Telangana Sadhana Sabha

The much-publicized Telangana Congress leaders' 'Telangana Sadhana Sabha' is off to a great start at Nizam college grounds began on Sunday. 

Addressing a mammoth gathering, minister Sridhar Babu said that Congress was the first party which initiated talk on Telangana.

Soon after the meeting began, they paid condolence to the Telangana martyrs who ended their lives for the 'T' cause and also to the pilgrims killed in Uttarakhand floods.
The minister also said that only Congress can make Telangana state possible.

"We have full confidence that Telangana state will be formed under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi," the minister said.

He requested the High Command to take an early decision on the Telangana issue.

Congress senior leader and former PCC chief D Srinivas said that only Congress president Sonia Gandhi can make Telangana state a reality, adding that the Congress High Command will announce a decision on Telangana soon.

"Congress top leaders have understood the seriousness of the issue. I am very confident that Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and other top leaders will certainly announce their decision soon which will be favorable to Telangana," he said. He expressed lauded the step of people who had organised the Telangana Sadhana Sabha meeting.

He also said that Telangana state with Hyderabad as capital will be announced soon.

Congress MP M. Anjan Kumar Yadav made it clear: "We want Telangana state with Hyderabad. No other alternative will be acceptable."

Rajya Sabha member V. Hanumantha Rao said that we should amicably divide the state like siblings do. "Some parties are betraying people with the Telangana sentiment. Some leaders are obstructing the formation of a new state. Also, regional parties cannot make Telangana possible," he asserted.