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Separate state only option, say Congress' Telangana leaders
Monday May 16, 2011 10:07:05 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Congress
leaders from Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region Monday told the
party's central leadership that nothing less than a separate state
of Telangana is acceptable to them.
A delegation led by K.Keshava Rao met Ghulam Nabi Azad, the party
general secretary incharge of the state and submitted a
memorandum, urging the leadership to immediately initiate the
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In an indirect threat to the leadership, they told Azad that if
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Keshava Rao said they urged the leadership not to force them to
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Azad, who arrived on a two-day visit to meet the party leaders on
various issues, promised to hold a meeting with all Telangana
leaders Tuesday.
The Congress leaders including MPs, state ministers and
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Leaders of youth wing of the party from the region also called on
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reasons for party's defeat at the hands of YSR Congress party.
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legislators complained against the chief minister.
Kiran Kumar hosted a dinner for Azad, who was on his first visit
after taking over as the incharge of party affairs in the state.
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