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Two Congress MPs from Telanganaregion on Tuesday favoured the Centre fixing a time-frame for four parties in Andhra Pradesh to give their views on the statehood issue to expedite the decision-making process.

"If (Union Home Minister)Chidamramji is sincere, then he should put a cut-off date and ask the parties to give their views. He can write to the parties, ask them. He should say what decision he is going to take if the parties don't make up their mind. Delaying a decision is not good," Congress Lok Sabhamember Ponnam Prabhakar told reporters here.

Another Congress Lok Sabha member from Telangana S Rajaiah said the Centre should call the four parties and put a timeframe to give their views.

The Centre should put a pre-condition for parties that it will take steps towards resolving the issue on the basis of past records and documents (when the parties had given their views), he said.

The two Congress MPs were referring to the Union Home Minister's stance that four parties -- Congress, Telugu Desam, YSR Congress and MIM -- are yet to make up their mind on the Telangana issue.

"There is a demand for a decision. From my side and from the government of India side, we are requesting the four political parties which have not yet expressed their opinions, to quickly make up their mind and tell us their views. I hope they will soon," Chidambaram had said on March 31.

Chidambaram said the Central government was ready to call a meeting of eight political parties, once it gets the signal of four political parties, out of the eight,(that they) are ready and give their views.

Asked why he has not reminded the four political parties to give their views,Chidambaram had said, "I am in touch with them. I may not have issued a reminder in writing, but I am in touch with the four parties".

BJP, TRS, CPI, CPI-M -- have already taken a stand on the Telangana issue, but the four others were yet to make up their mind. Two earlier meetings of the political parties were held on January 5, 2010 and January 6, 2011.