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Telangana: UPA to announce 'big package'

July 21, 2011 13:58 IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday directed Telangana Congress members of legislative assembly and Parliament to withdraw their resignations, paving way for United Progressive Alliance to come out with a package for Telangana.

Sonia had appointed party general secretary Gulam Nabi Azad appointed nodal solution for the Telangana issue.

A team of Telangana Congress MPs have reached Delhi and are likely to meet Azad, to discuss a 'broad-based package' on Thursday. The package is likely to be announced in Parliament on August 4.

A correspondent in New Delhi