New Delhi, December 23: Appearing to put the Telangana issue on the backburner, the Centre said tonight that the situation in Andhra Pradesh has “altered” since the announcement on creation of a separate state.
Wide-ranging consultations would now be held with all political parties and groups in the state, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in a statement, adding that the Centre will take “steps to involve all concerned in the process”.
Recalling his December nine statement in which he had announced that the process of forming Telangana would be initiated, he said that since then the situation in Andhra Pradesh has altered and that “a large number of political parties are divided on the issue”. .
–Agencies