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Telangana Congress MPs threaten resignations
Sunday January 02, 2011 09:55:41 PM ,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Congress MPs
from Telangana Sunday threatened to resign if the Srikrishna
committee recommends against forming a separate Telangana state.
The MPs, legislators and other leaders, who met here to chalk out
their strategy on the Telangana issue, made it clear that they
would not accept anything less than a separate state.
The meeting demanded that the central government table a bill in
parliament during the budget session to carve out a Telangana
state.
They also felt that the all-party meeting called by Home Minister
P. Chidambaram on Jan 6 on the report of Srikrishna committee
would serve no purpose.
"The meeting is an exercise in futility," Congress legislator
Damodar Reddy told reporters after the meeting.
A section of leaders said those attending the meeting on behalf of
the party should put forward strongly their views in favour of
Telangana. They were also of the view that the protest for a
separate state should begin during the meeting itself if the
Srikrishna committee's report is against Telangana.
Member of parliament G. Sukhender Reddy said they were ready to
make any sacrifice, including their resignations, if the report is
against the formation of Telangana state.
Another MP, Ponnam Prabhakar, said they believed in the assurance
of the central leadership on Telangana and hoped that the process
for formation of separate state would begin in line with the
government's announcement of Dec 9, 2009.
Meanwhile, addressing a meeting of employees from Telangana,
senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao said
he had already conveyed to party president Sonia Gandhi that their
only demand was a separate state.
Keshava Rao also said the goal of Telangana state could be
achieved only if leaders of Telangana rise above political
affiliations and fight unitedly.
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