15 MLAs from Telangana region submit resignation to Speaker

Hyderabad, Feb 14 (PTI) Rejecting the terms of reference
of the Sri Krishna Committee appointed to examine the
statehood issue, 15 MLAs from the Telangana region, including
those of the ruling Congress, Sunday submitted their
resignation to Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker.

The MLAs -- 10 from Telangana Rashtra Samiti, 2 from
Congress, one each from BJP and Telugu Desam Party and Praja
Rajyam -- met Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy here and submitted
their resignation.
The legislators said they resigned in order to mount
pressure on the Centre to take immediate steps for formation
of a separate state.
"We gave our resignation unconditionally. He (Speaker)
called us individually. We stressed on accepting our
resignation. We hope many others would resign by evening or
tomorrow," senior Congress MLA R Damodar Reddy told reporters.
Though two more Congress MLAs had announced their
decision to quit late Saturday night, they, however, did not
turn up on Sunday.
Asked if they would attend the budget session of assembly
beginning Monday, Reddy replied in the negative.
TRS MLA and party president K Chandrasekhar Rao's son K T
Rama Rao said his party would now go to the people and work
relentlessly for realising the goal of a separate Telangana.
The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee Saturday
decided to start the process of legislators submitting their
resignation to mount pressure on the Centre for forming a
separate state of Telangana immediately. PTI SJR
RBT


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