Congress MPs from Telangana resign
July 4th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Pressing for creation of a separate state of Telangana, Congress MPs from the region in Andhra Pradesh Monday resigned from parliament.
“Nine MPs from Lok Sabha have submitted their resignation to the Speaker and one from Rajya Sabha to the chairman,” Congress MP K. Keshava Rao told reporters outside parliament.
The MPs came to Delhi to build pressure on the party-led United Progressive Alliance government to concede their demand for creation of a separate Telangana state.
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