"Please do not link the issue of creation of separate states (in other parts) with that of Telangana. It creates misunderstanding in Andhra Pradesh", party spokesman Rashid Alvi told reporters noting that it was a "sensitive" matter.
A section of Telangana leaders feel the demand is unlikely to be conceded by Congress.
Senior leader from the state K. Keshava Rao had created a flutter on Sunday by saying that he did not trust his party to concede separate Telangana at the end of the deadline that it had set for itself following an all-party meeting on the statehood issue in New Delhi on Dec 28.
He had even alleged that the all-party meeting was