Jairam, Montek to discuss special status for Seemandhra today
February 25, 2014  09:49
The Hindu reports: Jairam Ramesh, a key member of the Group of Ministers that drafted the Telangana Bill, will meet Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday to make a case for Special Category State status for Seemandhra on grounds of loss of revenue.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will then write to the National Development Council to inform it of this decision.

If it so happens that the NDC comes back to the Centre saying it would like to deliberate on the issue of grant of Special Category State status to Seemandhra, we will take a call on whether to call a meeting or leave it for the next government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha election to take the decision forward, Ramesh told The Hindu.


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