At a time when Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad conveyed to the Congress leadership that there was “no unanimity, no consensus” in the consultation process he had with the party leaders of the Telangana and Seemandhra regions on the demand for a separate State, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said he was trying his best to speed up the process at the government level.
Talking to reporters in New Delhi, he said Azad, the Congress general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, has conveyed to him that he would submit a report on Telangana after consultation with the party MLAs and MPs either today or tomorrow.
“He has told them (MLAs and MPs) that allow a little time for the party to take a decision and the government to take a decision.” Chidambaram was replying to a question on when the Centre will convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the issue of Telangana.
He said four political parties of Andhra Pradesh have not taken their decision on the issue and in the top of the list is the Congress party.
“I am trying to hasten the process (of consultation) as much as I can, but, as you know, these are matters concerning political parties (they have to fashion their views on the demand for a Telangana State), and only so much one can do from the government,” Chidambaram told journalists at a monthly press briefing of his Ministry.
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