Express News Service
First Published : 08 Mar 2011 05:18:40 AM IST
Last Updated : 08 Mar 2011 07:59:17 AM IST
HYDERABAD: The Telangana TDP MLAs seem divided into two groups. When party chief N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with them late in the evening to take stock of the situation following N Janardhan Reddy’s T-missile, 50 per cent of the MLAs skipped the meeting. Of the 38 T-TDP MLAs, only 19 attended it. Several senior MLAs, who are closely associated with Nagam Janardhan Reddy, were conspicuous by their absence.
Sources said that Naidu personally called up his T-MLAs to attend the meeting. But, most of them were not accessible to Naidu over phone. They may come up with some excuse or the other tomorrow but their disregard of the party supremo will have a great impact on the party in the region. Naidu did not invite Nagam to the meeting.
Those who absented themselves included Uma Madhava Reddy, Hareeswar Reddy, Annapurnamma and P Ramulu.
Those who attended the meeting resolved to carry forward the movement for separate state under the auspices of TTDPF. The meeting also decided to send a five-member delegation to Nagam Janardhan Reddy to convince him that the TDP was committed to the Telangana cause. Accordingly, MLAs Tummala Nageswara Rao, Revuri Prakash Reddy, Jaipal Yadav, S Venugopalachary and P Mahender Reddy met Nagam at his residence.
Speaking to reporters later, Venugopalachary recalled that the TDP had adopted a resolution in favour of Telangana and did not change its stand even after its defeat in the 2009 elections. “We urged Nagam to work collectively under TTDPF. Nagam is our family member,” he added.
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