Telangana: MPs to urge Sonia for early decision

HYDERABAD: Members of the Telangana Congress Steering Committee comprising ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs have decided to meet Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi during their visit to Delhi on September 26 and request her to take an early and favourable decision on Telangana statehood demand.
The T MPs have also decided to meet Lok Sabha Speaker for acceptance of their resignations if no decision was taken by the Centre by September 30. They are also contemplating hunger strike near Mahatma Gandhi statue in Delhi.At a meeting which lasted for about three hours at the residence of Rajya Sabha member and committee chairman K Keshava Rao here on Thursday morning, the T Congress leaders took strong exception to AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi's comments that there was 'no impact' due to the ongoing strike by Telangana employees.