Hyderabad, Dec 16 (PTI) Under mounting pressure from his party rank and file to resign from state assembly and rethink on the party''s stand on Telangana statehood, Praja Rajyam Party chief president K Chiranjeevi tonight promised to look into the demand and may announce a decision tomorrow. Chiranjeevi may announce his decision on his resignation as well as the partys stand on Telangana statehood issue after PRPs Political Affairs Committee meeting tomorrow, sources close to him told PTI late this evening.
Chiranjeevi, who held consultations with senior party leaders throughout the day today, was understood to have come under pressure from them that the party reverse its pro-Telangana stand and extend full support to the unified state movement. The two PRP MLAs hailing from Telangana region, however, opposed a change in the partys stand and wanted it to stick to the Samajika (social) Telangana promise.
The Political Affairs Committee of PRP will meet tomorrow to finalise its stand and make a formal announcement, party sources said. Senior PRP leaders tried to exert pressure on Chiranjeevi to resign as MLA and support the ongoing movement for a unified Andhra Pradesh.
He hails from West Godavari in coastal Andhra and represents Tirupati assembly constituency in Rayalaseema. "I will look into it based on the situation," was all that Chiranjeevi told the party leaders on his resignation issue, the sources said.
