TD prefers to wait for official word on T panel

Express News Service
First Published : 29 Jan 2010 04:29:59 AM IST
Last Updated : 29 Jan 2010 10:47:43 AM IST

HYDERABAD: The Telugu Desam party (TDP) is now waiting for an official announcement on formation of a committee on Telangana since Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram’s statement earlier in the day was `bereft of vital details’’ like when the proposed committee would be constituted to untie the Telagnana tangle.

TDP Telangana MLAs met at NTR Bhavan today and later met party chief N Chandrababu Naidu. In a guarded reaction, the Telangana TDP leaders said that they were waiting for the official announcement from the Central Government.

“We do not know the composition of the committee. We do not know the details of the committee.

We will react only after the Centre made a concrete statement,’’ said TDP Politburo member N Janardhan Reddy.

“But whatever decision the Joint Action Committee (JAC) will take, the TDP will abide by it,’’ he declared.

However, some leaders felt that the process for Telangana had already started and it would be expedited with the committee to be announced in this week.

However, others felt that the appointment of the committee was nothing but delaying tactics of the Centre which was desperate to wriggle out of the present crisis.

When the TDP MLAs met today, the worry before them was if the Congress did not honour the decision taken by the JAC on mass resignations, the Assembly Speaker may accept the resignations of the TDP, which would create trouble for the TDP. Now, with the Centre all set to appoint a committee on Telangana, the TDP is confused.

It does not know whether the Congress will adopt delaying tactics or announce a time-frame for formation of Telangana. The TDP will react only after the intentions of the Congress become clear.

Some Andhra TDP leaders, on the other hand, said that they would oppose the proposed committee if it was intended only to carve out separate Tealngana.

“The committee should take the opinions of all the stakeholders and should not limit its purpose to bifurcate the State,’’ Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu said.