Telangana Congress MPs up the ante on statehood
Telangana Congress MPs up the ante on statehood
NEW DELHI: Raising their pitch, Congress MPs from Telangana on Thursday said there was no question of taking their resignations ba..

NEW DELHI: Raising their pitch, Congress MPs from Telangana on Thursday said there was no question of taking their resignations back until the Centre takes a call on their demand for a separate state.The MPs also said they would join their counterparts from other parties in the agitation for a separate Telangana state and make it a "people's movement"."There will be no compromise from our side. We are sticking to our stand. We want a separate Telangana state. That is our demand," senior Congress leader K Keshav Rao, who has resigned from Rajya Sabha, told a press conference here.The MPs, who addressed the media before leaving for Hyderabad, said there will be no "re-think" on their resignations which have been submitted to the respective presiding officers.Another MP Sukhinder Reddy said, "We will not resign unless there is a decision by the Centre on the issue. We will not take back our resignations."Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi said the MPs would join the Telangana movement in Hyderabad and would lend support to lawmakers from other parties in this regard.

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