Hyderabad, August 05: Leader of the opposition Ms. Sushma Swaraj had given the notice to the Speaker of the Parliament for raising the Telangana issue today. It is expected that this issue will come up for discussion. Mr. P. Chidambaram Home Minister will reply to the notice.
More than a dozen members of Parliament have tendered their resignations to pressurize the central Govt. to take immediate decision for the formation of Telangana State. The speaker, Ms. Meera Kumar has not taken any action on these resignations yet.
The Govt. has taken a stand that the Telangana issue has to be resolved by consensus of all the political parties. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad is continuing discussions for arriving at the consensus.
——Siasat News