Hyderabad: The constitution of a five-member committee of experts on Telangana by the central government Wednesday evoked a mixed response from the leaders of Telangana movement and various other political parties.
While the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee, leading the agitation for separate state reserved its final comments until the centre announces the terms of reference of the committee, other leaders of Telangana have expressed doubts and suspicions about the intentions behind the formation of the committee.
However leaders of ruling Congress party both from Telangana and Andhra regions have welcomed the committee describing it as a "one step forward".
Latest move
After the TJAC met in Hyderabad to discuss the situation arising out of the latest move by the central government, its convenor Professor Kodandaram said that JAC will respond only after the terms of reference of the committee were announced.
"They [central government] have said that the committee will hold wide-ranging consultations with all sections of people in Andhra Pradesh.
"We would like to know consultations on what. Whether it is on the formation of Telangana state or some thing else," he said.
Kodandaram said that he had no doubts or suspicions about the five members of the committee, headed by Justice B. N Srikrishna.
"It has nothing to do with individuals but terms of reference and time frame is very important."
Other leaders like former minister and TRS leader N. Narasimha Reddy and senior TDP legislator N. Janardhan Reddy warned that if the committee is not with in the frame work of the announcement of P. Chidambaram on December 9, then they will not accept it.
