PLAYING WITH OWN A'GENDAS
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, will be dining at senior party leader, Mr G. Venkataswamy’s house on Friday and high on the menu will be the Telangana issue.The dinner diplomacy is part of Dr Reddy’s efforts to make peace with the Telangana leaders of the Congress who have been vocal in their demand for a separate state.
Other Congress leaders from Telangana including Mr M. Satyanarayana Rao and Mr Uppunutala Purushottam Reddy would also be present. Sources said Dr Reddy would try to persuade the leaders not to press the issue further and wait patiently for the high command’s decision. The Chief Minister decided to break bread with them after the senior leaders agreed to postpone their proposed
Bhongir public meeting from March 10 to March 24. This meeting was intended to highlight the Telangana sentiment prevailing in the region and draw the party high command’s attention to it. Following the fresh round of acrimony within the party over Telangana, Dr Reddy’s Man Friday, Mr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, met the leader of the T-group, Mr Venkataswamy, and invited him for a meeting with the Chief Minister.
However, Mr Venkataswamy, a Congress Working Committee member, suggested that Dr Reddy should dine at his house along with the other Telangana leaders. “We have been taking decisions together and so it would not be nice of me to see the Chief Minister alone,” he said. The Chief Minister immediately agreed to attend the dinner “in the interests of the party”. Meanwhile, Mr Venkataswamy was closeted in a discussion with his colleagues on how to present their demands before the Chief Minister without spoiling his appetite.
Other Congress leaders from Telangana including Mr M. Satyanarayana Rao and Mr Uppunutala Purushottam Reddy would also be present. Sources said Dr Reddy would try to persuade the leaders not to press the issue further and wait patiently for the high command’s decision. The Chief Minister decided to break bread with them after the senior leaders agreed to postpone their proposed
Bhongir public meeting from March 10 to March 24. This meeting was intended to highlight the Telangana sentiment prevailing in the region and draw the party high command’s attention to it. Following the fresh round of acrimony within the party over Telangana, Dr Reddy’s Man Friday, Mr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, met the leader of the T-group, Mr Venkataswamy, and invited him for a meeting with the Chief Minister.However, Mr Venkataswamy, a Congress Working Committee member, suggested that Dr Reddy should dine at his house along with the other Telangana leaders. “We have been taking decisions together and so it would not be nice of me to see the Chief Minister alone,” he said. The Chief Minister immediately agreed to attend the dinner “in the interests of the party”. Meanwhile, Mr Venkataswamy was closeted in a discussion with his colleagues on how to present their demands before the Chief Minister without spoiling his appetite.
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