KCR asks Centre to form Telangana immediately

Declaring that the "battle" for separate Telangana has begun, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked the Centre to take steps for formation of the separate state immediately.

Declaring that the "battle" for separate Telangana has begun, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday asked the Centre to take steps for formation of the separate state immediately.

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Claiming there is a "constitutional crisis" in the state in the wake of the resignations of almost all ministers and MLAs from Telangana, Rao asked the Centre to initiate the process for the formation of Telangana.

"In view of the strong demand for Telangana, the central government should grant the separate state immediately", he told reporters after the first meeting of the Joint Action Committee comprising leaders cutting across party lines from
Telangana in Hyderabad on Friday night.

The JAC discussed ways to intensify the agitation for Telangana state at its first meeting today.

At the closed-door meeting, TRS is understood to have mooted a proposal to fix a deadline for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, but there was no statement on record from the leaders to this effect.