HYDERABAD: The nine Telangana Congress MPs from Lok Sabha who had resigned to their posts for T cause and stayed away from Parliament session which began on Monday, were now in dilemma whether to attend the session on Friday, the day when Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will take up discussion on Telangana issue under call Attention motion moved by Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj. The MPs will meet in New Delhi on Thursday to take a final decision on the issue.It is learnt that the Telangana Congress MPs who included G Sukhender Reddy, M Jagannadham, G Vivek, Ponnam Prabhakar, Madhu Yashki Goud, P Balram Naik, K Rajagopal Reddy, S Rajaiah and Suresh Shetkar were in a state of confusion following the developments taking place in New Delhi. Despite making an announcement that they would not attend the Parliament till the Centre makes a concrete statement on Telangana, were now in a fix after the Speaker has agreed to take up discussion on Telangana. Pressure was mounting on them to attend the session and participate in the discussion on the issue for which they have resigned their posts. Even if they take a firm stand not to attend the session, then there is scope for their suspension from the party for six years for defying the whip to be issued by the Congress leadership.It may be recalled that the Telangana Congress MPs, including Rajya Sabha member Keshava Rao, had submitted resignations to their posts on July 4. However, the Lok Sabha Speaker nor the Rajya Sabha chairman have taken any decision on their resignations till date.
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