Telangana: Centre calls all-party meet,all agree

To break the impasse over Telangana,the Centre has convened a meeting of 'recognized' political parties in on January 5.

To break the impasse over Telangana,the Centre has convened a meeting of recognized political parties in Andhra Pradesh on January 5. Home Minister P Chidambaram today sent the letter of invitation to eight parties: Congress,TDP,TRS,BJP,CPI,CPI(M),PRP and the MIM.

The meeting is scheduled to be held at New Delhi on Tuesday,January 5,2010,the Home Ministry said.

The Centres decision came after detailed deliberations in the government and at the highest level in the Congress in the last few days on the political crisis.

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All parties were divided and even public representatives belonging to these parties were split on regional lines.

The all-party Joint Action Committee,formed to spearhead the separate Telangana agitation,and the TRS tonight welcomed the announcement and decided to attend the meeting convened by the Centre.

Congress MPs,MLAs and ministers from Telangana had earlier resigned demanding a clarification from the Centre on December 23 statement by the Home Minister.

Chidambaram had said that the situation in Andhra Pradesh had altered since December 9 when the Centre announced the initiation of the process of formation of a separate state of Telangana.

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