TDP not to attend Telangana meeting in Delhi

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party on Wednesday night announced it would not attend the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Delhi on Thursday to discuss Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana statehood

issue.

In a letter to Chidambaram, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu said it was for the Centre to take the decision on the issue.

"The Justice Srikrishna Committee that was appointed to look into the statehood issue has already submitted its report. We feel it is now for the government of India to take a decision on the issue. Hence, we have felt it not necessary to depute our representatives for the all-party meeting," Naidu said in the letter.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti and BJP have already said they will not be attending the meet on Thursday where the Union Home Minister will formally hand over copies of the Committee report to the political parties before making it public.

Congress, Praja Rajyam Party, CPI, CPI(M) and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen will be attending the meet.