Telangana Congress leaders to pressurize govt for last time

15 Jun 2011 Evaluate

To make a last effort by pressurizing the Congress government on the Telangana issue, the party leaders from the region have left for New Delhi. The leader, MPs, state ministers and legislators plan to meet union home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday afternoon and union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the evening.

Damodar Reddy, legislator, terming it as the 'last visit to Delhi' on the issue, said if the leadership failed to respond positively, they would chalk out a direct action plan. 'We are ready to make any sacrifice for Telangana,' said Reddy.

The party leaders have already set June 30 as the deadline for the party leadership to make a clear-cut statement on the demand for a separate Telangana state. They want the central government to abide by its Dec 9, 2009 statement on the issue and table a bill in the ensuing parliament session to carve out a separate state.

Member of Parliament G. Sukhender Reddy said 'No package or any other alternative is acceptable to us”.

The MPs had last week called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who assured to discuss the issue with the party leadership.

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