Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu today requested President Pranab Mukherjee to halt the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh till the Union Government talked to all stakeholders and found an amicable solution acceptable to all sides.

The TDP chief met the President at Rashtrapati Nilayam here this evening and discussed the bifurcation issue for over 40 minutes.

"The Centre is going ahead with the division process in total violation of the Constitution of India. It is also violating the Supreme Court judgement in the S R Bommai case and unilaterally and arbitrarily using Article 3 of the Constitution.

"This never happened in the creation of any other state in the country," the former Chief Minister told the President.