Media reports say ESL Narasimhan, Joint Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, has been summoned to New Delhi.He is leaving for the national capital this afternoon. According to reports, he is scheduled to call on union home minister Rajnath Singh this evening. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of raging controversy over the implementation of Section 8 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act-2014. This provision empowers the Governor to oversees the law and orders and other issues in Joint Capital region of successor states of  erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. While AP demands empowering Governor with Section 8, Telangana is opposing tooth and nail, and wants abrogation of the provision.

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