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Harsha Kumar confident of separate Andhra

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: Congress leader and Amalapuram MP G.V. Harsha Kumar on Sunday exuded confidence that the party high command would clear the proposal for granting Statehood to Andhra area.Speaking to reporters here, he said he met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi recently and explained to her on the sentiments of Andhra people over baseless allegations being levelled by some of the Telangana leaders.

Mr. Harsha Kumar said formation of separate Andhra with Visakhapatnam as the State capital would ensure development in the backward areas of the region and described how proceeds from auction of government lands here were being invested for development of Hyderabad.

Asked to comment on the claim of former PCC president and Congress MLA M. Satyanarayana Rao that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy had obstructed the formation of separate Telangana, he said whether someone supported or opposed, the final decision would be taken by the Congress high command.

The MP said that in the appointment of PCC president, the party president took the decision on her own and hoped that the backwardness in parts of Andhra region would come to an end once separate States were carved out.

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