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Thursday, Dec 23, 2004

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Congress leaders lobby against Telangana

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. A delegation of Congress leaders from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra on Wednesday met the party president, Sonia Gandhi, and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to counter the demand for a separate Telangana and urged them to address the issue at the earliest.

The delegation said creation of a separate State was not the answer for lack of development in the region. They said the issue should either be addressed by setting up of a second States Reorganisation Commission or through consensus among the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance. The leaders insisted that the frequent demand for separate Telangana was hampering both development and administration in the region.

They also emphasised the need for a resolution of the State assembly for creating a separate State as was done in the case of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh.

The delegation also gave a copy of a statement by the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in December 1972 articulating that she stood for an integrated Andhra Pradesh.

G. Venkat Reddy, Dronamraju Satyanaryana, Maganti Babu, R. Changa Reddy, Vardarajulu Reddy, Buddha Prasad and Veda Vyas were the members of the delegation.

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