NewsX: The big announcement on a new state of Telangana, to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh, could happen today. The Congress Working Committee and the UPA Coordination Committee are set to meet today- and the decision is likely to finalized in those meetings.

The votaries of a united Andhra are making a last ditch effort to derail the bifurcation of the state. Meanwhile, other separate state agitations are gaining momentum as well.Congress leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, who are opposed to creation of Telangana, held a closed door meeting with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy here last night.

A source said that Reddy, who himself is opposed to the bifurcation, may consider resigning if the proposal goes through. Ministers T G Venkatesh, Erasu Pratap Reddy, Dokka Manikya Varaprasad, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, MP Ananta Venkatarami Reddy and a few MLAs and MLCs held a meeting with the CM at the Secretariat last afternoon to discuss the emerging political scenario.

The Central Working Committee of the Congress is scheduled to meet in New Delhi today to take a final call on the contentious issue.

As he would leave for New Delhi today, there was talk in the Secretariat that the Chief Minister could indeed put in his papers if the Congress decided to divide the state.

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