Govt set to push T-Bill through Rajya Sabha today

February 20, 2014 09:01

With just a day left for the current Parliament session to end, the government is all set to push forward the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Upper House could not pass the bill yesterday as the government and the opposition were unable to reach any consensus over amendments in the bill.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath was seen holding parleys with leaders from the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party on the floor of the house.

A senior leader from Bharatiya Janata Party said there are a total of 32 amendments which his party wants to incorporate in the bill.

However, if the bill is passed in the upper house with amendments, it will have to go back to the Lok Sabha for its approval before it is sent to the president for his assent, and the government feels this would create more trouble in the passage of the legislation.

The amendments that BJP proposes to move include one for granting a Rs.10,000 crore financial package to residual state of Seemandhra, as it will lose revenue when Hyderabad goes to Telangana, a BJP leader said.

Another amendment sought industrial concessions for north coastal Andhra, Rayalseema and backward areas of Telangana, sources said.

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