HYDERABAD: At least seven Telangana Congress MPs precipitated matters on Monday saying that they would send their resignations to party president Sonia Gandhi, even as ministers from the Telangana region said they would wait before they take a similar step. Their decision to send their resignations to Sonia and not the Speaker is being seen as an ultimatum to the Congress high command to act before it's too late.
The decision by the MPs to quit was taken at a meeting organized by G Vivekananda, with other MPs, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, Ponnam Prabhakar, S Rajaiah, Manda Jagannatham, Gutha Sukhender Reddy and Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy present. The MPs said they would be faxing their resignations to Sonia.
"The resignation letter will be on the regular Lok Sabha format. These will be despatched to the party president with a request to forward them to the Speaker in case there is no decision on Telangana in the next few days," said Manda Jagannatham, MP.
The MPs said they will tell Sonia through their letter that it would be difficult for them to continue in the party considering the delay in forming Telangana. "Because of the Congress's inability to address the Telangana issue as per the commitment made to the people, continuing in the party will be difficult. This we will put on record in a separate letter to the party president. We will annex our resignations to this letter," Gutha said.
Indicating that Telangana Congress was not responding to TRS's call to quit, one MP said they would participate in the movement but join hands with forces who were fighting for social Telangana.
Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy said the Congress high command had "disappointed.. and shown disrespect to the people and humiliated all those who pinned their hopes on the Congress for a separate state."
Meanwhile, panchayat raj minister K Jana Reddy said they have confidence in the high command, because of which they are prepared to give it more time. He said they would quit and join people on the streets the moment Telangana was denied.
"We believe that Telangana is becoming a reality very soon. Our hopes will not be belied. If we fail to convince the party leadership on Telangana, we would join the movement as per the wishes of the people," Jana Reddy said.
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