Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader K Taraka Rama Rao responded to the Kiran Kumar's comments that it is egotistic on the part of CM to talk that way on the deadlines.  He talked to the media in Telangana Bhawan today that Kiran Kumar’s comment to offend the sentiments of the Telangana people is not tolerable.  He said that the deadlines always were set and broken by Congress Party but not by Telangana leaders.

The Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday talked to the media representatives during his Delhi trip.  He said in response to the senior leaders and MPs of Telangana region leaving the party to join TRS that giving a deadline to the high command is wrong.  It is a mistake to think that the Congress Party high command yields to such threatening.   Telangana is a sensitive issue that has to be dealt with care and should be decided the way it will be acceptable to all and for that every one show restraint.  

The Telangana Congress MPs that are leaving the Congress Party after their dead line to the Congress high command to make announcement on the formation of Telangana State are also Congress party men for that matter.  But KTR treats them as Telangana leaders while referring to the deadline given.  They still belong to Congress till they resign and join TRS.  When the CM commented, he commented on Congress leaders’ actions but as KTR commented in support of them they are already owned by TRS.

(AW-SriJa)