Telangana Congress leaders firm on resignations

HYDERABAD: Asserting that the status quo would continue in respect of their resignations, members of Telangana Congress steering committee, who met here on Sunday, declared they would hoist the Telangana flag along with the national flag to mark I-day celebrations on Monday.“Our intention is not to dislodge the governments but to build pressure on the central government for a separate Telangana state. There will be no change in our decision till the government faces any difficulty and the party leadership asks us to rethink on our decisions. We have taken a collective decision that the ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs should not attend their official duties,’’ committee spokesmen G Sukhender Reddy (MP) and  G Venkata Ramana Reddy (MLA) said. However, it is learnt, some Telangana ministers are keen to attend the cabinet meeting on August 16. Fearing trouble from Telanganites, they  decided to discuss further on Monday.