Telangana backlash, Govt may mull second SRC

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec 24 (PTI) As a political backlash
erupted in Andhra Pradesh in southern India over the decision
to put Telangana on the backburner, the Indian government on
Thursday said to be considering setting up a States
Reorganisation Commission amidst pressure mounted by
pro-Telangana leaders.
11 Congress Members of Parliament (MP)s from Telangana
region on Thursday submitted their resignation to party
President Sonia Gandhi in the wake of government statement
they feared would delay indefinitely the process forming the
new state.
The MPs who met in Andhra Bhavan in Delhi later called on
Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to Congress President. One of
the MPs Madhu Yashki told reporters after the meeting that
Patel assured them that there would be no "deviation" on the
December nine announcement on initiating steps for the
creation of Telangana.
Yashki said that Patel acknowledged that there were
doubts that have arisen following yesterday's statement.
In the state, over 70 Members of Legislative Assembly
(MLA)s cutting across party lines, two Telegu Desam Party MPs
and a state Minister resigned their posts to protest against
Wednesday night's announcement by India's Home Minister P
Chidambaram in which he had said that there was need for wide
ranging consultations on Telangana.
With the issue turning politically volatile, the Centre
may be mulling a proposal to constitute the second States
Reorganisation Commission to go into Telangana and demands for
bifurcation of other states in a bid to buy time.
However, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K
Chandrasekhar Rao has rejected it, saying such a proposal "is
not at all acceptable". "We feel it is an insult," he said
after the first meeting of the Telangana Joint Action
Committee in Hyderabad. (More) PTI