The Telangana government has requested the Centre to pass a bill in Parliament to bring back five villages that were merged with Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, emphasizing the need to re-merge these villages with Telangana for better administration. The demand arises from the challenges faced by tribals residing in these villages under Andhra Pradesh’s jurisdiction.
The plea for restoring these villages coincides with Parliament granting statutory status to Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s sole capital. Telangana MPs highlighted the issue of villages merged with Andhra Pradesh during the debates in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Nageswara Rao had previously met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu to discuss the return of these villages to Telangana.
The minister recalled that in 2014, seven mandals from Telangana’s Khammam district were merged with Andhra Pradesh to facilitate the Polavaram project’s construction. Nageswara Rao stressed the importance of passing legislation to transfer these villages back to Telangana, as they serve as a passage between the two states. He also emphasized the need for resolutions from both state assemblies to support the transfer.
