<p>Top bureaucrats from Andhra Pradesh and the Central government will hold their maiden meeting on Friday to kick-start talks on the proposed bifurcation of assets and resources for the physical creation of th new state of Telangana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A battery of secretary-level Andhra officials are flying to the national capital for the meeting as a detailed report on segregation of assets has to be prepared by November 7, when the Group of Ministers working out the nitty-gritty of the bifurcation is scheduled to hold its third meeting here. <br /><br />It is learnt that Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission chairman and secretary have already arrived with the broad contours for division of the bureaucracy to form a separate cadre and work force to administer the proposed Telangana state. <br /><br />The two governments of the divided state have to prepare a blueprint for sharing of river water, power and sharing of other assets equitably, besides demarcation of boundary. Persuasion tactics<br /><br />The government is also contemplating offering sops, including institutes of academic excellence such as an IIT <br /><br />and an airport to calm the agitating people of Seemandhra region.<br /><br />In a related development, Congress President Sonia Gandhi met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday and is learnt to have discussed the Telangana issue with him.<br /><br />Mukherjee, while being a part of the central cabinet in the past, was opposed to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state and, according to his aides, still holds that view.<br /><br />A group of 40 leaders from Seemandhra region, including ministers in the state government, MLAs, MLCs and MPs, also met the President as part of a last-ditch effort to stall the bifurcation of the state.<br /><br />“We have told the President that the actions of the Central Government were in violation of the Constitution,” S Sailajanath, a minister in the Andhra Pradesh government, said after meeting the President.<br /><br />They claimed that the Centre was not taking the leaders from coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema regions into confidence while going ahead with the process of carving out a separate Telangana.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan on Wednesday held meetings with the President, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh.</p>
<p>Top bureaucrats from Andhra Pradesh and the Central government will hold their maiden meeting on Friday to kick-start talks on the proposed bifurcation of assets and resources for the physical creation of th new state of Telangana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A battery of secretary-level Andhra officials are flying to the national capital for the meeting as a detailed report on segregation of assets has to be prepared by November 7, when the Group of Ministers working out the nitty-gritty of the bifurcation is scheduled to hold its third meeting here. <br /><br />It is learnt that Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission chairman and secretary have already arrived with the broad contours for division of the bureaucracy to form a separate cadre and work force to administer the proposed Telangana state. <br /><br />The two governments of the divided state have to prepare a blueprint for sharing of river water, power and sharing of other assets equitably, besides demarcation of boundary. Persuasion tactics<br /><br />The government is also contemplating offering sops, including institutes of academic excellence such as an IIT <br /><br />and an airport to calm the agitating people of Seemandhra region.<br /><br />In a related development, Congress President Sonia Gandhi met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday and is learnt to have discussed the Telangana issue with him.<br /><br />Mukherjee, while being a part of the central cabinet in the past, was opposed to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state and, according to his aides, still holds that view.<br /><br />A group of 40 leaders from Seemandhra region, including ministers in the state government, MLAs, MLCs and MPs, also met the President as part of a last-ditch effort to stall the bifurcation of the state.<br /><br />“We have told the President that the actions of the Central Government were in violation of the Constitution,” S Sailajanath, a minister in the Andhra Pradesh government, said after meeting the President.<br /><br />They claimed that the Centre was not taking the leaders from coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema regions into confidence while going ahead with the process of carving out a separate Telangana.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan on Wednesday held meetings with the President, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh.</p>
