T-issue: Seemandhra Leaders Meet Gulam Nabi Azad
A 23-member team of MPs, MLAs and MLCs from Seemandhra region met the AICC general secretary Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday and pleaded with him to keep the state united. The leaders told Azad that the creation of the separate state of Telangana would lead to demands for a separate Rayalaseema and North Andhra states as well. The Seemandhra delegation consisted of seven ministers S Sailajanath, E Pratap Reddy, G Aruna, T G Venkatesh, A Ahmadullah, P Bala Raju and K Parthasarathi.