Cong only option in state is ‘Separate T’

Recently, at the meeting with Congress MLAs Ghulam Nabi Azad, All India Congress Committee in-charge of Andhra Pradesh affairs, the issue of formation of Telangana had come up for discussion and the MLAs appeared to be unanimous in their decision of granting a separate state.

The meeting also took note of the fact that Jagan was likely to do well in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra but his chances in Telangana are not good and hence the only option would be to counter him was by granting a separate state. However, Azad continued to ask several questions regarding the formation of Telangana.

He asked what the implications of such a decision would be and how the public would react. The MLAs told him clearly that it would be better to save one region than lose out on both since the future as far as the rest of Andhra Pradesh goes looks bleak for now.

However, the MLAs indicated that if Telangana was granted statehood then the Congress would be credited and it would work in favour of the party in the forthcoming elections. According to the MLAs, formation of Telangana was their only available option and the Congress could be in dire straits if it did not act.

One of the MLAs, who attended that meeting, disclosed that Azad had taken a lot of interest in this movement and had asked more questions that one expected. The meeting, which lasted a couple of hours, first took stock of the Jagan’s victory and Azad was clearly told that this is a trend which will soon grip other parts of the state.

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