Congress men in last-ditch efforts for Telanga

HYDERABAD: A delegation of Telangana Congress leaders comprising ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs will visit Delhi on Wednesday to meet Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister Chidambaram and other Congress core committee members, and party president Sonia Gandhi’s political advisor Ahmed Patel to discuss the Telanga issue.Describing the visit as a last attempt to convince the party high command of the need to accept the Telangana demand, they declared they would not be ready hereafter to visit Delhi on this issue.  The visit comes in the wake of the June 25 deadline set by the Telangana political JAC for the Congress and TDP MPs to get an assurance on Telangana or quit Parliament.  The delegation is likely to consist of all MPs from the region and 15 ministers excluding Deputy Chief Minister Rajanarasimha and ministers from the Greater Hyderabad.