Differences appear to have cropped up among ministers hailing from Telangana region, as two of them are understood to have decided not to withdraw their resignations.
Thirteen ministers hailing from the Telangana region had resigned after Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s December 23 statement putting the Telangana issue on the backburner. They had demanded immediate steps for creation of Telangana state.
Higher Education Minister D. Sridhar Babu and Information Technology Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy have decided not to
follow in the footsteps of 11 of their colleagues. They felt there had been “no concrete outcome” on the statehood issue, party sources said.
The other ministers, however, denied knowledge of such a development and state Congress president D. Srinivas claimed all the 13 ministers had withdrawn resignation.
“… we 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.
“But we’re not aware of the two ministers’ fresh decision,” ministers J. Geeta Reddy, Jupalli Krishna Rao, R. Venkata Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah and D.K. Aruna said after meeting Chief Minister K. Rosaiah.
They, however, said if the Centre “goes even one step backward”, they would chalk out next course of action.
{{/usCountry}}They, however, said if the Centre “goes even one step backward”, they would chalk out next course of action.
{{/usCountry}}Srinivas said that he along with Andhra chief minister and Veerappa Moily will represent the Congress at the meet.