Telangana Cong MPs warn of ‘drastic steps’ over statehood

“We need to take direct action. We will take drastic steps and will be ready for any sacrifices,” he said.

A meeting of Congress MPs and MLAs will be held on June 5 before leaving for Delhi,he said.

Rao,however,said the party MPs would continue their struggle for Telangana by remaining within Congress.

During their stay in the national capital,the MPs would try to meet top leaders,including Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Congress Lok Sabha member K Rajagopal Reddy said the MPs would wait till July one and announce their plan of action thereafter.

“We hope a positive decision would come by July 1. If not,we will meet on July one and we will be ready for any sacrifice,whether it is our post,party or our life. We may take up fast also,” Reddy said.

Highlighting the speech made by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj at a pro-Telangana meet at Karimnagar on Tuesday,Congress Lok Sabha MP from Karimnagar Ponnam Prabhakar said he would bring to the high command’s notice the attempts of BJP to gain political mileage on the issue.