Invoke Sec: 8 immediately: Achchem Naidu

The AP Labor minister Achchem Naidu has made a very strong statement during his address to media at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. He said, “We demand the Governor to immediately take charge of Law and Order, GHMC and other institutions in the common capital Hyderabad using his discretionary powers that he gets through Sec: 8 of the AP Reorganization Bill. Otherwise, we will be forced to make our own arrangements to ensure safety and security of our government and our people living there. Telangana government is treating the Andhra people and the employees as second class citizens. Hence, we will not hesitate to launch parallel governance in the common capital, if the Governor fails to invoke Sec: 8 immediately. If, there is any problem in implementing Sec: 8, then the Centre should declare Hyderabad as Union Territory. Otherwise we will start agitation with lakhs of people for the same.”