Telugu speaking people can have two States: Botsa

Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday stated that there was nothing wrong in having two states for Telugu speaking people.

Talking to media persons after submitting a report on the Presidential elections in the State to the Congress High Command, the PCC chief said that there was no fault in having two Telugu speaking States while there were 13 States for Hindi speaking population.

Stating that the Centre has focused its attention on resolving the Telangana statehood issue, Botsa Satyanarayana expressed confidence that the government would address it soon. He said that the Congress party would stand by whatever decision the Centre takes on the bifurcation of statehood issue. He said that there was no need to found fault in the statement of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao that the government would take decision on Telangana state by September this year.

The PCC chief said that he has no information over expansion of Cabinet in the State as claimed by Congress observer K B Krishna Murthy. Responding to the YSR Congress party extending support to UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the election, he asked the people to understand the 'double standards' adopted by YSRCP over the arrest of its leader Jaganmohan Reddy.

Earlier, the YSRCP alleged that the Congress was responsible for the arrest of Jagan. Now the YSRCP changed its stance and observed that Congress was not responsible for Jagan’s arrest. This has exposed its double speak, he said.