Congress leader Keshava Rao addresses the media after a meeting between party legislators from the Telangana region and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
More than 60 Congress legislators comprising MPs, MLAs and MLCs from the Telangana region on Wednesday met Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and demanded urgent steps for the creation of a separate State out of Andhra Pradesh.
The legislators, however, expressed “unhappiness” over getting “very little” time to meet the Home Minister and sat for more than two hours at a conference hall of the Home Ministry.
“We have met the Home Minister and placed our demand. Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to go for another meeting. So, our people are unhappy as the Home Minister gave us very little time,” Rajya Sabha member Hanumantha Rao told reporters in New Delhi.
Senior Congress leader Keshava Rao said except his party, all other political parties in Andhra Pradesh have clarified their position on the issue and it was high time Congress made up its mind.
“We know the Home Minister is not in a position to take a decision. But we thought that it is appropriate to come and apprise him with people’s feelings as he has been involved in the process,” he said.
He said people of Telangana region were upset that there was no mention either in Parliament or in the State Assembly about the alleged death of 600 people demanding a separate State.
Mr. Rao also dismissed the suggestion for constituting a Gorkhaland Autonomus Council-type authority for the Telangana region.
Some leaders also indicated that they may go for a mass agitation, including en masse resignation, if no decision is taken in the next few days.
The delegation included 13 MPs, 10 State Ministers, 28 MLAs and 13 MLCs belonging to the Telangana region.
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