Hyderabad,
Nov 1: YSR Congress has celebrated the State Formation Day at the Party
headquarters here on Saturday and criticized the foolhardiness of the
TDP Government in changing the historic date without any valid reason.
“Due respect should be given to the historic facts and Andhra
Pradesh along with other states was formed on November 1 on linguistic
basis. I see no reason as to why Chandrababu Naidu should shift the date
to June 2.
Giving due respects to the sentiments of Telugu people we are
celebrating the Day as we revere history and the great people who made
the state of Andhra Pradesh a reality,” Party President YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy said at the State Formation Day function.
There have been precedents and history is very clear that Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are observing November 1 as the State
Formation Day even as new states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and
Uttarakhand respectively were carved out of them.
The new States thus emerged are having their own Formation Day. “It
is logical for Telangana to observe June 2 as State Formation Day as it
was the 29th state formed on that date while Andhra Pradesh remains the
same which has come into being on November 1.
Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh is the historic fact
which cannot be denied. There is no valid reason as to why the date
should be changed and TDP cabinet decision to change the date is beyond
any reasonable comprehension,” he said.
Chandrababu Naidu should change his mindset and stick to the
original date of State Formation or else we will revert back to the date
of November 1 as the state formation day after we come to power. The
State has come into being as a result of many sacrifices and as an
integrationist Party, we against the change of date, he said.