KCR & TRS to boycott Jan 6 Meeting!

Accusing the Centre of trying to create chaos by inviting two representatives from each party at the January 6 conclave to discuss the Justice Srikrishna Report before it is made public, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday stated that the TRS will boycott the crucial meeting.

Talking to media person after a politburo meeting at Telangana Bhavan on Sunday, KCR said that the presence of two representatives from each of the eight parties at the crucial conclave would see divergent views coming out in the open, leading to chaos and giving a chance for the Centre to delay taking a decision on the crucial issue of the formation of Telangana state.

He said that the TRS would attend the meeting if only one representative from each party is invited. This, he said, would lead to each party being forced to adopt a clear stand on the issue, negating any possible divergence of views.

The TRS chief reminded that earlier all-party meetings on the contentious issue had seen divergent views being aired, leading to confusion, instead of finding solutions.

KCR stated that he was pained to reject the invitation by the Centre to attend the all-party conclave, but the TRS had taken this decision so that it can stop the Centre from making the issue more complex.

Reminding that his party had already made its stand clear to the Srikrishna Panel on the need for creation of Telangana, the TRS chief reiterated his demand that the Centre stick to the statement made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 9, 2009 and also introduce a Bill on the creation of Telangana in Parliament.

Disclosing that the issue was discussed threadbare in the politburo meeting held at the party headquarters on Sunday, KCR said that all the members were unanimous in their view that it would be better to boycott the January 6 conclave rather give the Centre an opportunity to delay taking any action.

He also disclosed that he had written a letter rejecting the invitation.

The TRS chief also refused to take questions about the contents of the Srikrishna Report, saying that it was submitted and it was only a matter of time before it is made public. He added that it was not proper to talk about the Report by merely listening to speculations.