Telangana: Centre to give final decision on Jan 2012
The high-profile meeting held at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh"s residence was attended by all the members of Core Committee including the party president, Sonia Gandhi and the Andhra Pradesh Congress affairs in-charge general secretary and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. This was the sixteenth time the Congress Core Committee was meeting to discuss the contentious Telangana statehood issue.
Meanwhile, there is no official statement about the meeting but sources said that the Congress Central leadership needs more time for consultations among the UPA partners and also with recognised political parties both at the national and state level to arrive at a consensus on the issue.
OneIndia News
Story first published: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 12:20 [IST]