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TRS chief meets Chidambaram to discuss Telangana issue

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao today met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the issue of a separate Telangana.

"It was a satisfactory meeting," he told reporters after a 30-minute meeting.

The TRS chief, who is spearheading the movement for the separate state, will also meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue.

"I will meet the Prime Minister in a day or two," he said.

On being asked about all-party meeting chaired by Chidambaram yesterday to devise a mechanism and a road map to resolve the vexed Telangana issue, he said "yesterday's was a pleasant meeting and satisfactory".

Yesterday's meeting was attended by eight registered political parties in Andhra Pradesh -- Congress, TDP, TRS, Praja Rajyam, CPI(M), CPI, BJP and MIM.

 

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First Published: Jan 06 2010 | 5:47 PM IST

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