New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is unlikely to discuss the Telangana issue in its meeting today.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Thursday he had not had the time to go through the draft note on the matter, prepared by his Ministry, which is to be presented before the Cabinet.
"The draft has come. But I did not get time to go through it. Most probably, I will see it tomorrow," he told PTI when asked whether there had been any forward movement on the Telangana issue.
After scrutiny by Shinde, the draft will be sent to the Law Ministry for legal vetting. The recommendations of the AK Antony Committee are also likely to be considered by Cabinet.
However, the high-level committee hearing concerns of all stakeholders in the wake of the Congress Working Committee decision on a separate Telangana has not yet completed its deliberations as the Defence Minister is indisposed.
Shinde is also expected to place the draft before Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for "political clearance".
"The whole exercise will take time. There is no chance that the note will be presented at tomorrow's Cabinet meeting," a Home Ministry official said.
