Telangana Cong leaders to discuss JAC exit today

Congress leaders from Telangana region will discuss the party's directive that they should "withdraw" from the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee on Monday.

The matter would be discussed at a meeting of the leaders from Telangana, Congress Member of Legislative Assembly B Saraiah told journalists on Sunday night.

He said the JAC was formed at the residence of senior MLA and former minister K Jana Reddy and that it never acted against the party.

Another senior leader and former minister T Jeevan Reddy said formation of Telangana state would solve all problems.

Union Minister Veerappa Moily, in-charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, told Congress leaders in Delhi on Sunday that they should "withdraw" from the JAC.

He warned that "any violation of the party discipline will be seriously dealt with".

Moily also asked party leaders not to rush to the press on a "sensitive" issue like this to precipitate the matters and disrupt the normalcy restored after the discussions held with all political parties and leaders by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on January 5.

The statement comes close on the heels of the JAC extending its deadline to February 7 for getting the resignations of legislators accepted following Chidambaram's  announcement that a committee on the issue will be appointed by next week.