The Congress-led UPA Government would hold its coordination
committee
meeting here on July 31 to take a decision on the contentious Telangana
statehood, even as main Opposition BJP wanted a separate state carved
out of Andhra Pradesh expeditiously.
However, the likelihood of a separate Telangana state has caused a lot of heartburn among Andhra Pradesh’s Congress leaders from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, with members of Parliament from both areas vehemently opposed to a division of the present state.
Anti-Telangana MPs such as Union Ministers M M Pallam Raju, K S Rao, Chiranjeevi and D Purandeshwari (all hailing from coastal Andhra) and K Bapiraju and Anantarami Reddy had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a delegation recently to push for keeping Andhra Pradesh united. However, within the Congress, the MPs from Telangana have favoured statehood to the region and have indicated that not giving in to the overwhelming sentiment would result in an electoral backlash for the party in future as 10 districts of the region send 17 MPs to the Lok Sabha.
The BJP extended its full support for Telangana formation, with party chief Rajnath Singh informing reporters on the sidelines of the BJP SC Morcha National Executive Committee meeting here that the party was fully committed to the separate statehood demand.
“We support Telangana cause. The BJP is committed to form the state. The government should grant it immediately,” Rajnath said.
“Telangana statehood will become a reality if the BJP comes to power at the Centre after the general elections,” he added. The BJP had earlier accused the ruling party of dilly-dallying on the matter.
Amidst indications that the
statehood for Telangana was a fait accompli for the UPA Government at
the Centre now, the alliance has called for the coordination meeting to
finalise its common view on the issue.
A Congress Working Committee meeting is also scheduled after the UPA meeting, sources said here.However, the likelihood of a separate Telangana state has caused a lot of heartburn among Andhra Pradesh’s Congress leaders from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, with members of Parliament from both areas vehemently opposed to a division of the present state.
Anti-Telangana MPs such as Union Ministers M M Pallam Raju, K S Rao, Chiranjeevi and D Purandeshwari (all hailing from coastal Andhra) and K Bapiraju and Anantarami Reddy had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a delegation recently to push for keeping Andhra Pradesh united. However, within the Congress, the MPs from Telangana have favoured statehood to the region and have indicated that not giving in to the overwhelming sentiment would result in an electoral backlash for the party in future as 10 districts of the region send 17 MPs to the Lok Sabha.
The BJP extended its full support for Telangana formation, with party chief Rajnath Singh informing reporters on the sidelines of the BJP SC Morcha National Executive Committee meeting here that the party was fully committed to the separate statehood demand.
“We support Telangana cause. The BJP is committed to form the state. The government should grant it immediately,” Rajnath said.
“Telangana statehood will become a reality if the BJP comes to power at the Centre after the general elections,” he added. The BJP had earlier accused the ruling party of dilly-dallying on the matter.
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