Decision taken on new districts without consultations: CPI

Not eliciting opinions of stakeholders is sign of autocratic behaviour of CM, says Ramakrishna

The CPI has accused Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of resorting to autocratic behaviour while issuing a draft notification with regard to the formation of new districts in the State without board-based consultation with political parties, stakeholders and even his own party MLAs.

Party’s State secretary K. Ramakrishna o Thursday told the media that there was no need to send the draft notification online to the Cabinet Ministers at the midnight and seek their consent. “Sufficient time should have been taken for broad-based consultative meetings by the District Collectors with all stakeholders and political leaders at the grassroots level. However, it was not done and this is leading to the wave of unrest and demand for different combinations and permutations of mandals or new district headquarters,” he said, adding that ‘decision on the new districts should have been done in a more democratic way’.