Convene all-party meet on Telangana: BJP to PM

HYDERABAD: The state unit of the BJP has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all-party meeting to discuss and resolve the Telangana issue.Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, party official spokesperson NVSS Prabhakar said Union ministers Chidambaram, Gulam Nabi Azad and Pranab Mukherjee have been playing with the Telangana sentiment.The Sakala Janula Samme has spread to virtually all departments and is even affecting functioning of private establishments in the region, he said. The Prime Minister should initiate steps to convene an all-party meeting to find a solution of the longpending issue, the BJP leader said.The Centre should announce creation of Telangana state before the situation goes out of hand, Prabhakar said.Though the T issue was highlighted in the 2004 Congress election manifesto and figured in the Common minimum programme, the UPA government has been wasting time by holding talks with MLAs and MPs of the region and not taking concrete steps, he said.