There were reports that Kiran Kumar Reddy will float his own party.
N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who resigned from the Andhra Pradesh chief minister's post on February 19 in protest against the Centre's decision to push through the bill creating Telangana as India's 29th state in Parliament, has moved the Supreme Court against plans to split the state.
Mr Reddy's plea was put up before a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, which agreed to take it up on Friday, along with a clutch of other petitions on the same theme.
The Top Court had on two occasions in the past declined to entertain petitions challenging Andhra Pradesh's division on the ground that they were "premature" as the Bill had still not been passed by Parliament.
Mr Reddy, a strong advocate of "united" Andhra Pradesh, had, besides stepping down from the chief minister's post, also relinquished the membership of the state assembly and the Congress party in protest against the passage of the Telangana bill in the Lok Sabha on February 18. He had warned that the bifurcation plan did not portend well for the country, and the party.
The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on February 20, and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. The Union Home Ministry now says that Telangana will officially be born on June 2.
"There will be problem for the country in the future, mark my words," Mr Reddy, 53, told NDTV in an exclusive interview, adding, "The Congress party has always been saved by Andhra Pradesh. I don't think Telugu people will ever forget this."
There were reports that Mr Reddy will float his own party, but the plan has been reportedly put on hold. He has now convened a meeting of his supporters tomorrow to take a call on his future plans.