Telangana ministers to stay away from Cabinet meet

Hyderabad, December 29: Andhra Pradesh ministers from Telangana region, who quit their posts in support of a separate statehood demand, on Tuesday said they will stay away from the state Cabinet meetings until Centre comes out with a positive statement on the issue.

“We will not go (attend cabinet meetings) until a clear stand is announced on Telangana issue,” Civil Supplies Minister J Krishna Rao told reporters here.

“We have told everything to our high command. We are hopeful that the Centre would come out with a positive response,” IT Minister K Venkata Reddy said.

—-Agencies