Andhra Pradesh govt committed to decentralisation: Jagan

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday reiterated in the Assembly that his government was committed to decentralisation. Coming out with a lengthy speech on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict on the state capital issue and the three capitals proposed by his YSR Congress Party government, he noted that the Constitution had clearly […]

Amaravati: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday reiterated in the Assembly that his government was committed to decentralisation.

Coming out with a lengthy speech on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict on the state capital issue and the three capitals proposed by his YSR Congress Party government, he noted that the Constitution had clearly specified the jurisdiction of various institutions–judiciary, legislature, and executive, the three pillars of democracy. Only when one institution functioned within its jurisdiction, the others could work smoothly in their respective fields or else all the institutions would collapse, he observed.

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“When proper legislations are not made, the people would decide. If good ones are made, people would re-elect them. When we have withdrawn the legislation, how can a verdict be given on it? Only legislative bodies have the power to make laws. It is not proper for the court to direct that roads, drains and power should be provided within a month spending Rs.1 lakh crore. As one responsible for people’s government, I want to make clear certain things. The Sivaramakrishnan Committee pointed out that only because the development was concentrated at a single place, the movement for bifurcation of the state had arisen. We mentioned the same at the time of introducing the three capitals bill. We are committed for decentralisation of development,” he stated.

Jagan explained that the topic came for discussion in the Assembly now as it was felt that the high court verdict apparently questioned the powers of the state legislature in the Constitutional frame. The verdict also mentioned that according to the State Reorganisation Act of 2014, all decisions were in the purview of the Centre and the State legislature had now powers whatsoever, he recalled. A close look at the judgement showed it was against the federal spirit and against the powers of the legislative assembly, he added.

However, the Centre had always said that the state had complete powers in the matter and even filed an affidavit to the effect, he pointed out. The Centre had also recently said so in its written reply to Telugu Desam Party MP Kesineni Nani who raised a question on the state capital issue, he recalled.

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