Geeta comes out openly for Telangana

HYDERABAD: Heavy industries minister J Geeta Reddy, who is not very forthcoming on the Telangana issue, made it clear on Tuesday that nothing short of statehood to Telangana would be acceptable to the people of the region.She said she would not hesitate to resign if the Telangana Congress leaders’ meeting on July 1 decided that they should quit.As regards deletion of Clause 14F from the presidential order, she said the issue was before the Centre.“Even if deletion of the clause takes long, it is not going to affect the interests of Telagnana students in the recruitment of SIs for posting in Hyderabad.”