Hyderabad, December 24: Facing the heat from their constituents as well as fellow legislators, Andhra Pradesh ministers hailing from Telangana region today came forward to resign from their posts but Chief Minister K Rosaiah prevented them from doing so.
The ministers first met state Congress Committee president D Srinivas in the morning and said there should have been more clarity in Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s latest statement on the statehood issue.
A clear-cut timeframe should have been fixed for the formation of Telangana state, they said.
Later, the ministers met the Chief Minister in the Secretariat and expressed their desire to put in their papers.
He, however, prevailed upon them not to take such a step.
Instead, Rosaiah asked them to shoulder the responsibility and help restore peace in the strife-hit region.
–Agencies