Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday stated that the Telangana people were eagerly waiting for the announcement on the formation of a separate state.
Raising the Telangana issue in the 83rd plenary session of All India Congress Party, the MP urged the Congress President Sonia Gandhi to stand by what Union Minister of Home P Chidambaram had said on the process of forming Telangana on December 9th, 2009.
The MP's statement drew loud applause and 'Jai Telangana' slogans from the Congress leaders from Telangana, apart from some others from different parts of the country.
Prabhakar urged the Congress High Command to fulfill the aspirations of Telangana people by forming the separate state.
The Congress leaders who raised slogans include Vivekananda, Madhu Yaskhi Goud, Sarvey Satya Narayana and Balram Nayak.