Adopting an aggressive stance and seeking to push the Centre on the defencive, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today questioned the very validity of AP Reorganisation Bill-2013 saying it was violative not only of Parliamentary procedures but also the Constitution of India.        

"The Bill, referred to the state Legislature by the President, is full of mistakes and lacunae. In fact, the Centre itself is not clear whether it is a draft Bill or the (actual) Bill," Reddy said in the assembly this afternoon, asserting that it could not be discussed in the present form.        

"The bill does not contain the 'objects and reasons', the scope of proposals or the financial memorandum. It has not been specified in the Bill why are they (the Centre) seeking to divide the state," he pointed out.        

How could we (state Legislature) express our views on the bill without the Centre stating its views, he wondered.        

"Initially they said it's the Bill. When we sought clarifications, objects and reasons and financial memorandum, the Union Home Secretary replied it's only a draft Bill. How could they send a draft Bill to the President?" he questioned.        

Only the Bill with full particulars should go the President and not the draft Bill, Reddy said, referring to the explanations to Article 3 of the Constitution.