JAC extends deadline on Telangana issue till Feb 7

Friday - Jan 29, 2010, 09:43am (GMT+5.5)

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File photo of student supporters of TRS protesting for creation of Telangana in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

Hyderabad, Jan 28 (PTI) The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee tonight extended the deadline till February 7 for getting the resignations of legislators accepted, following Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's announcement to appoint a committee on the statehood issue by next week.

"The representatives of ruling Congress in the JAC said the committee to be appointed by the Centre would be for the formation of Telangana state. As per their request, the JAC decided to wait till February seven. However, the agitation will continue to keep up the pressure on the Centre," its convenor C Kodandaram told reporters late in the night after a meeting of the committee.

"If the committee is not appointed by February 7, then the public representatives would mount pressure on the Speaker to accept their resignations.

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