New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 21: TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao has given credit for passage of Telangana bill in parliament to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader told reporters within the national capital Thursday night that Gandhi is responsible for the conclusion of people of Telangana.

“Without her intervention and while not her robust commitment towards the problem, Telangana wouldn’t are potential,” he said when Rajya Sabha passed the bill by a voice vote.

KCR, as Rao is popularly famed, thanked the Congress president on behalf of ‘four crore people of Telangana’. He plans to meet her in person in a number of days to give thanks her.

He also thanked leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and all different parties who supported the bill. “Today i’m quite happy that Telangana state has become a reality,” the MP said.

“This isn’t somebody’s victory or somebody’s defeat. people of Telangana needed pride and self-rule. nowadays they got it,” he said.

KCR assured people of Seemandhra that they’ll “comfortably” live in Hyderabad and different parts of Telangana.

“We have nothing against them. we are Telugu brothers. let us work along for development of each the states. let us flourish with mutual respect,” he said.