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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi ahead of the Congress Core Group meeting on Telangana.
Telangana: Either way, UPA has little to gain now
The outcome of the crucial meeting on the vexed Telangana issue is being awaited with bated breath in Andhra Pradesh.
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Congress leaders from Telangana and non-Telangana regions camped in Delhi to drum up support for their cause with the party high command.
Those from Telangana hoped that the high command would take a decision in favour of a separate state and that their non-Telangana counterparts should not try to scuttle it.
However, odds are stacked against those seeking bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh with most of the leaders invited to the meet having reservation against it, it was learnt.
Defence Minister A K Antony and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who are members of the Core Group, are said to have reservation against the bifurcation of the state. Antony, said sources, has been arguing at Core Group meets that creation of Telangana would lead to the revival of Naxalism in the region.
Shinde, on the other hand, was learnt to have apprised the party leadership that creation of Telangana would stoke trouble in Gorkhaland and Bodoland, although it may not have much impact in Vidarbha.
As per party sources, AICC general secretary in charge of Andhra Digvijaya Singh, who submitted a report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi after extensive consultations with state leaders, is in favour of united Andhra, although he has not committed himself to either side of the debate on public fora.
