"I don't think there is any possibility of going back on Telanagana," Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today addressed the media and touched upon several issues including the ceasefire violations at the border and formation of Telangana.
Here are the highlights:Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde: On Telangana:
- GoM will submit a note to the Cabinet which will then take a decision and send to the President. The president will send it to the Assembly
- In this case the resolution was tried earlier but it is in abeyance by the state itself since the Cabinet has passed an order for the GoM
- All points will be taken into consideration and justice will be given to the people of Andhra Pradesh
- I don't think there is any possibility of going back on Telanagana
- I cannot commit on whether or not we will bring President's Rule
On Samba attacks, infiltrations:
- We had information about infiltration and we had sent an alert
- It wasn't particular about Keran sector but infiltration as a whole
- I have asked for a report on from J&K police
- There are some lapses we are inquiring into it
On his letter to chief ministers:
- The letter I wrote, which is being misunderstood by certain political parties, was regarding alleged harassment of Muslim youth.
- We aren't saying this. My letter has misread and misinterpreted. We've received references from NGOs, etc.
- We haven't said Muslims, if someone wants to misunderstand then what can we do
Home Secretary Anil Goswami:
- With regard to fishermen, we have a difficulty with Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
- We have entered into an agreement with Pak that all inadvertent straying are reported to the other side and we try and secure the release of fisherman.
- We are trying to enter into a similar agreement with Sri Lanka.
- 3 tier coastal security in place. Coastal security has come into focus after 9/1, some states are lagging behind in implementation