CM, PCC chief calls for party meet on Monday

Hyderabad, Nov 3: Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana has called for a meeting of ministers and other party leaders to discuss the issue of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.

The meeting, to be held at party headquarters Gandhi Bhavan on Monday, will also be attended by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. Interesting, the PCC president has convened separate meetings with the leaders from Telangana and Seemandhra regions. While the meeting with Telangana leaders would be convened at 11 AM, Botsa and CM would meet the Seemandhra leaders at 4.30 PM.

According to sources, the meetings have been convened to discuss the strategy to be adopted during the all-party meeting being convened by the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana next week. The GoM had also sought the views of all political parties on its Terms of Reference and therefore, the State Congress leaders would finalise the views to be sent to the GoM.

Sources say that the State Congress, which is already a divided house, would sent a split opinion on the bifurcation issue to satisfy the stand of leaders from the both the regions.

- INN