Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the process to form the state of Telangana will be initiated. Speaking to media in New Delhi late last night, Mr Chidambaram said an appropriate resolution will be moved in Andhra Pradesh assembly for carving out the state of Telangana.<br/><br/>Telangana Rastra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhara Rao broke his 11 day hunger strike last night after the Centre announced this decision. A frail-looking Rao thanked the Prime Minister, the Congress President, Leader of the Opposition and all other political parties for supporting the cause of Telangana statehood.<br/><br/>Earlier, responding to the 11-day long hunger strike by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao and street protests across the Telangana region demanding a separate state, top Congress leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi had held a series of meetings through the day to resolve the issue.<br/><br/>After witnessing turmoil for two consecutive days over the Telangana issue, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly had a smooth start today. In the wake of the Centre's announcement last night to initiate the process for the formation of a separate Telangana state, the TRS members, who did not allow the House to transact any business in the last two days, shook hands with MLAs cutting across party lines as the House began.<br/><br/>Pro-Telangana members from other parties also expressed happiness over the Centre conceding to the decades- old demand for statehood to the underdeveloped region comprising 10 districts. There is no official word immediately on when the resolution for separate Telangana would be introduced in the Assembly as announced by Union Home Minister last night.<br/><br/>Home Minister P Chidambaram has invited TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao to come to Delhi to discuss next step for Telangana statehood.<br/><br/>Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao today said that members from Telangana will seek to make Hyderabad the capital of the proposed state. Talking to reporters outside the Parliament, Mr Rao said that a bill for creation of Telangana is likely to be passed in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly today.<br/> <br/>The Centre last night announced the process of formation of the Telangana state. Meanwhile the Centre has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to withdraw cases filed since November 29th against students, leaders and those associated with the agitation of the separate state. In Andhra Pradesh, two senior Congress MLAs and former ministers J C Diwakar Reddy and D L Ravindra Reddy today resigned in protest against the party’s decision to carve out a separate state of Telangana. While Diwakar Reddy represents Tadipatri Assembly constituency in the backward Anantapur district, Ravindra Reddy is from Mydukuru in Kadapa district of Rayalaseema. Both were strong proponents of a unified state. <br/> <br/>Congress sources said many more MLAs from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema have said they would resign ahead of the proposed resolution in the Assembly seeking creation of Telangana state.<br/><br/> <br/>