India’s ruling Congress-led coalition unanimously agreed on the formation of a new state in the Telangana region of the southern Andhra-Pradesh state, officials said today.
Supporters of the new state say that the area had been neglected by the Andhra Pradesh government.
“It wasn’t an easy decision but now everyone has been heard and a decision has been taken,” senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told Indian Media.
Noting the continuous calls for a separate state in Andhra Pradesh, Congress party spokesman, Ajay Maken said,
“A resolution was passed in the meeting where it was resolved to request the central government to take steps to form a separate state of Telangana, after taking into account the chequered history of the demand for a separate state of Telangana since 1956."