AP Speaker rejects resignations of Telangana MLAs

Hyderabad, Jul 23 (PTI) South Indian state Andhra
Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar Saturday night
rejected the resignation of 101 Telangana MLAs cutting across
party lines, saying the act of the legislators was driven by
emotion.
In all, 101 Member of Legislative Assemblys (MLAs) from
Telangana region, including 12 ministers of the state cabinet,
drawn from different parties submitted their resignations en
masse on July 4 demanding that the central government
immediately create Telangana state.
The Speaker is understood to have taken the decision to
reject the legislators' resignation just before leaving for
London to take part in the Commonwealth Speakers' conference,
Legislature sources said.
The Speaker, they said, noted that he was rejecting the
resignations after examining them from all angles and
ascertaining the circumstances in which they were tendered.
"Resignations submitted in an emotion cannot be
accepted," Manohar reportedly noted.

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