Hyderabad: Reacting to the report made public earlier in the day, TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao said Telangana people were not ready to accept anything short of a Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital.
He urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to dither or dilly-dally on the Telangana issue but table a bill in parliament during the budget session to carve out a separate state.
"I am requesting the Prime Minister to abide by the statement he made in both houses of parliament on Dec 10, 2009, and the assurance given by the government on Dec 9," he said.
KCR, warned the central government against testing the patience of Telangana people. "Otherwise Telangana will be on the boil and the agitation will continue," he said while addressing a sit-in organised by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) at Indira Park in this southern metropolis.
The TRS chief also said four crore people of Telangana want their own identity, self-rule and self-respect. "We want Telangana state as it existed before it was merged with Andhra on Nov 1, 1956. We don't want an inch less or an inch more," he said.
Rejecting the committee's suggestion to make Hyderabad a union territory, KCR said there was no question of giving up the historic city as it is an integral part of Telangana.
The TRS leader also ridiculed the suggestion that a regional council be formed for development of Telangana. "We have seen many boards, agreements and assurances during the last 50 years and we can't trust another board," he said.
He asked Congress MPs and other elected representatives from Telangana to resign if the central government failed to table a bill for a separate state in parliament. "If you resign and create a constitutional crisis, the government will come down and create Telangana state but if you fail to do this, you will be responsible for its consequences."
He urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to dither or dilly-dally on the Telangana issue but table a bill in parliament during the budget session to carve out a separate state.
"I am requesting the Prime Minister to abide by the statement he made in both houses of parliament on Dec 10, 2009, and the assurance given by the government on Dec 9," he said.
KCR, warned the central government against testing the patience of Telangana people. "Otherwise Telangana will be on the boil and the agitation will continue," he said while addressing a sit-in organised by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) at Indira Park in this southern metropolis.
The TRS chief also said four crore people of Telangana want their own identity, self-rule and self-respect. "We want Telangana state as it existed before it was merged with Andhra on Nov 1, 1956. We don't want an inch less or an inch more," he said.
Rejecting the committee's suggestion to make Hyderabad a union territory, KCR said there was no question of giving up the historic city as it is an integral part of Telangana.
The TRS leader also ridiculed the suggestion that a regional council be formed for development of Telangana. "We have seen many boards, agreements and assurances during the last 50 years and we can't trust another board," he said.
He asked Congress MPs and other elected representatives from Telangana to resign if the central government failed to table a bill for a separate state in parliament. "If you resign and create a constitutional crisis, the government will come down and create Telangana state but if you fail to do this, you will be responsible for its consequences."
Earlier, TRS legislator and KCR's son K. Tarakarama Rao told reporters here that the only practical solution was formation of a separate Telangana state comprising 10 districts with Hyderabad as its capital.
