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The Telangana crisis intensified on Monday with Congress MPs from the region announcing that they would resign as parliamentarians and party members if Telangana state was not formed. While seven MPs wrote a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi saying that either Telangana state be formed at once or their resignations be accepted, nine ministers have said that they would 'observe restraint' for the time being. The ministers, however, hastened to add that they were ready for any 'sacrifices' and also announced they would set a fresh 'deadline' for the high command to resolve the issue.

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