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For the first time, four Congress MPs from Telangana region have held out a threat to the Centre that if the UPA went back on its promise to deliver Telangana they would quit their membership to Lok Sabha.

A day after the Centre agreed to initiate the process for a separate state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh plunged into turmoil with 120 MLAs and MPs of the Congress.

Congress’ Telangana leaders, who were left playing minor parts in the K Chandrasekhar Rao dominated-drama unleashed by the Centre’s December 9 statehood decision, are belatedly attempting to rewrite the script in the second part of the Telangana show.

Shifting the scene of action from Hyderabad to New Delhi, Congress ministers from the Telangana region commenced lobbying with the party Central leadership to hasten the process for the creation of a separate Telangana State.

Opposing the proposed formation of a separate Telangana state, Congress MP from Vijawada L Rajagopal began an indefinite hunger strike in Vijayawada on Tuesday, a day after he was arrested twice for launching the protest.

Congress leaders form Telangana are divided into two groups some seniors want AICC president Sonia Gandhi to find a solution to the crisis while another group from Hyderabad wants her to make Hyderabad a Union Territory in the event of the division of the State.

There seems to be no end to the turmoil in Andhra Pradesh over the creation of Telangana. During Tuesday's Cabinet meet, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners came out strongly against Centre's move and the method adopted on Telangana.

The fight for a separate Telangana state turned ugly on Wednesday as some unidentified supporters of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) attacked the house of Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday assured a delegation of Congress MPs from coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema regions that a decision on the Telangana issue could be taken by Tuesday.