Union ministers from the Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh Monday met BJP leader L.K. Advani and sought his party's support for a financial package for the region after the state is bifurcated as planned.
Sources said K.S. Rao, M.M. Pallam Raju and D. Purandeshwari were among the leaders who met Advani.
The Congress ministers were accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu.
The meeting, which lasted nearly 25 minutes, was held at Advani's residence.
The sources said Advani later briefed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley on the demands raised by the Andhra ministers.
The BJP has expressed support for the formation of Telangana, but has also asked the union government to keep the concerns of Seemandhra in mind.
