As non-Telangana Congress MPs stepped up their campaign against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, their counterparts from Telangana are believed to have dashed off a letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi today, saying any "dilution" of stand on the separate state will have "serious repercussions".
The MPs, who have been lying low since the Centre announced that it would initiate steps for the formation of a Telangana state, also said they were "ready to resign and join the movement for a separate Telangana state," one of the MPs said on condition of anonymity.
In the letter, the Congress MPs are understood to have alleged that the protests in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were not "spontaneous" but were "orchestrated by land mafias and other vested interests."
"Any dilution of stand on the Telangana issue will have serious repercussions in the region. The demand for a separate Telangana state is 50 years old and it is a people's movement," the MPs are believed to have said.
The MP said "Congress workers and leaders from the Telangana region are very disciplined and never protested against the party. We will abide by the party decision."
"If needed, we are also ready to quit our posts and join the movement for the creation of Telangana," he said, quoting from the letter.
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