Centre not thinking of imposing Prez rule in Andhra: PC

New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the Central Government was not thinking to impose the President Rule in Andhra Pradesh, even as the state was witnessing “political crisis” on the issue of separate Telangana.
“The Central government had not taken any final decision on Telangana and the consultation process is still in progress,” Mr Chidambaram told reporters here.The state has been witnessing “political crisis” as many MPs and Legislators from Telangana region have resigned to mount pressure on the Centre for a separate state. Mr Chidambaram also expressed his “unhappiness” over the resignations by several MPs and Legislators and said the process to engage them was on. When asked about the Supreme Court’s judgement on Salwa Judum, the Union Home Minister said, “I have not yet fully read the judgement but it has to be read and reflected carefully.”Mr Chidambaram said he would talk to the chief ministers on the impact of the decisions on the anti-Naxal operation. The apex court yesterday pronounced Chhattisgarh government’s sponsored Salwa Judum movement to fight Maoist violence illegal. Under Salwa Judum, the state government appoints private individuals as special police officers (SPOs) and give them arms to fight Naxals. There have been allegations that SPOs are misusingthe arms to settle personal scores but are not booked for killings and torture of innocent people in the Naxal violence-hit State.