Chidambaram urges parties to help find a solution to Telangana

New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) The all-party meeting on the
Telangana issue Tuesday failed to break any fresh ground with
parties divided on the creation of a separate state and
indications emerged that there could be further discussions.

Protagonists of separate Telangana state K Chandrasekhar
Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Bandaru Dattareya of
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that the Indian
government take immediate steps for formation of the new state
while Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief Chiranjeevi made it clear
that his party was for a united state of Andhra Pradesh.
The actor-turned-politician said he favoured
constitution of a committee for the involvement of all groups
to go into the issue. BJP opposed any further consultation.
Rao, who is at the centre of the pro-Telangana
campaign, said he was waiting for Centre's response.
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram, who talked to
reporters after a meeting that lasted over four hours with
leaders of eight political parties in the southern Indian
state of Andhra Pradesh, admitted as much when he said it was
quiet clear that parties were divided on the issue.
"It appears to me that no one is opposed to further
consultations with other groups and stakeholders. Should such
consultations become necessary, they were keen that it should
be concluded within a reasonable time frame," he said.
Chidambaram said he told the leaders that he would take
these views to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his
senior cabinet colleagues and "I will come up with a decision
or a statement of the government." (More) PTI ACB
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