Senior Cong leaders, state ministers join Telangana chorus

Hyderabad, Dec 6 (PTI) Under pressure in the wake of the
situation arising out Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K
Chandrasekhar Rao's fast-unto-death on Telagana issue, some
senior Congress leaders and Andhra Pradesh (southern state)
ministers have joined the chorus for a separate state.

Congress Working Committee member G Venkataswamy Sunday
visited Chandrasekhar Rao at the hospital here Sunday and
later shot off a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to
take an urgent decision on Telangana.
He wanted Sonia Gandhi to permit the state government to
move a resolution in the winter session of the assembly
favouring creation of a Telangana state.
"This is the right time for creating a Telangana state in
deference to the aspirations of the people," Venkataswamy said
in the letter.
Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) member K
Keshava Rao, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
chairman M Satyanarayana Rao and former Member of Legislative
Assembly Uppunutala Purushottam Reddy too are championing
the Telangana cause.
State Ministers, hailing from Telangana region, too are
apparently under pressure. While vowing their "unflinching
support" for a separate state, these ministers too announced
that they would mount pressure on Congress high command for
conceding the Telangana demand.
Among the Telangana ministers were P Sabita Indra Reddy,
D Sridhar Babu, D K Aruna, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, Sunitha
Laxma Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah who met the TRS chief
Sunday and persuaded him to give up the fast but to no avail.
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