Cong Core Committee meet ends, Telangana issue referred to Congress Working Committee

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New Delhi: The much anticipated decision on Telangana got pushed on Friday from the Congress Core Committee to the Congress Working Committee.
The Congress Core Committee, which met here in the evening, failed to come to a conclusion and asked the CWC, the apex body of the Congress, to deal with issue.
With this, a decision on Telangana is likely to be delayed further.
It may be recalled that it was the CWC that had first decided to grant statehood to Telangana. The then Home Minister P Chidambaram had made the crucial announcement on December 9, 2009. Hence in a way, the ball is back in the court of the CWC. Since 2009, the Telangana issue has been going through various twists and turns.
Earlier, ahead of the crucial Congress meeting on Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy on Friday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and briefed her about the political situation in the state.
Sources said that more than half a dozen Lok Sabha MPs from Telangana region on Friday held a meeting at the residence of MP Ponnam Prabhakar.
The meeting was also attended by ministers from Telangana region in the Reddy-led government in the state.
The MPs Prabhakar, Madhuyakshi Goud, Sukhender Reddy, S. Rajaiah, Suresh Kumar Shetkar and others also held a meeting at the residence of AICC secretary and a senior leader from the region V. Haumantha Rao.
The pro-Telangana leaders have plans to meet AICC general secretary in-charge for the state Digvijay Singh and Gandhi's secretary Ahmed Patel.
In the Core Group meeting, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana and Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha gave a presentation on the issue of Telangana.
 A decision on Telangana comes amid a talk for an alliance with YSR Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress in the state.
To questions about the party's commitment on the issue, party’s incharge of AP, Digvijaya Singh had said yesterday, "If you see the manifesto, we had promised Second State Reorganization Commission."
 In the 2004 manifesto, the Congress did not promise anything specifically on Telangana. But subsequently after the elections when it tied up with pro-Telangana TRS to form the government at the Centre, the Common Minimum Programme of the coalition said the UPA government will consider the demand for formation of a Telangana state at an appropriate time after due consultations and consensus.
The issue of separate statehood in the state has virtually bifurcated all parties in Andhra Pradesh on pro and anti Telangana lines. In February 2010, the government appointed a five-member committee headed by Justice Sri Krishna to look into the issue, which came up with six solutions to the problem including keeping the state united.