have the first right of refusal for
the purchase of surplus power from the other state.
Proposal for new capital for Andhra Pradesh[edit]The search for a new capital fo
r the residual Andhra Pradesh began after Telangana was created on 2 June 2014.
There has been speculation that a new capital will be built near Mangalagiri bet
ween Guntur and Vijaywada,[24][25][26] as the VijayawadaGunturTenali-Mangalagiri (
VGTM) region has advantages in terms of infrastructure and available land.[27][2
8][29] Besides VGTM, other candidate cities have begun touting their advantages,
including the cosmopolitan port city of Visakhapatnam, the old capital Kurnool,
Tirupati (a centre of pilgrimage), Ongole (with its central location and large
tracts of publicly owned land) and the cultural centre of Rajahmundry.[30] On 11
March 2014, union minister Jairam Ramesh, who was part of GOM which prepared th
e reorganisation bill, said Cities like Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahm
undry, Tirupati, Kurnool, Ongole and Nellore are being considered for a new capi
tal. All locations will be studied and in September, final choice will be announ
ced. Small towns like Nuzivid and Donakonda are also being considered in construc
ting the new city.[31] According to urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, t
he new capital would likely grow into a medium-sized city, and its development w
ould depend upon planning and resources from the Centre rather than just the sta
te.[