As expected, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Thursday said that the only option before the Centre is to announce a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. Reacting to the options given by the Justice Srikrishna Commission, Sircilla MLA K Taraka Rama Rao said that though the Panel has recommended six options, the only option before the Centre is to agree to a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. He said that he hoped that wisdom will prevail and the Union Government will agree to a separate state.
KTR said that the Centre had already promised that the process of formation of Telangana state has begun, as stated by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 9, 2009. The TRS MLA added that, going by this statement, the TRS is of the view that nothing else except Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital is acceptable.
When asked if the TRS will take part in the meeting convened after three weeks to discuss the options given by the Report, KTR said that the party will take part, only if the Centre expresses its commitment to the formation of Telangana.
He said that even after more than a year after Home Minister P Chidambaram made that famous statement, the Centre was still putting the onus of taking a decision on the formation of Telangana on the opposition by calling for consultations. KTR further added that it was now time for all the politicians who had promised to resign on the issue to keep their word and quit their posts.