Published: 27th December 2012 09:09 AM | Last Updated: 27th December 2012 09:09 AM
With the all-party meeting on Telangana just two days away, the chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana are learnt to have sent to the high command, a list of six names (three each from Telangana and Seemandhra) to represent the party in the talkathon.
Sources said the names from Seemandhra include former minister Gade Venkata Reddy and MPs Ananta Venkatarami Reddy and Undavalli Arun Kumar. From Telangana, the names of Mallu Ravi, MLC K R Amos and MP Ponnam Prabhakar are said to have been finalised.
The list has been sent to AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, who will pick two names for the meeting.
The chief minister and the PCC chief had a lengthy meeting at the former’s camp office here on Wednesday, Sources said Kiran Kumar Reddy is in favour of sending Gade Venkat Reddy and Mallu Ravi from Seemandhra and Telangana respectively to the meeting.
Veteran leader Gade’s is said to reflect the view of the chief minister that a second States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) should be set up to resolve the Telangana issue.
Gade recently wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, suggesting to her some measures to tackle the issue. A second SRC and implementation of the sixth recommendation of the Srikrishna Committee were his key suggestions.
On the Telangana side, Kiran Reddy is said to favour Mallu Ravi as the delegate as he is not a Telangana hardliner. Ravi is also considered as a Kiran Reddy loyalist.
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