If all goes well, the people of Andhra Pradesh will know of the report being submitted by the Srikrishna Committee by December 31, 2010.
Making this announcement at a crowded but brief press meeting at the Lake View Guest House here on Thursday, Justice Srikrishna announced that the report to be drafted by the Committee would be made public by December 31, provided the Government intends to do so.``It is for the Government to make the contents of our report public,'' Justice Srikrishna hastened to add.
The panel members have just started visiting various regions of the state. In the last couple of days they covered vast areas in the districts of Mehbubnagar and Kurnool and collected the opinions of individuals as well as groups of people besides collecting the reports from various political parties, Justice Srikrishna said.
The Committee will also visit the State on May 6 and 7 next to meet a few political parties to elicit their opinions on the formation of or integration of the state. The panel members are expected to tour the state for over eight to 10 days in the month of June-July, the members averred.
During the initial stages of the panel formation, a few people were averse to it, but now we found them very co-operative. This is a positive development, one of the members observed.
It is true that there are contradictory opinions within the same party on the issue of Telangana. That is the beauty of democracy in a political party. ''We respect such views also and we will give our independent opinion,'' Srikrishna explained while clarifying the media's doubts.
The five members of the Srikrishna Committee including its member-Secretary Vinod K Duggal were present on the occasion.