Chhattisgarh CM supports Telangana state demand

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister(CM) Raman Singh has promised support to a separate state of Telangana if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in the 2014 general elections. Criticizing the centre for delaying the issue, Singh asserted that he can understand the pain faced by the people during the turmoil in Andhra Pradesh.While addressing a mass gathering, Singh said, "In 1997, the BJP had decided that a separate state must be carved and the issue of Telangana was also discussed. You all have endured so much suffering, you have faced so many hardships and the government in Delhi is forming different committees and commissions." "In the history of India, there has been not been the formation of so many committees and commissions for the creation of a state," Singh said. Adding to that, he said that BJP was committed in the development of the smaller states.