Congress reviews Telangana developments, Moily to meet MPs (Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Thursday night called a high-level party meeting at her 10, Janpath residence to discuss the day’s developments on the Telangana issue.
Among those present were cabinet ministers Pranab Mukherjee, A.K. Antony, P. Chidambaram and M. Veerappa Moily, and Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel, sources told IANS.
According to the sources, the meeting reviewed the latest developments, including the resignation of some party MPs from Andhra Pradesh as well as legislators in the state. It was decided that Moily would meet these MPs and inform them of the high command’s views.
Earlier in the day, 21 Andhra Pradesh Congress members of parliament from the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha met Gandhi at her residence in the aftermath of the government nod to a separate Telangana state.
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