Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had an emotional connection with Telangana and the genuine concern emanated from the sincere desire of Telangana people with whom she had a lot of interactions that ultimately prompted her to take such a difficult decision even at the cost of losing political power in other states.
“I thank Sonia Gandhi from this platform for the creation of Telangana,” she said while participating in the celebrations of Telangana formation at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday. “We considered Telangana’s voice as God’s voice as we consider Democracy as the god. We gave a shape to their voice in the form of passing the Telangana bill in Parliament,” said Ms. Meira Kumar, who was the Lok Sabha Speaker when the Telangana bill was passed.
In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said those questioning the method of passing the Telangana formation bill should get a befitting reply from Congressmen. “We followed all the democratic practices and principles while the passing the bill,” she said.
