Srikrishna: we will give an impartial report

NEW DELHI: The Srikrishna Committee, which held wide-ranging consultations over the past 11 months on the demand for a state of Telangana as well as to maintain the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday said it would give an “impartial and professional” report that would seek to achieve the “highest satisfaction of the maximum number of people.”
The five-member panel, headed by the former Supreme Court judge, Justice B. N. Srikrishna, will submit a report by December 31 to Home Minister P. Chidambaram. It was appointed on February 3.
At a press conference here, Justice B.N. Srikrishna expressed the hope that the committee's report would seek to bring about a “permanent solution” to the statehood demand. All political parties had promised to maintain peace, harmony and calm after the submission of the report. “I hope peace prevails in the State after the report is submitted. It is the responsibility of the politicians and the media,” he said.
Indicating that the report would run into two volumes, committee's member-secretary Vinod K. Duggal said it would offer “several options with their pros and cons.'' Every aspect mentioned in the terms of reference of the committee was looked into in a detailed manner and the issue at hand [Telangana] was analysed in all its “hues and shades.”
The panel met 30 times, visited 23 districts and 35 villages and held interactions with about 100 organisations.