Hyderabad has state-of-the-art infrastructure and is the most developed city in the state; therefore, it will continue to retain its relevance and pre-eminence going forward. Over the next six to nine months, the overall business sentiments in the city are likely to remain stable.
BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi today hit out at Congress for the 'pain inflicted' on the people of Andhra Pradesh due to the Telangana issue and said Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul don't have time to visit them even for a ‘healing touch‘.
MPs for Seemandhra region called it the death of democracy. YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called it a black day in the history of the country and called for a bandh in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
Kiran Reddy has been protesting against the Telangana Bill and launched protests for a united state. He had earlier threatened to resign and said, "Posts, Chief Ministership does not matter to him. The will of the people is much more important."
After Telangana Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha, expelled Congress MP L Rajagopal used pepper spray in the House, leading to chaos. Some MPs also came to blows. There were ugly scenes in the Rajya Sabha too
Home Ministry officials said on Monday evening that the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, which was approved by the Union Cabinet but rejected by the state Aseembly, has been sent back to the Home Ministry with the Presidential approval.
There is no major change in the original Telangana draft. The demand of Seemandhra leaders to make Hyderabad a Union Territory has been rejected.
Referring to provisions of the Constitution, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said Parliament has supreme powers and that the Assembly can only express its views.