Centre should move resolution in Parliament on Telangana: Rao

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) On the eve of an all-party meeting
on Telangana, TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday said
the Indian government should follow its announcement on
creation of a separate state with a resolution in Parliament
but set no deadline for it.

Rao, who met Communist Party of India (CPI) general
secretary A B Bardhan here, said the Constitutional process
should be set in motion for carving out Telangana state from
Andhra Pradesh.
"The Government of India has announced its policy on
Telangana. It should follow it up with Constitutional process.
A resolution should be moved in Parliament," the TRS leader
told reporters after meeting Bardhan.
To a question on time-frame, he said 15 states had been
created since Independence and that formation of Telangana
would take the same time as other states did.
Asked whether he would set any deadline, Rao said,
"People of Telangana have waited for 55 years, we can wait for
another 15 days."
Rao said he would answer all such questions after
tomorrow's meeting.
On his meeting with Bardhan, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti
(TRS) chief said he had come to seek his "blessings" and his
views on Telangana.
"CPI is among the first parties which supported the cause
of Telangana. When I was on deathbed Bardhan spoke to the
Prime Minister and asked him to intervene in the issue and
save my life," Rao said.
Supporting Rao's demand, Bardhan said the Centre should
deliver on its promise. (
Bardhan disfavoured constitution of second State
Reorganisation Commission to decide on demands for new states.
On more demands for separate states, the CPI leader said
Telangana's case is 50-year-old and cannot be compared with
others.
To a specific question on demand for Gorkhaland state,
he sarcastically said, "Gorkhaland is only one district and if
government wants to give state status to one district, let
them do it." PTI ETB
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