Govt assures 'Good news' on Telangana

Last Updated: Monday, December 28, 2009, 13:03

Tags: Pranab Mukherjee, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday reportedly promised "some good news" on Telangana and asked his party ministers from that region in Andhra Pradesh to withdraw their resignations, but they were not in an immediate mood to relent.

State Information and Tourism Minister Geeta Reddy, who led a delegation of 13 ministers who have quit in protest against Centre putting the Telangana on the backburner, told reporters after a meeting with Mukherjee that they would discuss his request among themselves first before taking a decision on their resignations.

"Pranab Mukherjee asked us to withdraw our resignations and assured us that there will be good news on Telangana issue in the near future. We are also waiting for some special news on the issue," Reddy said.

"We will discuss it (request to withdraw resignations) among ourselves. Our aim is not being in posts or power, but meeting the expectations of the people of Telangana. Their aspirations is to have a separate state and they are longing for it. This is the right time to have Telangana," she added.

Her cabinet colleague and Water Resources Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said the Ministers conveyed the ground situation in Telangana, especially Hyderabad.

"We impressed upon Mukherjee to take steps to clear the doubts of separate statehood created by Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement on December 23, which gave an impression that Telangana was taking a backseat," he said.

First Published: Monday, December 28, 2009, 13:03

Comments

Venkat - USA
The TRS is a Fascist organization with figures like KCR,KTR(KCR`s son) and Harish Rao.
You have to listen to the bigotry and hatred spewing out of their mouths.
The violent speeches and intentions towards ``Andhra`` people is the same as the other Bigot, Raj Thackeray and his organization, the MNS.Maoists and the misled peasants are their backbone for violence.

Telangana people have been misled.
Can anybody reveal and question their accumilated wealth and lands.
KCR and company shed crocodile tears about the plight of telangana people.
All of these bigots and the rich ``Telangana`` diaspora have failed the people over these many years.Where do they invest their money? Not in interior telangana districts but in metropolis and other states.
Yakshi and the likes (other ``articulate`` telangana leaders) have orchestrated what will be an MNS like agenda.

The lack of courage and political leadership of the non TRS parties is appaling and will be rembered in history as the beginning of intolerant and violent movement tearing apart the nation of India.

Advice to the Government of India: Do not succumb to these bigots and their blackmail.Declare Hyderabad as one of the many national security and economic assets along with other cities where Center has its institutions ((Defence,Research,Technology,Space and others).They should be off limits to the statehood.