AP takes feud with Telangana to Centre; Naidu heads to Delhi

The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to seek Centre's intervention in asking the Governor to exercise his powers in the common capital of Hyderabad with Telangana as it accused the dispensation in the newly-formed state of tapping phones of its ministers, MPs and officers.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu left for Delhi and is expected to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow.
As the wrangling between the two states intensified, 50 FIRs were registered by Andhra Pradesh Police last evening against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for alleged illegal tapping of phones of his Andhra counterpart.
Telangana Police conducted raids at the houses of TDP MLA Revanth Reddy today and two others arrested in connection with cash-for-vote scam which triggered the entire row.

"The (AP) Director General of Police and Chief Secretary would go to Delhi tomorrow and meet the Union Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary and others and hand over a representation, urging them to issue rules concerning section 8 (of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act)," Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Y Ramakrishnudu told reporters after a meeting of state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naidu here.
As Governor ESL Narasimhan had not exercised his powers, Andhra government decided to ask him to exercise them, he said, adding that Cabinet passed a resolution to this effect.
Hyderabad is the common capital of two states but Andhra Pradesh does not have executive powers in the city.

Naidu left for Delhi after the meeting. He is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tomorrow.