In an exclusive interview with NDTV today, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy said he was willing to quit his post to keep the state together.
Here are the highlights of his interview:- They should send a bill which is ready to be put in Parliament.
- They have sent a faulty bill, a draft bill... if this bill is accepted by Parliament as it is, I said, I'll quit politics.
- The bill has to go to the Cabinet, it has to go to the President and then come to the Parliament
- There are over 9000 amendments which were not debated by the Assembly
- Centre is behaving like they are Telangana representatives; they have forgotten most of the people of Andhra Pradesh don't want the state divided
- I'm standing with the people of Andhra Pradesh
- State is more important, my future is not important
- I'm the 16th Chief Minister, it is a temporary post. The state is permanent. People are permanent.
- Certain people do want Telangana and I'm not saying it is unjustified. But people will suffer if the state is divided.
- There is no state in the country which has been divided when the state legislature has rejected it
- I am sure that the bill cannot come to the Parliament. There are legal issues there
- The future of the youngsters of the state, farmers is important
- Let us not mix political gains with the future of a state.