Hyderabad, Dec 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to make a statement Tuesday in a bid to resolve the crisis over the issue of separate Telangana state, an MP from Andhra Pradesh said after meeting him in New Delhi.
A delegation of Congress MPs from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions met the prime minister Monday to once again convey their opposition to the proposed division of the state.

K. Sambasiva Rao, who led the delegation, told reporters after the meeting that the prime minister assured them that he would make a statement by Tuesday evening.

“We hope that his statement will be acceptable to people of all three regions of the state,” he said.

The MPs apprised the PM of the situation prevailing in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions following the Dec 9 statement of Home Minister P. Chidambaram on initiating the process for formation of Telangana state.

The MPs claimed that the people of the state were for a unified state. “We requested him that there is a need to allay the apprehensions of the people at the earliest in view of the prevailing situation,” Rao said.

The delegation included union Minister of State for Textiles Panabaka Lakshmi, Rajya Sabha member K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao and Tirupati MP Chinta Mohan.