YSR Congress has demanded that the TDP spell out its apprehensions on Section 8 of State Reorganisation Act 2014 and get them clarified in the presence of the President Pranab Mukherjee and Governor ESL Narasimhan.

“Chandrababu Naidu and his cabinet colleagues have been raising a hue and cry over the implementation of Section 8, more so after the cash for vote scam has come to light. Hence, the Chief Minister should make best use of the time as the Implementing authority (Governor) and his appointing authority (President) are in city,” party senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana told reporters on Wednesday.

The issue of Section 8 popped up after the TDP MLA was caught by ACB while trying to bribe an MLA and TDP has gone on the offensive ever since and called the Governor names. Though Chandrababu Naidu was allotted an additional 30 minutes time on Tuesday with the President Pranab Mukherjee, in lieu of the absence of his Telangana counterpart, there seems to be no mention of the controversy.

“Our stand on Section 8 has been clear that it should be implemented along with all other provisions of the State Reorganistaion Act. But it was Chandrababu Naidu and his cabinet colleagues who raised the controversy and had cast aspersions on the institution of Governor. Since President is the appointing authority of Governors, it would be wise on part of the TDP President to clear the air on the subject and make a statement on what was the response he got,” he said.

“It became a major issue after the scam broke out and we demand that Chandrababu Naidu should broach the issue with President in the presence of Governor, extract a reply and issue statement,” he said.

“Our Party expresses its dissent for maintaining the same scale of finance for the agriculture year though the Telangana government has increased it. This shows that Chandrababu Naidu is anti-farmer,” he said.