Rajnath voices support for Telangana

New Delhi, May 29 (UNI) BJP President Rajnath Singh today referred to the promises made by the Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samiti parties on carving a Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh and said after two years, both had put the issue in cold storage.

In his presidential remarks at the party National Executive, Mr Singh said he had visited Andhra Pradesh recently to review the Telangana developments and it was after consultations that then he had annouced the party's support for the creation of the new state.

The party was for creation of small states for better governance and when the NDA was in power it created the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal, he said.

"We wish Telangana state will be a reality," he said adding that if a motion is brought before Lok Sabha, the BJP would support it.

Party workers in AP, particularly from Telangana, have welcomed this, Mr Singh added.

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