Telangana ministers plan to meet Sonia

FollowingCongress high command’s efforts to set the party’s house in order in the state,ministers hailing from Telangana are planning to visit Delhito meet AICC president Sonia Gandhi and urge her to take a speedy decision onthe issue of statehood for the region.

Panchayatraj minister K Jana Reddy, while talking to mediapersons in his chamber at theSecretariat here on Friday, divulged the ministers’ plans to step up pressure onthe high command.

“Wewill seek the appointment of our party president Sonia Gandhi in the coming twoor three days. We will request her to take a speedy decision on the issue of grantingstatehood to the Telangana region,” he said and exuded confidence that the highcommand would keep its promise on Telangana.

Hemade it clear that all the ministers from the region would not relent until aseparate Telangana state was formed.

However,it is learnt that opinion is divided among the Telangana ministers over the Delhivisit proposal.

Someministers say that it is not the right time for them to exert pressure on thehigh command as the AICC top brass is racking its brains on revamping the PCCand the state cabinet.

Someothers like Jana Reddy feel that as the high command has turned its focus onthe state affairs now, it is an appropriate time to mount pressure on it andshould strike while the iron is hot.

Meanwhile, in the wake of reports that a non-Congress UPAminister raised the Telangana issue at a UPA coordination committee meeting onWednesday and warned the Congress leadership that any further delay on taking adecision on Telangana would only bring doom to the party in the region, Congressleaders from Telangana believe that the high command will take a final callsoon on the issue of state’s bifurcation.

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