They jointly dashed off a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, requesting him not to grant the request of Chief Minister and legislators from Seemandhra for further extension of time to the state legislature for discussing and returning the AP Reorganisation Bill, terming it as a delaying tactics.
"The move by the Chief Minister and a few of his colleagues is to scuttle the constitutional process of formation of Telangana. Their move is to delay the formation of a separate state," the Ministers said in the letter.
"What pains us most is the fact that the Chief Minister is trying to dictate the Constitutional head on what His Excellency has to do or not to do in matters of Parliamentary process," they said.
"We hope Your Excellency will understand our agony to the callousness of the Chief Minister, particularly in the matter of the AP Reorganisation Bill.
Separately, MLAs of main Opposition Telugu Desam Party from Telangana also wrote a similar letter to the President.