Pawan Kalyan's JFC meet reviews AP, Telangana after bifurcation

A joint fact-finding committee (JFC) set up by actor-turned-politician and chief of Jansena Party, Pawan Kalyan, has begun its work of gathering facts about the actuals paid to the Andhra Pradesh government by the Centre, following its separation from Telangana.

The committee, consisting of Lok Satta founder Jayaprakash Narayan, CPM leader P Madhu, CPI representative K. Ramakrishna, Congress representative Gidugu Rudraraju and former Andhra Pradesh chief secretary I Y R Krishna Rao, met here on Friday.

It was decided that the a JFC sub-committee will present a report on the assurances given to the state during bifurcation.

"The JFC will objectively analyse the Andhra Pradesh bifurcation act promises without any personal, political or ideological bias. Based on that report, political action will be decided by the joint political action committee. JFC is filing an RTI application seeking information on promises made & funds disbursed for projects as part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014. Answering this RTI is the Centre's responsibility, who has to answer 10 crore Telugu public," Pawan said in one of his tweets.

Pawan Kalyan on Friday urged the Centre to fulfil its promises made to Andhra Pradesh, failing which there could be unrest among the people of the state, which would go against the interests of the country.

Former bureaucrat Jayaprakash Narayan said that the Andhra Pradesh government has agreed to share a document submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu during a recent meeting.

On Saturday, the JFC started look into aspects like revenue deficit, special assistance to backward regions, tax benefits for investors, provisions for infrastructure and special category status or package.