VHR Condemns CM For Proposing Telangana Package

Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumantha Rao said that the people of Telangana would never accept any packages, and would settle only for a "perfect" Telangana state.

Talking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan here on Tuesday, the Congress MP condemned Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for proposing a package for Telangana instead of giving statehood, in the representation that he made before the Group of Ministers (GoM) in New Delhi on Monday.

He said that the CM is trying to sabotage the process of Telangana formation by attemping to divert the attention of the GoM and Centre through his "vague" proposals.

Questioning the commitment of the CM towards united Andhra Pradesh, VHR said that Kiran Kumar Reddy should have objected to the division of state when he was directed by the Congress High Command to prepare a roadmap.

He alleged that the CM wants to stop the process by making false claims that division would lead to a spurt in incidents of Naxal violence, terror attacks and communal incidents. He asked the CM to clarify whether such incidents did not take place in larger states. (INN)