The Congress core committee comprising party chief, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, and the defence minister, Mr A.K. Antony, met at the PM's residence on Friday to take stock of the situation in Andhra Pradesh in the aftermath of Srikrishna Committee report.

The meeting assumed significance as it was for the first time the core committee has met after the contents of Srikrishna report were made public on December 6. Sources said the demand of partys MPs from Telangana region to initiate the process of granting statehood to Telangana has prominently figured in the meeting.

The TRS plans of intensifying the T-struggle after Sankranti also came up for discussion. The party is banking heavily on newly installed Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, to tackle the situation.

Published Date : Saturday, 15/1/2011 1:42 PM IST