New Delhi: In a U-turn on Thursday, the UPA government withdrew the proposal of Rayala Telangana state and stuck to Telangana with 10 districts, latest reports said.
NDTV, quoting sources, reported that the government took the decision fearing protests from senior Congress leaders and other political parties. However, the Cabinet, which is supposed to meet at Thursday evening, will take a final call.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi held consultations with top party leaders here. The decision to withdraw the Rayala Telangana proposal seems to have come out from this meeting.
The meeting of the Congress core group took place ahead of the meeting of the Union Cabinet which is expected to take a decision on the Telangana issue.
Indications after the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting on Telangana on Wednesday were that the issue of creation of Rayala Telangana was still open and it was for the Cabinet to take a final decision.
Meanwhile, a bandh called by TRS against the Rayala Telangana proposal hit the normal life in the Telangana region on Thursday. The pro-Telangana students of Osmania University in Hyderabad attacked security personnel with stones prompting them to lob tear gas shells, after the protesters were prevented from taking out a rally from the varsity.
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