Telangana MPs stay away from Parl

They had tendered their resignations demanding statehood for Telangana

GN Bureau | August 1, 2011



In an embarrassment to the Congress, 10 party MPs from Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, who resigned their parliament membership in July demanding separate statehood for Telangana, stayed away from the houses on Monday as parliament opened for the monsoon session.

The MPs, including senior party leader K Keshav Rao, decided not to attend the session, conferring at his residence.

Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar said the Telangana Congress MPs who have resigned their posts will not attend the session.

"We want a separate Telangana state. That is our only demand. So, we are not attending Parliament," he said.

While 9 MPs are from lok sabha, Rao is from rajya sabha. Congress has 12 MPs in Lok Sabha from the Telangana region.

The lawmakers are scheduled to meet Congress general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad in the evening and hold further consultations.

The MPs resigned on July 4 in protest against the centre's delay in announcing the formation of the Telangana state, but lok sabha speaker Meira Kumar and rajya sabha chairman Hamid Ansari have not yet taken any decision on the resignations.

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