The Srikrishna committee would suggest optimal solutions to the Centre to resolve the contentious Telangana issue rather than saying yes or no about division of Andhra Pradesh.
"As per the mandate given to the committee and as per its terms of reference, the committee will seek, discuss and examine a range of solutions on the subject and will endeavour to recommend or suggest optimal solutions as a way forward for the resolution of the issue," VK Duggal, the committee's member-secretary, told reporters in Hyderabad.
Observing that the committee is leaving no stone unturned to prepare a well-researched and objective report, he expressed confidence that the report would be established as a most credible document that is in the interest of every citizen of Andhra Pradesh and in national perspective.
"However, like you have observed, the intention may be to please all, but it is possible that it may not please some sections, in which case, of course, India is a democracy and people have a right to express their views. Sometimes, it is through peaceful agitations, sometimes it is not so much peaceful way of expressing. So, that situation will be handled if it arises."
"Our hope is that once the report is out, going by the labour that has credibility that it will get established, there should be no reason for anyone to agitate," Duggal said. Responding to the accusations from some quarters that the committee is "useless", Justice BN Srikrishna, chairman of the panel, said the committee is not "useless or direction less".
"The committee would definitely suggest a good direction to the Centre," he said.
Asked if the committee would examine making Hyderabad a Union Territory, Duggal said the committee was examining everything that is brought before it.
The committee has so far received 1,20,000 memoranda or communications so far out of which about 3,000 are well-compiled reports, he said.
As part of the consultation process, the committee has so far met 103 groups and heard over 1,000 people.
With this, the consultation process and 95% of field visits are over and couple of visits to districts remained, Duggal said.
The exercise would be over by this month-end and the committee would start writing its report from next month.
Duggal said the committee has appointed four expert groups on complex and technical issues of water resources, power, growth of Hyderabad as a metropolis and its impact and the implementation of Government Order that deals with proportional representation of locals and non-locals in government jobs.
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