Hyderabad, January 04: All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said her party had no objection to carving out a separate State of Telangana.
Addressing two public meetings as part of the party’s campaign in the backward Telangana region, she said the Congress would take up the issue on top priority.
“As far as Telangana is concerned, Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy has made a statement in the Assembly and the Congress has also said in its election manifesto that it has no objection to formation of a separate Telangana State and will take up this issue on priority,” Sonia Gandhi said in meetings in Karimnagar and Bhongir in Nalgonda district.
Sonia Gandhi also criticised the TDP for its somersault on the issue but refrained from attacking the TRS. “The same TDP, which opposed separate Telangana State, is today trying to be the biggest votary of Telangana. I want to ask them: Why they failed to give separate statehood to Telangana region during their rule? What have they done for Telangana and its development?” she asked.
——-Agencies