Different strokes on Telangana

Representatives of eight political parties have only given their piece of mind to the Centre at the all-party meeting convened by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Telangana issue, but gave their own version before the media after the meeting.

Chief Minister K Rosaiah, as usual, was at his elusive best, saying that he did not want to say anything. He refused to comment when asked whether there was a resolution on the Telangana issue in the meeting. All that he said was that the law and order situation in the state is under control. “I have not been in the state for two days. But I have been speaking to the officials. Now the situation is under control,” he said.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao said his party would wait for Centre’s final stand on the issue before making a comment, while Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi expressed dissatisfaction over the meeting. He reiterated that his party stood for a united Andhra Pradesh.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandaru Dattatreya and his Andhra colleague Haribabu said they wanted bifurcation of the state for the better development of both the regions. They said they had told Chidambaram that the party would support the Bill on Telangana introduced in the next session of Parliament.