Even as the support from Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar to the demand for Telangana has come as a big shot in the arm for the proponent of the separate State, Congress party continues to play the game of hide and seek on the issue.
Pursuing a zig-zag line AICC general secretary Vayalar Ravi on Friday said that the consultations were still on and he could not give any date for taking a decision. But he said another round of talks would take place on February 20.
After meeting two Telangana Congress MPs, G Vivek and Madhu Yashki Goud who resigned, separately in New Delhi, Ravi said that the issue needs further discussion and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will also be asked to come to Delhi soon.
Significantly he said that if other parties come forward to support the Bill, the Congress was ready to move Telangana Bill in the Parliament.
On the resignation by the seven MPs of the region, he said that he understands the pressure they were facing and their sentiments. Denying that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had given a date for the decision by the Union Government, he said that the Centre had also not said that nothing would be done. Ravi said that discussions would also be held with the other MPs from the Telangana region.
Every day a new statement from the Congress leadership in New Delhi was adding to the confusion among the supporters of Telangana. PC Chacko, the official spokesperson of AICC said that the Congress was not against Telangana. However, he added the rider that first Andhra Assembly should pass a resolution to this effect, a demand always rejected by the proponents of Telangana saying that the deep divisions in AP Assembly make such a resolution impossible.
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