Kiran Reddy may quit on Jan 23 to facilitate dissolution
CM to dissolve the Assembly almost immediately after the conclusion of the debate on T Bill.
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is reportedly inclined to dissolve the Assembly almost immediately after the conclusion of the debate on the Telangana Bill, on January 23.
According to his close associates, the CM who has almost decided to launch a new political outfit, will fire his salvo by submitting his resignation and simultaneously recommending dissolution of the Assembly to ensure that Assembly elections are held in time.
Sources said the CM knows that many ministers and ruling party MLAs from Seemandhra will quit en masse, paving the way for the Governor to recommend President’s Rule.
Once it is clamped, Parliament needs to approve the proclamation, and till then, the Assembly will be placed in suspended animation. Once Parliament endorses the President’s action, the Assembly can be dissolved.
CM might dissolve House
The apprehension of the Chief Minister’s close followers is that the Centre may delay holding elections for the Assembly and keep the state under President’s Rule.
According to them, the Chief Minister has definite information that more than 50 Congress Seemaandhra MLAs, and some ministers, may resign to join other parties to try their luck in the next elections.
To avoid this, sources said, the Chief Minister will quit and go in for dissolution of the Assembly soon after the Telangana debate is over.
If a Chief Minister resigns, the whole Cabinet will also have to resign. But political pundits say the cabinet resolution is a must for recommending dissolution of the House to the Governor.
If the Governor has information that some cabinet ministers are not in favour of dissolution of the House, he need not consider the recommendation sent by the Chief Minister.
However, the Chief Minister’s close followers say that since a majority in the Council of Ministers is from the Seemandhra region, there will be no impediment to the Chief Minister recommending dissolution. They also say that since no voting takes place in cabinet meetings, it is always the majority that prevails in decision-making.
It may be mentioned here that during the infamous ‘August Coup’ in 1995, the then Governor Krishan Kant did not heed the recommendation for dissolution of the House sought by then chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao, and instead allowed Mr Chandrababu Naidu, the “dismissed minister”, to form the Government.