New Delhi, February 10: The Terms of Reference for the five-member expert committee on the vexed Telangana issue headed by former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna were today finalised at a meeting of the Congress Core Committee, amidst indications it may be announced this week end.
Highly-placed Congress sources said that it would take at least a couple of days for the government to formally announce the Terms of Reference, which could come up at the meeting of the Union Cabinet tomorrow.
The committee was constituted on February 3, nearly a month after Home Minister P Chidambaram met leaders of eight recongised political parties in the state and discussed ways to move forward on the issue.
It was unclear whether the the issue of hike in prices of petroleum products came up at the meeting which was attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Among others who participated in the meeting are Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily and senior party leader Ahmed Patel.
–PTI–