28.1.13

Congress defers decision on Telangana again


The Congress finally displayed some firmness on the Telangana imbroglio by categorically deciding to procrastinate on the issue. After a meeting of the party core committee, the second since Saturday night, AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad told the media that more time was needed to resolve the issue and that further consultations with the state leaders was necessary.
However, he did not specify the time when the next round of consultations would begin. When pressed, he simply said “in the coming days.”
Apart from Azad, those who took part in the Congress core committee meeting that was held at the Prime Minister’s residence were Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, finance minister P Chidambaram, Sonia’s political secretary Ahmed Patel and party functionary Vayalar Ravi. The meeting lasted about half an hour.
It was Shinde’s statement at the end of the third all-party meeting in Delhi on December 28, 2012, that a decision on Telangana would be announced within a month that precipitated the latest crisis and triggered massive unrest in both the regions of the state.

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