AP assembly given six weeks to take a call on Telangana bill

December 12, 2013 10:50

The Andhra Pradesh assembly has been given six weeks time to take a call on the state reorganisation bill that seeks to create a separate Telangana state.

Official sources said that President Pranab Mukherjee suggested this time limit last night when he remitted the bill back to the Union government to be on passed to the AP legislature.

The bill will be now sent to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and the Speaker N Manohar's office has already been informed about it.

The Winter Session of the state legislature begins today.

The President had sought legal opinions as he wanted the bill, which provides for creation of Telangana by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, to be legally sound before sending it to the state assembly for approval.

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