Hyderabad: Seven Congress MPs from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday put off their decision to forward their resignation — both from Lok Sabha and the party — by a day as they reportedly could not iron out differences among themselves on the issue.
They, however, told reporters this afternoon that they would go ahead with their move and reach New Delhi tomorrow to submit their resignations to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
The MPs said they received a call from Congress leader and Union Minister Vayalar Ravi asking them to come to the national capital to discuss the Telangana issue. “Reports that there are differences among us and also with the Ministers from Telangana are not true. Our sole aim is to secure statehood for the region and we shall go forward with our plan unitedly,” MPs Ponnam Prabhakar, Gutta Sukhender Reddy and others maintained.
The MPs announced yesterday that they would forward their resignation, along with a letter explaining the reason for it, to Gandhi on Tuesday.
But, some of the Parliamentarians were said to have disagreed with the decision as leaving the party would not serve any purpose and could even prove counter-productive.
The Ministers’ decision not to quit their posts now also prompted the MPs to do a re-think, party sources said. Amid these reports and also the decision of Telangana Joint Action Committee to target the Congress leaders, the MPs met at the residence of former MP K Keshava Rao for the second day on Tuesday. They later came out with the announcement that they have decided to take the “harsh step” as the party was still dithering on the statehood issue. “There is no way we can continue in the Congress party. There is a reason for our resignations. (IANS)