Lottery system of choosing RS members from AP, Telangana may

Members of Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana respectively may not be chosen by the lottery system as envisaged in a law passed during the previous UPA government as the Narendra Modi dispensation has started the process of reviewing it.
Highly placed sources in the government said the provision in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act would create confusion and was therefore not feasible practically.
Since the draw of lots system is mentioned in the Act itself, government is also mulling the option of changing the procedure by issuing an Ordinance. But as Parliament session is to commence on June 4, government sources said an amendment bill is also possible.

After the creation of Telangana on June 2, Andhra Pradesh will have 11 members in the Rajya Sabha, while the new state will get a share of 7 seats in the Upper House.
The First Schedule of the Andhra Pradesh Recorganisation Act states that 18 members of the Upper House will be divided between the residual state and Telangana based upon "drawing lots" to be organised by Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
The lottery procedure to decide on the state of the members was to take place yesterday but it did not happen.

"There are several issues like what will happen to the MPLAD funds. If a Seemandhra leader becomes a Telangana MP, he cannot spend his funds on his local area," a source in the government said. "The previous government has not applied its mind on this," the source added.

To address this issue, the government has begun inter-ministerial consultations, the sources said, expressing confidence that a solution would be found to it.
The move comes amid opposition from some sitting RS members of the undivided state as they fear that lawmaker from one region will land up being a member of the other state.
A couple of days ago, the Election Commission said in a statement that holding of the bypoll to fill up the vacancy of late N Janardhana Reddy from Andhra Pradesh will be considered after the Rajya Sabha Chairman decides as to which state -- Telangana or Andhra Pradesh -- the vacancy pertains according to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.