Jethmalani positive about Srikrishna Committee

HYDERABAD: BJP MP, eminent lawyer and president of the Bar Council of Supreme Court Ram Jethmalani on Saturday exuded confidence that 'something good' would come out from the Srikrishna Committee on the state bifurcation issue.

The BJP is against the committee and did not present its views before it. Jethmalani, who was in town in connection with the Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee (JAC) programmes, said at a news conference that the BJP was committed to separate Telangana state. The Telangana movement was not a secessionist movement like that of Kashmir, he said.

Jethmalani said the Gentlemen's Agreement signed between the Telangana and Coastal Andhra leaders during the merger for formation of Andhra Pradesh proved `utter flop' as the people of the two regions could not mingle freely for various reasons. Gross injustice was meted out to the people of Telangana in education and jobs. The outcry of the people of the region for control over the natural resources was quite justifiable, he said.

Referring to the sacrifices being made by young people in the movement, the former law minister felt that their noble sacrifices would not go in vain.

Stating that Assembly was not competent to give Telangana on its own, Jethmalani made it clear that only the Union government could carve out a separate State by introducing a Bill in Parliament. Praising Justice Srikrishna as a man of total integrity, Jethmalani said he was the fittest person to head the Committee. He also advised lawyers to submit memoranda to the committee.
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