K Chandrasekhar Rao Meets Jana Reddy And Others
posted on Jun 30, 2011 @ 1:24PM
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao met the panchayat raj minister K. Jana Reddy at vthe latter's residence yesterday night to persuade him and other Congress ministers, MPs and MLAs to resign in order to put pressure on the central government to carve out a separate state.
Mr Chandrasekhar Rao along with other TRS leaders, Mr Etala Rajender and Mr T. Harish Rao, went to Mr Jana Reddy's residence in view of the deadline set by T-JAC and the presence of huge paramilitary forces and rumours about the Centre planning to announce a regional board for Telangana. Mr K. Keshav Rao, Mr Gutha Sukender Reddy, Mr K. Rajagopal Reddy, Mr Vivek and other senior Congress leaders later joined the meeting. Mr Gutha Sukender Reddy said that the Congress MPs and other party leaders will decide on a course of action on July 1. Sources said that Congress leaders and Mr Chandrasekhar Rao were unanimous about fighting a united battle to achieve statehood.
Sources said that the TRS chief has requested Mr Jana Reddy to take a lead in the submission of resignations and has promised to back him and others who sacrifice their posts. It is learnt that Mr Jana Reddy promised to consider the TRS chief's plea after discussing the issue with other party leaders.