Hectic lobbying by the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana and Seemandhra lobby went in vain as the resigned Telangana Congress MPs and MLAs started their deeksha at Indira Park today morning.
Despite rains lashing several parts of Telangana, an impressive crowd of supporters visited the deeksha camp.
When asked about the comments by Union Minister and in-charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, that wider consensus and a resolution in the assembly is necessary for the formation of a separate state, Congress M from Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar said that a consensus would never be possible, as legislators from non-Telangana region are more in numbers.
“If he (Azad) has made such comments, it is regrettable. Leadeship needs to think about such comments. Consensus would not be possible, because they are more in numbers. In fact, all parties had agreed on the formation of Telangana earlier. We will use these comments to only strengthen our resolve and to achieve our goal,” he said.