The All-India Congress Committee has nominated one person each from Telangana, Andhra and Rayalseema to represent the party at the January 5 meeting in New Delhi on the Telangana issue. Besides Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and PCC president D. Srinivas (who belong to Telangana), K. Sambasiva Rao, Lok Sabha member from Eluru (Andhra), and N. Raghuveera Reddy, MLA from Kalyandurg (Rayalseema) and Agriculture Minister, will take part in the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Friday.
Mr. Moily, who is in charge of the party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, told The Hindu from Bangalore that the meeting would discuss the issue threadbare. The leadership, besides giving equal prominence to all the regions, ensured that all representatives of the legislature found a place. While Mr. Rosaiah is a member of the Legislative Council, Mr. Reddy is a member of the Assembly, and Mr. Sambasiva Rao is an MP.
The 11 Lok Sabha members from Telangana, led by Peddapalle MP G. Vivekanand, who are sticking to their decision to resign pending the outcome of the January 5 meeting, have urged Mr. Rosaiah to withdraw criminal cases filed against students, especially members of the Telangana Joint Action Committee.
Some Telangana Congress leaders are opposed to Mr. Rosaiah’s participation in the meeting, alleging that he is behaving like a representative of Andhra (he hails from Guntur) and that they will not get justice from him.
