Centre waiting for consensus on Telangana issue: Chidambaram

May 02, 2012 21:28

Home Minister P Chidambaram today defended the government on the Telangana issue, saying the situation had changed "dramatically" after UPA announced it would form the state and insisted the Centre was waiting for a consensus to emerge among all the stakeholder parties.

Referring to the demand from members that the Home Minister announce when the government is going to form Telangana, Chidambaram said, "No Home Minister can make such statements.... Circumstances are well-known. Virtually every party is split on this issue."

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