Telangana MPs demand tabling of statehood bill in parliament

Hyderabad, Jan 30 (PTI) Congress MPs from Telanganatoday urged the union government to introduce a bill inParliament in the budget session facilitating creation ofseparate Telangana state.

All the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of the partyfrom the region who met here today in a joint letter sent toUnion Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee stressed the urgentneed for the tabling of the bill.

"We will not accept anything less than a separateTelangana", G Vivek, MP from Peddapalli in Karimnagar districttold media persons.

The meeting was also attended by some state ministersfrom Telangana region.