HYDERABAD: With the January 28 self-imposed deadline for the Centre to decide on Telangana looming, all attention is on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is supposed to come back to Delhi on Monday from a foreign tour. Rahul Gandhi is expected to nudge the decision making process on Tuesday. Sources in the Congress said that CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana were called to Delhi for consultation, and they were waiting for the confirmation.
"There are certain issues related to state politics that need to be discussed with the party high command. I am waiting for the confirmation before leaving for Delhi," Botsa Satyanarayana said. While the political circle is talking about the possibility of Rahul Gandhi attending a Congress core committee meeting on Telangana on Tuesday, where a decision would be taken, Botsa declined to confirm the news.
Sources said the Congress high command had started deliberating on the Telangana issue weighing different options. Due to vehement opposition from pro-Telangana forces for creating a development council for T and awarding special package, the Centre is understood to have put it on the back-burner. The sources said there were parlays on the future of Hyderabad in case the state is divided and Telangana state is formed, and the CM and Botsa would be consulted on the issue before the core committee meeting.
The sources added that the Congress high command was also contemplating on the option of postponing the decision on Telangana till the AICC session to be held at Jaipur on January 20, as some of the national leaders wanted to discuss the issue at a two-day Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) starting January 18 ahead of the AICC session.
"All depends on Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi who have consulted the state leaders from Telangana and Seemandhra, and taken their views on the issue. We hope things will be cleared in a week's time before this Sankranthi," said a Congress leader.
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