Refuting allegations made by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders that he had hatched a conspiracy with Congress to water down the Telangana movement, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday stated that the media had misinterpreted his statement.
Talking to media persons after a discussion with Srikrishna Committee member-secretary VK Duggal in New Delhi, KCR said that TRS would have to support the Congress after the formation of Telangana state, but TRS would never work for strengthening the Congress party.
"I never said that I will work to strengthen the Congress party. Our primary objective is to secure statehood for Telangana. For that purpose, I had a meeting with Congress MP K Kesava Rao" KCR said.
The TRS chief claimed that Duggal had assured him that the Srikrishna Commission would submit its report on December 30th or 31st. After the submission of the report, KCR said that the TRS would give sufficient time to the centre to take a decision on Telangana.
The TRS chief hoped that the Centre would introduce Telangana bill in the following session of Parliament.
"There is no need of constitutional amendment for Telangana state formation," the TRS chief said, and expressed confidence that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram would not go back on his announcement made on December 9th, 2009, over the Telangana statehood issue.
The Telangana protagonist said that the TRS would work out a strategy based on the outcome of Srikrishna Commission report.
The TRS delegation consisted of Prof. Jaya Shankar and former MP Vinod Kumar, who met the member-secretary in the wake of controversy arising after Duggal attended a dinner hosted by MPs from Seemandhra region.