NEW DELHI: The Congress high command dropped enough hints to it's Telangana MPs that the Union government would make a clear statement on Telangana in the budget session of Parliament which will be resumed on April 24 after holidays.
Telangana MPs have raised the issue in the Lok Sabha in the presence of the AICC president Sonia Gandhi and submitted memoranda to her.
On Friday, AICC general secretary and Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held separate meetings with Telangana and Seemandhra Congress MPs in his chamber in Parliament.
Though the agenda before Azad was to discuss bypolls to 18 Assembly segments in the state, he spoke on the Telangana issue at length.
Azad told party MPs that it was high time for the party to take a decision on Telangana. He said Parliament had holidays from March 31 to April 24 and during these days the party leadership would intensify its efforts to arrive at a decision on Telangana demand.
The UPA government will announce the decision in the House, he said.
Azad said Hyderabad was the bone of contention in state bifurcation. Though the party has been struggling to find a solution to the problem, this time it will settle the issue, Azad reportedly assured the MPs.
Telangana MPs said they wanted Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital.
Hyderabad was the heart of Telangana, they said.
Rajya Sabha members MA Khan and Nandi Yellaiah also met AICC president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday and received an assurance from her that the party would take a decision before April 24.
Nalgonda MP Gutta Sukhendar Reddy said they would not compromise with any one on Telangana.
BYPOLLS: REPORTS SOUGHT FROM MPs
Meanwhile, Seemandhra MPs urged Congress leadership to announce bypoll incharges for the 18 constituencies and said the party should announce candidates right away without waiting for election notification.
Minister Panabaka Lakshmi reportedly lodged a complaint against Lagadapati Rajagopal with Azad.
She said Rajagopal was damaging party prospects with his surveys.
Azad said a special committee will lead party work in all the 18 Assembly constituencies.
He asked respective MPs to give reports on each segment covering the overall political situation and party prospects. Party leadership would finalise candidates by keeping in mind the reports submitted MPs, he said.
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