New Delhi, January 08: Congress top brass this evening deliberated on the issue of Telangana in the backdrop of government’s move to constitute a mechanism for wide ranging consultations with various groups and stakeholders on the issue.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily and Political Secretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel attended the brief meeting.
This is the first meeting after Chidambaram held consultations with eight recognised political parties of Andhra Pradesh on the creation of a separate state.
The Core Group took stock of the deliberations of the meeting Chidambaram had with leaders of political parties and his meetings with state leaders in the last two days.
–Agencies