New Delhi: On the eve of an all-party meeting
on Telangana, TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao today said the
Centre should follow its announcement on creation of a
separate state with a resolution in Parliament but set no
deadline for it.
Rao, who met CPI general secretary A B Bardhan here, said
the Constitutional process should be set in motion for carving
out Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh.
"The Government of India has announced its policy on
Telangana. It should follow it up with Constitutional process.
A resolution should be moved in Parliament," the TRS leader
told reporters after meeting Bardhan.
To a question on time-frame, he said 15 states had been
created since Independence and that formation of Telangana
would take the same time as other states did.
Asked whether he would set any deadline, Rao said,
"People of Telangana have waited for 55 years, we can wait for
another 15 days."
Rao said he would answer all such questions after
tomorrow's meeting.
On his meeting with Bardhan, the TRS chief said he had
come to seek his "blessings" and his views on Telangana.
"CPI is among the first parties which supported the cause
of Telangana. When I was on deathbed Bardhan spoke to the
Prime Minister and asked him to intervene in the issue and
save my life," Rao said.
Supporting Rao's demand, Bardhan said the Centre should
deliver on its promise.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 04, 2010, 21:08