Minor irrigation minister T G Venkatesh has reiterated that the central government would take decision on the Telangana issue only before the 2014 elections.
Speaking to the media here on Sunday, he said t
his was clearly stated by the union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde at his press conference at New Delhi on Saturday. He said that every one was taking meanings of what Shinde said as per their own perceptions and clarified that the fact was that the center intended to take a decision only at the time of elections. He said in all likelihood, the center may take a decision six months before the elections. Appealing to all ‘T’ forces not to impede development in the meantime, he said every one should make attempts for rapid development of the state by the time the center took a decision on the ‘T’ issue.
Replying questions, TGV has expressed the view that no Congress leader would join any other party though the high command does not take a decision on the Telangana issue. He said they may at best form a front and agitate for statehood. He has sarcastically said that no one in the Congress would become a slave to the TRS as they had no need to join that party which had already lost people’s confidence.
— NSs