Ministers from Telangana decide to stay away from Cabinet meet

Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Telangana region, who quit their posts in support of a separate state demand, said on Tuesday that they would stay away from the state Cabinet meetings until Centre comes out with a positive statement on the issue.

Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Telangana region, who quit their posts in support of a separate state demand, said on Tuesday that they would stay away from the state Cabinet meetings until Centre comes out with a positive statement on the issue.

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"We will not go (attend cabinet meetings) until a clear stand is announced on Telangana issue," Civil Supplies Minister J Krishna Rao told reporters here.

"We have told everything to our high command. We are hopeful that the Centre would come out with a positive response," IT Minister K Venkata Reddy said.