Involve elected representatives in Telangana talks: Lok Satta party

The Lok Satta party today welcomed the Centre's decision to initiate consultations on the "conflicting demands" for the formation of separate Telangana state.
    
"There is no alternative to discussions for arriving at a settlement acceptable to all sections of people and all regions since it is humanly impossible to accommodate the two demands simultaneously," party president Jayaprakash Narayan said in a statement here.
    
Narayan said consultations should not be limited to political parties because they had exposed their crass opportunism by reneging on their pledged word and plunging the state into avoidable turmoil.

He suggested that the Union government take the views of elected representatives (MPs and MLAs) and civil society organisations to hammer out a settlement that meets the concerns and aspirations of people in all regions of the state.