Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Monday said he would make his party’s stand public on Tuesday on the response to be sent to the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the issue of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Talking to reporters after convening a meeting with party leaders from Telangana region here, Botsa said that he has heard the views of Telangana region and would a final decision after holding consultations with Seemandhra leaders along with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday evening. He clarified that separate meetings were held with the leaders of both the regions with a view to accommodate the views and sentiments of people of both Telangana and Seemandhra.
Botsa said that the Congress leaders were in favour of sending single opinion to the Centre in response to the Union Home Ministry’s letter.
Meanwhile, Panchayat Raj Minister K Jana Reddy urged Botsa to send response to the GoM on Telangana in concordance with the Congress Working Committee’s resolution favouring formation of Telangana State. The leaders from Telangana region, who held a meeting at Deputy Chief Minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha’s residence here, have decided to meet President of India Pranab Mukherjee seeking hastening the process of Telangana formation. (INN)