New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram today
continued consultations with parties and leaders from Andhra
Pradesh on the Telangana issue, triggering expectations that
government may come out with a statement in the next few days.
After their meetings, leaders of these parties claimed
that the Home Minister promised them he would brief Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on these discussions and then may come
out with government's position on next course of action.
A day after actor-turned politician and Praja Rajyam
Party chief Chiranjeevi met Chidambaram, two MLAs of his party
from Telangana called on the Minister to tell him they want
immediate steps for creation of a separate state.
MLA Maheswar Reddy said Chiranjeevi took a "unilateral"
decision by deviating from party election manifesto which had
supported a separate Telangana.
A delegation of Congress legislators, including seven MPs,
from Telangana met the Home Minister and demanded "time-bound
action" for creation of Telangana.
M Jaganatham, MP, said the 30-member delegation, including
four Andhra Pradesh Ministers from the region, assured
Chidambaram that they would help the authorities in bringing
peace and that their agitation would not hamper the normal
activities of common people.
-PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 07, 2010, 23:26