January 8, 2010 12:42 PM

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Chidambaram likely to talk with officials, police on ground situation in Andhra

The Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram is expected to hold discussions on the ground situation in Andhra Pradesh with officials and top police officers from the State. <br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram on Thursday held talks with a Congress delegation which included seven MPs from Telangana who demanded time bound action on this issue. <br/><br/>Highly placed sources indicate that Centre may set up a committee to undertake an exercise to resolve the issue. The proposal to set up a committee comes after all political leaders from Andhra Pradesh agreed to resolve the issue through discussion. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the Congress core group led by the Party President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is keeping a close watch on the developments. The issue also figured in the meeting of Cabinet Committee on political affairs. <br/>Meanwhile, cracks have surfaced in the Praja Rajyam Party led by Chiranjeevi who supported a United Andhra Pradesh. Two of its MLAs on Thursday met the Home Minister and urged him to take immediate steps for carving out a separate state of Telangana.

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