Mutual cooperation must, says Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
'We may have separated (as states) but we need to have mutual co-operation'
Hyderabad: Though Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said he was ready for talks with his Telangana counterpart, he found fault with the Telangana government raking up a controversy over every issue.
“The Krishna River Management Board issued orders. I don’t understand why the Telangana government is making a fuss over it,” Mr Naidu remarked. He added, “We may have separated (as states) but we need to have mutual co-operation and move ahead.” He also found fault with the Telangana government for erecting a fence separating the blocks allotted to the two states in the Secretariat. “Is it India and Pakistan? Why should you put up fences?” he questioned.
The AP Chief Minister also criticised the TRS government over demolition of illegal buildings on Gurukul Trust lands at Madhapur. “They are demolishing the buildings without any policy or rationale. Why are they doing all this?”
On the dispute over sharing of electricity between the two states, Mr Naidu said that his government was honoring all power purchase agreements that had legal sanctity. “The Centre has appointed a committee to look into this issue which will soon come here and hold discussions with officials of both states,” he said.