Cop out by PCC president. The way the committee is putting rules such as "party heads should give party's one opinion" looks like it is a committee to get TDP to commit on one side. Chindambaram already got earful of dual opinions from dual-sided parties so he is getting TDP commit to one opinion through the committee.
BJP's Venkaiah Naidu said committee was a farce. Telangana JAC boycotted it. Non-Telangana TDP doesn't believe it. KCR's son said it would ultimately give opinion of what Sonia will instruct them to give.
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Congress high command to present case
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress today left it for the party high command to take a decision on presentation of its case before Srikrishna Committee on the Telangana issue.
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The committee has asked respective party chiefs to present their views on the State bifurcation issue. Since ours is a national party, either the AICC president or anyone authorised by Congress chief will reply to the Committee’s letter,’’’ PCC president D Srinivas said here.
In an informal chat with newsmen on the Assembly premises today, Srinivas, said, ``being a national party, our Central leaders would give the opinion to the committee.
Party president Sonia Gandhi would designate a person for this job.’’ He said that one of the party’s national leaders like Pranab Mukherjee, Veerappa Moily and Chidambaram might be entrusted the job.
It may be recalled that the Srikrishna Committee has asked the eight recognised political parties of the State to submit their opinions by March 22. According to the guidelines, a person designated by the party will submit the letter and this would be considered as party’s opinion.
In the case of Congress, the Central leadership would do the job through a designated leader and other national parties might follow the cue.
However, in case of regional parties like Telugu Desam, Praja Rajyam, Majlis-e-Itteahadul Muslimeen and Lok Satta, presidents or their representatives at the State-level have to submit the opinions.
However, the committee might not entertain the opinions of the leaders of the political parties from different regions. Regardless of the stipulations, regional leaders of the Telugu Desam and Congress have stated that they would give their opinions separately.