If reports are to be believed, then the Centre has instructed governor E S L Narasimhan to fully exercise his powers and constitutionally take over the sensational cash-for-vote case and monitor all the other developments. This is expected to spark another acrimonious war between the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
For a change this time rather than regional channels, English news channels based in New Delhi revealed that the attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi has indeed instructed the governor that the AP Reorganization Act, 2014 empowers to step in when there is dispute between the two states regarding the jurisdiction of Hyderabad.
Rohatgi has reportedly told the governor that under this specific Act he owns the responsibility of maintaining law and order in Hyderabad city wherein he can also summon the two state police chiefs and get them for reporting him on the case.
Now the leaders of the two states are again set for a fresh war of words while Yanamala Ramakrishnudu is already upbeat about the fact that the attorney general’s opinion which is crucial has cleared all the misgivings and confusion on Section 8 of AP Reorganization Act.