Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday held discussions on the Telangana demand and on resignation of party MPs from the region ahead of monsoon session of Parliament. Sources said Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad has been asked to hold fresh talks with party MPs who have tendered their resignation to the Speaker,resenting the delay in the formation of a separate state. The hour-long meeting was attended by members of the Congress core group,including finance minister Pranab Mukherjee,home minister P Chidambaram and Sonias political secretary Ahmed Patel.
Meanwhile,Telangana Congress leaders and Ghulam Nabi Azad met on Friday and agreed to meet again on Monday to continue the talks. In the two meetings,first between Azad and K Keshava Rao and K Jana Reddy and later including all the 30-odd leaders,the high command continued to insist on the need for further consultations with the people of all the three regions while the latter said the only talk possible was on the modalities of the division.Finally,they agreed to meet again on Monday evening. But there was chaos earlier within the Congress ranks.The leaders spent the entire day deciding who all should be part of the delegation,as each wanted to be considered.Finally,KK and Jana Reddy were sent.According to sources,after some discussions,the other T leaders also joined in the talks with Azad.
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(SOURCCE-TOI)
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