Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas, on Tuesday, warned of disciplinary action against those who issued statements against the high command and the Chief Minister.
Talking to media persons after hosting a luncheon for Chief Minister K Rosaiah and MPs at Lake View Guest House in the city, the PCC chief said the meeting was organized to sink differences among MPs and to increase cooperation and coordination among themselves.
Srinivas called upon MPs not to issue statements which could potentially damage the images of the party, the high command and the AICC President Sonia Gandhi.
The PCC chief asked the leaders to raise their views or statements on a party forum instead of issuing them before the media and embarrassing the leaders.
Srinivas advised the MPs to make efforts for strengthening the leadership of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Centre.
"Though leaders have different views on issues, they have no differences on the leadership of Chief Minister and Sonia Gandhi," averred K Kesava Rao, Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader of the party.
Keshav Rao said the Chief Minister K Rosaiah and PCC Chief D Srinivas had appealed to MPs to maintain restraint while issuing statements on the Telangana statehood issue.
MP Sabbam Hari hailed the move of PCC chief for his bid to bury the differences among MPs.
However, MP Sarvey Sathyanarayana criticized the PCC chief for not initiating action against those who were speaking against the Chief Minister and the high command.
Sathyanarayana wondered why no action was being initiated against those who were issuing statements against the Chief Minister.
Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav urged the Chief Minister to fill up nominated posts in the State immediately with loyal party workers. He said the nominated posts had been not filled up since the last 3 years.
About a half of the MPs from the state turned up for the meeting and exchanged their views on various issues.
According to sources, the meeting was conducted following the directions of Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the wake of the Srikrishna Commission submitting its report by December 31st on the controversial issue of bifurcation of the State.
Earlier, Telangana Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs met at the residence of MP Vivek to discuss the guidelines of giving Rs. 1 lakh in financial assistance to those who laid down their lives for the cause of Telangana and observing Martyrs Day in Karimnagar on October 2nd.
The Telangana leaders formed a Joint Action Committee under the leadership of Narsareddy, to chalk out modalities for sanctioning financial assistance to 400 martyrs who died for the cause of Telangana.