Hyderabad:TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao and other statehood supporters hailed the Union Cabinets approval of separate Telangana while Seemandhra leaders and people expressed anguish and anger over the decision.

The TRS President hailed the decision but asked Telangana supporters to be alert till the Bill for formation of the separate state is passed in both houses of Parliament. 

Several other Congress leaders from the region expressed happiness over the Cabinets decision which comes over two months after the Congress Working Committee gave its nod to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

Telangana supporters set off crackers and celebrated the occasion at the TRS office here and elsewhere in Hyderabad, which was the epicentre of the long-drawn statehood stir.