Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh ministers from Telangana region Sunday left for New Delhi to mount pressure on the Congress leadership on separate statehood.
The ministers, who have already sent their joint resignation letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, will call on her and other leaders to underline the need for allaying the apprehensions created by the central government’s second statement on Telangana.

Nine of the 13 ministers and MPs from the region left for the national capital in the hope that the leadership would come out with clarity on the issue.

Minister for Information and Public Relations Geeta Reddy told reporters that they would apprise the leadership of the disappointment following the Dec 23 statement, which is seen as dilution of the central government’s Dec 9 pledge to initiate the process for the formation of Telangana state.

The second statement laid stress on the need to hold wide ranging consultations on the issue in view of the differences among various parts of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister for IT K. Venkat Reddy said they would also urge union minister S. Jaipal Reddy to join them in mounting pressure on the leadership.

Eleven of the 12 Congress MPs from Telangana have decided to quit while Jaipal Reddy is keeping mum.

Cutting across party lines, about 70 out of 119 state legislators from the region have submitted their resignations to the assembly speaker.