Asserting that there is no alternative except for keeping Andhra Pradesh united in the present circumstances, YSRCP on Friday warned that it would not keep quiet if the Congress goes ahead with its decision on bifurcation.

Addressing the Seemandhra Secretariat Employees at Jantar Mantar during their Dharna here, party honourary president Y.S. Vijayamma castigated CM Kiran Kumar saying he has taken up the Samaikya Andhra Ragam now after initially maintaining silence knowing full well of Congress high command’s plans to bifurcate the state.
Squarely blaming TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu for allowing Congress leadership to take the bifurcation decision through his letter of support for division, she said the state has been pushed to a brink because of his imprudent decision.
“If only Naidu had not given that letter, we would have been spared of the present crisis,” she said, adding that both Congress and TDP are enacting dramas now after inflicting the damage to the people.
Asking the Centre why Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are not bifurcated,  Vijayamma reiterated that Andhra Pradesh must be kept united. “There is no alternative except for keeping the state united,” she remarked.
Vijayamma said there is no people’s approval for the decision of bifurcation and the CWC’s post-haste decision on bifurcation had created a rift among the Telugu people. “How can one ask the Seemandhra people to leave Hyderabad which has been built by all. Lion’s share of Government revenue comes from Hyderabad only and everyone has a right over the city,” she said.
Students and youth will suffer for lack of educational and employment facilities and farmers for lack of irrigation water, Vijayamma said and added: “Andhra Pradesh people are suffering for the blunder committed by Congress leadership.”
Both Congress and TDP are equally responsible for the present state of affairs, she said. “They are enacting dramas now to cover up their mistakes. If they are sincere in keeping the state united, why did not even a single MP of TDP or Congress resign as yet?”
Speaking about the Antony Committee, she said it is of no use and would not serve any purpose.
“YSRCP is the only party which has stood by its commitment to Samaikyandhra from the very beginning. Party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy also proved his commitment to the cause of untied AP by undertaking a 7-day Deeksha even in jail,” she said.