Making a statement to the media, a jubilant Rao, seen as the main force behind the creation of the new state, hailed Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her role in carving out the new state and said he would meet her in a couple of days.
Asked whether his party would merge with Congress or have an alliance with it, he said "I will answer all your questions tomorrow".
Stressing that people of the both states could flourish with cooperation, Rao said Seemandhra people who are in Telangana "are our brothers and sisters".
Gandhi, he said, was responsible for the creation of the new state even as he also thanked BJP and BSP President Mayawati and others who supported the bill in Parliament.
"I thank Sonia Gandhi. I will be meeting her in the next couple of days to convey my thanks.
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