Some matters settled, but many squabbles persist — AP-Telangana ties 10 yrs after bifurcation

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The gesture of camaraderie from the Telangana Chief Minister to his counterpart in Andhra Pradesh whose name will be revealed after the 4 June election results is significant as the 10th anniversary of the division of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into the two successor states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is coming up on 2 June...

Moreover, apart from settling a few other matters, such as the distribution of nearly 60,000 employees from the former state and the properties of Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi, the two states remain at odds over the division of assets belonging to various institutions and corporations...

Andhra Pradesh alleges that Telangana owes it over Rs 7,000 crore for energy supplied between June 2014 and June 2017 which Telangana has so far refused to clear.. The issue of outstanding power dues from Telanganas electricity distribution companies has been a persistent concern for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has raised it in numerous meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi over the past five years, but to no avail...

The SC had to finally intervene and allocate the judicial officers between the two states, the official said.. Finally, a committee headed by retired IAS officer Sheela Bhide was appointed in June 2014 to give its recommendation on the division of assets, according to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (APR) Act, 2014..

Meanwhile, in response to Andhra Pradeshs contentions, a top bureaucrat in Telangana said that the new government under Revanth Reddy was willing to negotiate and settle the assets and dues, including the power sector...

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