Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Thursday said there was no need for passing a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly to carve out a separate Telangana state.
Addressing a news conference here, his first since the Dec 9 announcement by the central government to initiate the process for formation of Telangana, Rao said the statement made by the government was clear.

“The statement made by (Home Minister) P. Chidambaram on behalf of the government of India is clear. Nobody should have any doubts about it. Separate Telangana has already been formed,” said KCR, whose 11-day fast forced the government to make the announcement.

The Mahabubnagar MP said there was no precedent of the Government of India taking back its decision. He was responding to a query on what the TRS would do if the government went back on its statement due to the ongoing agitation in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.

KCR said there was no need for passing a resolution in the assembly to form a separate state. He pointed out that Gujarat was carved out of Maharashtra without a resolution in the assembly.

The TRS chief said his party was maintaining a strategic silence as it would take some time for the centre to implement its decision.

He reiterated that Hyderabad would be the capital of the new state and rejected demands for making it a separate state or a union territory.

Rao also alleged that some vested interests who had acquired lands and assets in Hyderabad through illegal means were behind the ongoing anti-Telangana protests in Andhra.