Here's what Congress leader and Union Human Resource Development Minister M Pallam Raju says after his meeting with Digvijaya Singh this morning.

Raju has termed the possibility of a separate Telangana state as a matter of 'worry', and added that it would have a long-term impact on Andhra Pradesh.

He also said that he had expressed these views to party general secretary Digvijay Singh, who looks after Congress matters in Andhra Pradesh.

"I think the core committee has discussed the matter at length and we are all worried about it that whatever decision that they may make is going to have a long-term implication in Andhra Pradesh. We are worried about it and that's exactly what we've come to express to the general secretary' Raju said here today.

"The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest policy making body, is likely to take a decision on the formation of a separate state of Telangana today.

"According to television reports, the UPA Coordination Committee will first meet at around 4 pm. This will be followed by a meeting of the CWC at 5.30 pm. These meetings come a time when the Congress high command is said to be inclined towards bifurcating Andhra Pradesh notwithstanding the opposition from within the party and its state leadership.