Hyderabad, Dec. 30: The 13 state ministers hailing from Telangana have reportedly decided to withdraw the resignations, which they submitted to the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.
A meeting held at the residence of the major irrigation minister, Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah, took stock of the situation and decided to follow the high command directive by withdrawing their resignations.
Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of the Joint Action Committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Kodandaram reviewed the situation and expressed its happiness over the move to convene talks. The meeting decided to continue the agitations peacefully in Telangana region in view of the talks. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, said JAC representatives also will attend the Delhi talks.
The PCC chief, Mr D. Srinivas, too, is planning to have an interaction with the 13 ministers on Thursday wherein he would convey the serious view taken by the party high command of their actions and instruct them to withdraw their resignations.
Accordingly, the ministers will again write to Mrs Gandhi expressing their satisfaction at the Centre convening a meeting on January 5 to resolve the Telangana issue and will announce their decision to withdraw their resignations.
Mr Lakshmaiah told this correspondent that a final decision on the ministers' resignations will be taken on Thursday. But another minister, Suneetha Laxma Reddy, while speaking to reporters, said the Telangana ministers will continue their non-cooperation till the Centre initiated the process for formation of a separate state.
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