TRS, Cong, TDP leaders for joint action: K T Rama Rao

Holding that the Centre's stand on Telangana is aimed at putting the issue in cold storage, Andhra Pradesh TRS leader K T Rama Rao on Thursday said that for the first time in three years, legislators from his party, Congress and TDP are launching joint political action.

Holding that the Centre's stand on Telangana is aimed at putting the issue in cold storage, Andhra Pradesh TRS leader K T Rama Rao on Thursday said that for the first time in three years, legislators from his party, Congress and TDP are launching joint political action.

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"What we are reacting to is the statement by the Home Minister (P Chidambaram) that the Telangana issue needs further consultation and further discussions which we completely disagree with.

"(This is) because after having made a categorical statement that the process will be initiated (on formation of a separate Telangana state), now to go back on the promise will be nothing but keeping the issue in cold storage," Rao, who is the son of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, told reporters.

Rao, an MLA, said, "Therefore, all the public representatives in the Telangana region are for the first time in the last three years launching joint political action. Legislators from Congress, TRS and Telugu Desam are serious about their resignation."