Telangana issue: Srikrishna committee report 'useless', says Andhra BJP

HYDERABAD: Terming the Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana issue as a "time-pass exercise", the Andhra Pradesh unit of BJP today said its stand that the committee was useless has been vindicated.

"It was a useless report and entire work of the committee was a time-pass exercise", BJP state President G Kishan Reddy told reporters here. There was no need for the party to study the report as BJP never recognised Srikrishna committee right from the beginning, he said.

The BJP, which is in favour of separate statehood for Telangana region, will lead a peaceful people's agitation until it achieves the separate Telangana state, Reddy said.

The party would chalk out a future action plan for the people's agitation on the issue at a meeting on January 11, he said. Separate statehood for Telangana region could not be achieved through committees, the BJP state chief said and emphasised that there was need for a political decision.