Shinde: Decision on Telangana in a month
29 Dec 2012 7:13 AM IST
Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who chaired a meeting of Andhra Pradesh political parties on the contentious Telangana issue on Friday, said that the final decision regarding the formation of the separate state, will be taken in a month.
‘I have said earlier that this will be the last all-party meeting on this issue. I have complete faith in the people of Andhra Pradesh and that some solution will be found,’ Shinde told reporters after the meeting.
The meet attended by two representatives each of the eight political parties from the state which includes Congress, Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS), TDP, Jaganmohan Reddy’s YSR Congress, BJP, CPI, CPM and AIMIM. While even within the Congress seeing a divided stand.
Pro-Telangana representative Suresh Reddy opened the discussion by rooting for separate statehood, G Venkat Reddy, who was the last to speak, insisted on keeping Andhra as a united entity.
Sources say that the final decision will be taken by the Congress top brass and Shinde has been given the responsibility to garner the views of each of the parties in the state. After this meeting another series of meetings will be held between Shinde and these leaders from each of the parties in the state at an individual level, said the source. The TRS, BJP and CPI supported creation of Telangana, while the TDP did not clealrly come out with their stand. The CPM backed a united Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress took a safe stand by as party leader M V Mysura Reddy said that the party will go by the decision taken by the centre.
The demand for the separate state has seen violent protests and political power play, with more than 300 people killed between 1969 and 1972.
‘I have said earlier that this will be the last all-party meeting on this issue. I have complete faith in the people of Andhra Pradesh and that some solution will be found,’ Shinde told reporters after the meeting.
The meet attended by two representatives each of the eight political parties from the state which includes Congress, Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS), TDP, Jaganmohan Reddy’s YSR Congress, BJP, CPI, CPM and AIMIM. While even within the Congress seeing a divided stand.
Pro-Telangana representative Suresh Reddy opened the discussion by rooting for separate statehood, G Venkat Reddy, who was the last to speak, insisted on keeping Andhra as a united entity.
Sources say that the final decision will be taken by the Congress top brass and Shinde has been given the responsibility to garner the views of each of the parties in the state. After this meeting another series of meetings will be held between Shinde and these leaders from each of the parties in the state at an individual level, said the source. The TRS, BJP and CPI supported creation of Telangana, while the TDP did not clealrly come out with their stand. The CPM backed a united Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress took a safe stand by as party leader M V Mysura Reddy said that the party will go by the decision taken by the centre.
The demand for the separate state has seen violent protests and political power play, with more than 300 people killed between 1969 and 1972.
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