No rethink on Telangana formation: Cabinet Secretary

New Delhi: Unfazed by protests, government  today ruled out any rethink on bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. “There can not be a rethink on the issue. A decision has already been taken by the Cabinet,” Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth told PTI. [caption id=“attachment_1160755” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Telangana protests. AP image[/caption] Seth’s remarks came on a day when government reorganised the Group of Ministers (GoM) panel for working out modalities of creation of the new Telangana state for which a decision was taken on October 3. Last week, the had decided to go ahead with the decision to create a seperate Telangana state. After the decision, the protestors intensified their agitation, thus crippling the normal life in Seemandhra region. YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy and Telegu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu have gone on fast over the decision. Commenting on the on-going agitation in Seemandhra region, Seth said “normalacy shall be restored in the region.” PTI