Hyderabad: Differences appeared to
have cropped up among ministers hailing from Telangana region
as two of them are understood to have decided not to withdraw
their resignations.
Higher Education Minister D Sridhar Babu and
Information Technology Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy have
decided not to follow in the footsteps 11 of their colleagues
as they felt there has been ?no concrete outcome? on the
statehood issue, party sources said.
The other ministers, however, denied knowledge about
any such development and state PCC President D Srinivas
claimed all the 13 ministers from the region have withdrawn
their resignation.
13 ministers hailing from the Telangana region had
resigned after Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement on
December 23 putting the Telangana issue on the backburner.
They demanded immediate steps for creation of a separate
Telangana.
"In the morning when we all met at the residence of PCC
president D Srinivas, we had decided to withdraw our
resignation as the Centre began the process of creating a
separate Telangana state by convening an all-party meeting on
January 5.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 20:49