Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Mallu Ravi, on Sunday, said that the Congress High Command was holding extensive deliberations in order to take a final decision on the Telangana issue.
Talking to reporters in Visakhapatnam, Mallu Ravi claimed that it was the Congress party that had spearheaded the Telangana movement since its inception.
He said that in the year 2000, as many as 42 Congress MLAs from the region had given a representation to the Congress High Command seeking statehood for Telangana.
Mallu Ravi said that the Congress Core Committee is likely to take a decision on the Telangana issue during its next meeting on July 12.
Mallu Ravi also dismissed allegations that the Congress leaders were speaking about the Telangana issue to garner votes in the ensuing Panchayat Raj elections. (INN)