One one hand, Telangana CM KCR is claiming to be maintaining ‘cordial ties’ with AP, by frequently meeting AP CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy.On the other hand, he is making moves to throw away Andhra employees working in various Telangana government departments from Hyderabad citing the same ‘cordial ties’.
In the recent meeting between KCR and Jagan, Telangana officials proposed before Jagan to take all the Andhra employees working in various departments in Telangana government to Andhra.
This is against the spirit of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.
The Act clearly stated that employees will be given the choice to choose the state of their choice after bifurcation.Few Andhra employees are working in Hyderabad, especially in Secretariat, TS Transco, TS Genco and other Heads of Departments (HoD) offices because they opted for Telangana when Kamalnathan committee appointed by Centre for bifurcation of employees between Telangana and AP.
These employees should be continued in their chosen states till they retire.
But KCR now wants all Andhra employees to shift to Amaravathi and AP government should take these employees based on their ‘Andhra nativity’.About 1,157 Andha employees are working in TS Transco, TS Genco in Hyderabad.
The TS government now proposed before Jagan to shift these employees to Andhra as they are Andhra natives and all jobs in Telangana should belong to Telangana natives.KCR feels that to maintain ‘cordial ties’ it is better only natives get jobs in their respective states.
It remains to be seen how Jagan reacts to this proposal.